Vegetation of the Witbank Nature Reserve and its importance for conservation of threatened Rocky Highveld Grassland

Koedoe

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-104

  Smit, C M ^a   Bredenkamp, G J ^b   Van Rooyen, N ^b   Van Wyk, A E ^b   Combrinck, J M ^c  

^a SAFCOL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Witbank Nature Reserve   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Braun Blanquet; Conservation area; Habitat size; Plant communities; Rocky Highveld Grassland; Small area; Transitional zones

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL MOISTURE GRADIENT; VEGETATION SURVEY;

SOUTH AFRICA, MPUMALANGA PROVINCE, WITBANK NATURE RESERVE;

EID: 0031399740     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v40i2.275     Document Type: Article

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