VEGMAP: A collaborative project for a new vegetation map of southern Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 424-426

  McDonald, D J ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; VEGETATION MAP; VEGMAR;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

EID: 0031433897     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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