Response of herbaceous species to a degradation gradient in the western region of Etosha National Park, Namibia

Koedoe

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-18

  Du Plessis, W P ^a   Bredenkamp, G J ^b   Trollope, W S W ^c  

^a Namibia Ministry of Environment and Tourism   (Namibia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK; NAMIBIA;

EID: 0031761467     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v41i1.241     Document Type: Article

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