Encroaching woody plant species and boreholes: Is cattle density the main driving factor in the Olifants Drift communal grazing lands, south-eastern Botswana?

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-253

  Moleele, N M ^a   Perkins, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Boreholes; Bush encroaching; CANOCO; Encroacher; Environmental variables; Grazing gradients; Pressure index

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; GRAZING; WOODY PLANT;

BOTSWANA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0032424090     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1998.0451     Document Type: Article

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