Long-term changes in the woody vegetation of the Kruger National Park, with special reference to the effects of elephants and fire

Koedoe

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-112

  Trollope, W S W ^a   Trollope, L A ^a   Biggs, H C ^a   Pienaar, D ^a   Potgieter, A L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Elephants; Fire; Kruger National Park; Savanna

Indexed keywords

FIRE; HERBIVORY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NATIONAL PARK; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODY PLANT;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 0032468223     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v41i2.255     Document Type: Article

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