Namaqualand, South Africa - An overview of a unique winter-rainfall desert ecosystem

Plant Ecology

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 3-21

  Cowling, R M ^a   Esler, K J ^b   Rundel, P W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; CAM metabolism; Desert plant community structure; Desert plant form and function; Endemism; Population dynamics; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DESERT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING;

NAMAQUALAND; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032834851     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009831308074     Document Type: Article

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