Floristic assessment of an Afromontane grassland fragmentation experiment in a pine plantation

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-60

  Bredenkamp, G J ^a   Ferguson, J W H ^a   Foord, S H ^a   De Frey, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Africa; Biodiversity; Conservation; Grassland; Metapopulations

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PLANTATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

THEMEDA TRIANDRA;

EID: 0032975384     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.1999.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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