Long-term impacts of abundant perennial water provision for game on herbaceous vegetation in a semi-arid African savanna woodland

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 309-321

  Parker, A H ^a   Witkowski, E T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Artificial water provision; Drought; Ecotourism; Herbivore impacts; Proximal polygons; Spatial dynamics; Temporal dynamics; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SEMIARID REGION; WATER SUPPLY; WOODLAND;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033024495     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1998.0484     Document Type: Article

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