Physio-climatic classification of South Africa's woodland biome

Plant Ecology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-89

  Fairbanks, Dean H K ^a,b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abiotic variables; Clustering; Ecoregions; GIS; Principal component analysis; Savannas; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CLIMATE; GEOSTATISTICS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION MAPPING; WOODLAND;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033858371     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009802819390     Document Type: Article

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