Foodplain vegetation in the Nxaraga Lagoon area, Okavango Delta, Botswana

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-21

  Bonyongo, M C ^a,b   Bredenkamp, G J ^b   Veenendaal, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Braun Branquet; Classification; Plant community types; Releve; TWINSPAN

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

BOTSWANA; NXARAGA LAGOON; OKAVANGO DELTA;

ALTERNANTHERA SESSILIS; CYPERUS ARTICULATUS; DIGITARIA SCALARUM; ERAGROSTIS INAMOENA; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; LUDWIGIA STOLONIFERA; MISCANTHUS JUNCEUS; PANICUM REPENS; PASPALIDIUM OBTUSIFOLORUM; SCHOENOPLECTUS CORYMBOSUS; SETARIA SPHACELATA; SPOROBOLUS SPICATUS; VETIVERIA NIGRITANA;

EID: 0034043284     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0254-6299(15)31046-2     Document Type: Article

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