Conservation biology of the succulent shrub, Euphorbia barnardii, a serpentine endemic of the Northern Province, South Africa

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-252

  Knowles, Laura ^a   Witkowski, E T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacterial wilt pathogen; Demographic monitoring; Disturbance regime; Ex situ conservation; Habitat destruction; Plant disease

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHRUB;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EUPHORBIA BARNARDII;

EID: 0034079481     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2000.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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