Spatial patterns of plant association in grazed and ungrazed shrublands in the semi-arid Karoo, South Africa

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 253-258

  Bossdorf, Oliver ^a   Schurr, Frank ^a   Schumacher, Jens ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Community structure; Disturbance; Grazing; Heterogeneity; Individual centered analysis; Point pattern analysis; Scale; Spatial statistics; Vegetation composition

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; SHRUBLAND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

GREAT KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034080146     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236804     Document Type: Article

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