Vegetation variation within and among palustrine wetlands along an altitudinal gradient in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Plant Ecology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-96

  Kotze, Donovan C ^a   O'Connor, Timothy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Altitude; Diversity; Graminoid species composition; Hydrological regime; Photosynthetic pathways

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WETLAND;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034111954     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009812300843     Document Type: Article

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