Riparian vegetation-environment relationships: Complimentarity of gradients versus patch hierarchy approaches

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 337-350

  Van Coller, Alan L ^a   Rogers, Kevin H ^a   Heritage, George L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flooding; Fluvial geomorphology; Heterogeneity; Ordination; Sabie River; Scale; Semi arid; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT MOSAIC; PATCH DYNAMICS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034210416     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236626     Document Type: Article

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