Disturbance, drought and dynamics of desert dune grassland, South Africa

Plant Ecology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 37-51

  Milton, S J ^a   Dean, W R J ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bushmanland; Ephemerals; Plant population; Resilience; Stipagrostis ciliata; Synchronised recruitment

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034490379     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026585211708     Document Type: Conference Paper

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