Short-term responses of rehabilitating coastal dune forest ground vegetation to livestock grazing

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 329-339

  Wassenaar, Theo D ^a   Van Aarde, Rudi J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Growth form; Species richness; Variability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DUNE; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035209121     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.2001.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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