The effectiveness of post-fire soil disturbance in restoring fynbos after alien clearance

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 533-539

  Holmes, P M ^a,b   Foden, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Cape Ecological Services   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISTURBANCE; FIRE; FYNBOS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035560953     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)31185-6     Document Type: Article

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