Grasshopper assemblage response to a restored national park (Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 283-304

  Gebeyehu, S ^a   Samways, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Grasshoppers; National park; Restoration; South Africa

Indexed keywords

GRASSHOPPER; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT RESTORATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BOS TAURUS; EQUUS ZEBRA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0036209581     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014514007744     Document Type: Article

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