'Our irrepressible fellow-colonist': The biological invasion of prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) in the Eastern Cape c.1890-c.1910

Journal of Historical Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 397-419

  Van Sittert, Lance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA;

EID: 0036630736     PISSN: 03057488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhge.2001.0457     Document Type: Article

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