Landscape diversity in a conservation area and commercial and communal rangeland in Xeric Succulent Thicket, South Africa

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 531-537

  Fabricius, C ^a   Palmer, A R ^b   Burger, M ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b ARC Range and Forage Institute   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arid savanna; Biodiversity; Land use; Landscape ecology; Pixel diversity; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATURE RESERVE; PATCHINESS; RANGELAND; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPOT; STOCKING DENSITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036968171     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021568611566     Document Type: Article

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