Responses of grasshopper assemblages to long-term grazing management in a semi-arid African savanna

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 613-622

  Gebeyehu, Solomon ^a   Samways, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Grasshoppers; Karoo; Rotational grazing; Seasonal grazing; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GRASSHOPPER; GRAZING; SAVANNA; SEMIARID REGION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

INSECTA;

EID: 0037405550     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(02)00178-0     Document Type: Article

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