Alien plant assemblages near roads in arid and semi-arid South Africa

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 175-187

  Milton, S J ^a   Dean, W R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atriplex; Fynbos; Kalahari; Karoo; Landuse; Opuntia; Prosopis; Salsola; Soil type; Vehiclebased survey method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037537026     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.1998.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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