A reappraisal of Acocks' Bankenveld: Origin and diversity of vegetation types

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-26

  Bredenkamp, G J ^a   Brown, L R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Technikon SA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0038011496     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30357-4     Document Type: Article

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