Towards a density measure for assessments of arid plant populations - Examples from the southern Namib Desert

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 254-256

  Burke, Antje ^a   Mannheimer, Coleen ^b  

^a EnviroScience   (Namibia)

^b NONE   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Karoo; Namibia; Sperrgebiet; Succulents

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0141924341     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.2003.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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