The impact of livestock grazing on landscape biophysical attributes in privately and communally managed rangelands in Namaqualand

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 777-783

  Petersen, A ^a   Young, E M ^b   Hoffman, M T ^c   Musil, C F ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; LAND MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK; RANGELAND; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NAMAQUALAND; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 13444249953     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30179-4     Document Type: Article

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