The effects of past management practices for invasive alien plant control on subsequent recovery of fynbos on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 804-815

  Parker Allie, F ^a,b   Richardson, D M ^a,c   Holmes, P M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d Cape Ecological Services   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FYNBOS; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL;

AFRICA; CAPE PENINSULA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE; WORLD;

EID: 13444306635     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30183-6     Document Type: Article

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