Influence of Colophospermum mopane on surface soil properties and understorey vegetation in a southern African savanna

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 212, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 394-404

  Mlambo, D ^a   Nyathi, P ^a   Mapaure, I ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Herbaceous species richness; Mopane; Soil erosion; Soil nutrients; Surface soil properties; Understorey vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NUTRITION; SILT; VEGETATION; WOOD;

MOPANE; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SURFACE SOIL PROPERTIES;

SOILS;

SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

BIOMASS; COLOPHOSPERMUM; NUTRITION; PLANTS; SILT; SOIL; WOOD;

AFRICA; BULAWAYO [ZIMBABWE]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZIMBABWE;

COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE;

EID: 20444368819     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.03.022     Document Type: Article

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