Australian wattle species in the Drakensberg region of South Africa - An invasive alien or a natural resource?

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 85, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 216-233

  De Neergaard, Andreas ^a   Saarnak, Christopher ^a   Hill, Trevor ^b   Khanyile, Musa ^b   Berzosa, Alicia Martinez ^a   Birch Thomsen, Torben ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acacia; Encroachment; Green manure; Land management; Trees

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; GREEN MANURING; INVASIVE SPECIES; RURAL ECONOMY;

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

ACACIA; ACACIA DEALBATA; ACACIA MEARNSII; ANIMALIA;

EID: 23944505239     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2005.06.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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