Major plant communities of the Marakele National Park

Koedoe

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 59-70

  van Staden, P J ^a   Bredenkamp, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Braun Blanquet; Classification; Major plant communities; Phytosociology; Synoptic table

Indexed keywords

NATIONAL PARK; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33644759433     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v48i2.101     Document Type: Article

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