Vegetation classification as the basis for baboon management in the Bourke's Luck Section of the Blyde Canyon Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga

Koedoe

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-92

  Brown, L R ^a   Marais, H ^a   Henzi, S P ^b,c   Barrett, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Braun Blanquet procedures; Chacma baboons; Conservation area; MEGATAB; Plant communities; TURBOVEG; TWINSPAN

Indexed keywords

NATURE RESERVE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMATE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; MPUMALANGA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO URSINUS;

EID: 33644771262     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v48i2.90     Document Type: Article

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