The vegetation of the farms Ingleside and Welgedacht of the Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape

Koedoe

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 23-42

  Brown, L R ^a   Bezuidenhout, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b SAN Parks   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Braun Blanquet; Grazing capacity; Plant communities; TWINSPAN; Vegetation classification; Veld condition

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS ZEBRA;

EID: 33644787117     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v48i2.92     Document Type: Article

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