Vegetation of quartz fields in the Little Karoo, Tanqua Karoo and eastern Overberg (Western Cape Province, South Africa)

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-44

  Schmiedel, Ute ^a   Mucina, Ladislav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aizoaccae; Gibbaeum; Phytosociology; Semi desert; Succulent Karoo Biome

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; FIELD; HABITAT SELECTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; QUARTZ; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

AFRICA; KAROO; OVERBERG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

AIZOACEAE; ASTERACEAE; CRASSULACEAE; GIBBAEUM; TANQUA;

EID: 33645803858     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2006/0036-0001     Document Type: Article

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