Primary grassland communities of urban open spaces in Gauteng, South Africa

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 367-377

  Grobler, C H ^a   Bredenkamp, G J ^a   Brown, L R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gauteng; Grassland; South Africa; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; OPEN SPACE; SAMPLE PREPARATION; URBAN AREA; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

AFRICA; GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33646900788     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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