Invasion of an alien shrub across four land management regimes, west of St Lucia, South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 9-12

  Van Gils, Hein ^a   Mwanangi, Michael ^b   Rugege, Denis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Amundshylte Skog and Konsult ASK AB   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FOREST; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION; SHRUB;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CHROMOLAENA; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA;

EID: 33744829524     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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