Effect of burn area on invertebrate recolonization in grasslands in the Drakensberg, South Africa

African Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-65

  Uys, Charmaine ^a   Hamer, Michelle ^a   Slotow, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Drakensberg; Fire; Grasslands; Invertebrates; Recolonization

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FIRE; GRASSLAND; INVERTEBRATE; RECOLONIZATION;

AFRICA; DRAKENSBERG; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745476944     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2006)41[51:EOBAOI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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