No adverse signs of the effect of environmental change on tree biomass in the Knysna forest during the 1990s

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 96-97

  Midgley, J J ^a   Seydack, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; NATURE RESERVE; PHYTOMASS; SURVIVAL; TREE;

AFRICA; KNYSNA FOREST; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 33748449875     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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