Conservation value of the Egoli Granite Grassland, an endemic grassland in Gauteng, South Africa

Koedoe

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 59-66

  Bredenkamp, G J ^a   Brown, L R ^b   Pfab, M F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^c Gauteng Department of Agriculture Conservation and Environment   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation value; Egoli Granite Grassland; Gauteng; Hyparrhenia hirta

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GRASSLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

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

HYPARRHENIA HIRTA;

EID: 34248574486     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v49i2.112     Document Type: Article

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