The structure and harvesting potential of the sand forest in Tshanini Game Reserve, South Africa

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 611-622

  Gaugris, J Y ^a   Van Rooyen, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coarse grained forest; Maputaland; Population structure; Sand Forest; Stem circumference

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; FOREST SOIL; HARVESTING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE EXPANSION; SAND;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; KWAZULU-NATAL; MAPUTALAND; PONDOLAND; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TEMBE ELEPHANT PARK; TSHANINI GAME RESERVE;

EID: 35348875380     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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