Woody vegetation of a mosaic of protected areas adjacent to the Kruger National Park, South Africa

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 807-814

  Peel, M J S ^a   Kruger, J M ^b   MacFadyen, S ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Management; Pattern; Remote sensing; Savanna; Scale; Trans frontier conservation area; TWINSPAN; Vegetation map

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; SAVANNA; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION MAPPING;

AFRICA; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36749075586     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[807:WVOAMO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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