Optimal ground preparation treatments for restoring lowland Sand Fynbos vegetation on old fields

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-40

  Holmes, P M ^a  

^a Cape Ecological Services   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alien annual; Fire; Fossorial mammal; Stoloniferous grass; Weed control

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HERB; HERBICIDE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MINERALIZATION; OLD FIELD; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SMALL MAMMAL; SOIL NITROGEN; TILLAGE; WEED CONTROL;

AFRICA; RIVERLANDS PROVINCIAL NATURE RESERVE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

GERBILLINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 37249018637     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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