A river runs through it: Land-use and the composition of vegetation along a riparian corridor in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 156-164

  Meek, Clifton S ^a,b   Richardson, David M ^b   Mucina, Ladislav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alien plants; Biological invasions; Ecosystem services; Ecosystem transformation; Landscape change; Novel ecosystems; Restoration; Riparian ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; HEADWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STELLENBOSCH; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 71649100834     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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