The implications of harvesting on the population structure and sediment characteristics of the mangroves at Mngazana Estuary, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-89

  Rajkaran, A ^a   Adams, J B ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Harvesting; Management; Population structure; Rhizophora mucronata; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MANGROVE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SHRUB; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

EASTERN CAPE; MNGAZANA ESTUARY; SOUTH AFRICA;

RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 75549087074     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-009-9150-x     Document Type: Article

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