Exploitation of Encephalartos transvenosus outside and inside Mphaphuli Cycads Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-110

  Ravele, A M ^a   Makhado, R A ^b  

^a DEAT   (South Africa)

^b DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cycads; Encephalartos transvenosus; Habitat destruction; Illegal collection; Medicinal use

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPLOITATION; GRAZING; HABITAT LOSS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NATURE RESERVE; SURVIVAL; WILDFIRE;

LIMPOPO; MPHAPHULI CYCADS NATURE RESERVE; SOUTH AFRICA;

CYCADOPSIDA; ENCEPHALARTOS TRANSVENOSUS;

EID: 76649101765     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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