Severely degraded rangeland: Implications for plant diversity from a case study in Succulent Karoo, South Africa

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 692-701

  Rutherford, M C ^a,b   Powrie, L W ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Extirpation; Grazing; Local extinction; Nurse plants; Soil crusts

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANNUAL PLANT; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GEOPHYTE; GRAZING PRESSURE; LAND DEGRADATION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MOSS; NURSE PLANT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RANGELAND; SOIL CRUST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES POOL;

SUCCULENT KAROO;

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA;

EID: 77649179768     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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