What helps Opuntia stricta invade Kruger National Park, South Africa: Baboons or elephants?

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-270

  Foxcroft, L C ^a,b,c   Rejmanek M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Invasion; Nurse plant; Roosting tree; Savanna ecosystem; Vector; Vegetative propagation

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA NILOTICA; ELEPHANTIDAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA STRICTA; PAPIO; SPIROSTACHYS AFRICANA;

EID: 77949452186     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2007.tb00525.x     Document Type: Article

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