The vegetation and floristics of the Nkhuhlu exclosures, Kruger National Park

Koedoe

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 126-144

  Siebert, Frances ^a   Eckhardt, Holger C ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Riparian vegetation; Sabie river; Savanna; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952909328     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v50i1.138     Document Type: Article

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