Evaluating herbivore management outcomes and associated vegetation impacts

Koedoe

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Grant, Rina C C ^a   Peel, Mike J S ^b   Bezuidenhout, Hugo ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORE; PROTECTED AREA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79959605625     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v53i2.1008     Document Type: Article

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