Analysis of the vegetation of the sandstone ridges (Ib land type) of the north-eastern parts of the Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Koedoe

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-81

  Götze, Albie R ^a   Cilliers, Sarel S ^a   Bezuidenhout, Hugo ^b   Kellner, Klaus ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Braun blanquet procedures; Mapungubwe national park; Phytosociology; Savanna biome; Vegetation classification

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959611373     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v50i1.136     Document Type: Article

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