The impacts of herbivory on vegetation in Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana: 1967-2001

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-15

  Hamandawana, Hamisai ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Preferred browse; Vegetation response; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84856973712     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-011-0230-0     Document Type: Article

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