African aloe ecology: A review

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 85, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-17

  Cousins, S R ^a   Witkowski, E T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation; Economic botany; Ecophysiology; Fire; Pollination; Population structure; Resprouting; Seeds

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FUTURE PROSPECT; MEDICINAL PLANT; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; POLLINATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESPROUTING; SAVANNA; SEED; SEMIARID REGION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WILD POPULATION;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

ALOE; ASPHODELACEAE; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 84861330052     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.03.022     Document Type: Review

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