A first formal classification of the Hardeveld vegetation in Namaqualand, South Africa

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 401-431

  Luther Mosebach, Jona ^a   Dengler, Jürgen ^a   Schmiedel, Ute ^a   Röwer, Inga Ute ^a   Labitzky, Timo ^a   Gröngröft, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Desert; Didelto carnosae Cephalophylletea inaequalis; Grazing intensity; Hermannio trifurcae Zygophylletea morgsanae; Heuweltjie; Phytosociology; Quartz field; Relev ; Soil condition; Succulent Karoo; Syntaxonomy; Termitarium; TWINSPAN; Winter rainfall

Indexed keywords

TERMITARIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84863466776     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2011.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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