Growing on rocky ground: Microhabitat predictors for site-occupancy of Aloe peglerae, an Endangered endemic species with a restricted range

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue , 2015, Pages 174-182

  Arena, Gina ^a   Witkowski, E T F ^a   Symes, Craig T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aloe peglerae; Biomass; Discriminant Function Analysis; Fire; Grass cover; Microsite; Rock cover; Safe sites

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FIRE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MICROHABITAT; MONOCOTYLEDON; MOUNTAIN REGION; PERSISTENCE; RANGE SIZE; ROCK; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VEGETATION COVER;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ALOE; ALOE PEGLERAE;

EID: 84934928263     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2015.05.022     Document Type: Article

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