Tradeoffs in the Rehabilitation of a Succulent Karoo Rangeland

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 833-842

  Hanke, Wiebke ^a   Wesuls, Dirk ^a   Münchberger, Wiebke ^a   Schmiedel, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atriplex semibaccata; Communal lands; Livestock manure; Plant soil feedbacks; Rangeland rehabilitation; Succulent Karoo

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMMERCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DROUGHT; FERTILIZERS; MANURES; SEED; SOIL CONSERVATION;

ATRIPLEX SEMIBACCATA; LIVESTOCK MANURE; MANURE APPLICATIONS; NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS; PLANT SPECIES RICHNESS; REHABILITATION TECHNIQUES; SUCCULENT KAROO; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

VEGETATION;

ATRIPLEX SEMIBACCATA;

EID: 84946477258     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2224     Document Type: Article

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