Soil carbon dioxide effluxes from different vegetation environments in semi-arid Eastern Cape, South Africa

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 111-118

  Zengeni, Rebecca ^a   Kakembo, Vincent ^b   Nkongolo, Nsalambi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Cape; grassland; soil carbon dioxide effluxes; soil organic carbon; thicket

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977581469     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: 17279380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/10220119.2015.1088573     Document Type: Article

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