The impacts of sustained heavy grazing on plant diversity and composition in lowland and upland habitats across the Kamiesberg mountain range in the Succulent Karoo, South Africa
- 1 September 2007
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Arid Environments
- Vol. 70 (4) , 686-700
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.05.017
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Funding Information
- European Commission (ERBIC18CT970162)
- National Research Foundation
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01 LC 0024A)
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