Restoration of degraded subtropical thickets in the Baviaanskloof Megareserve, South Africa: the role of carbon stocks and Portulacaria afra survivorship

The semi-arid forms of subtropical thicket in the Eastern and Western Cape have been heavily degraded through unsustainable pastoralism over the last century or more. The degraded areas exhibit a significant loss of above-ground and belowground carbon stocks, and consequently provide an opportunity...

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Main Author: Powell, Michael John
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Rhodes University 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007164