Landscape dysfunction and reduced spatial heterogeneity in soil resources and fertility in semi‐arid succulent thicket, South Africa

作者: RICHARD G. LECHMERE-OERTEL , RICHARD M. COWLING , GRAHAM I. H. KERLEY

DOI: 10.1111/J.1442-9993.2005.01495.X

关键词: EcologySoil fertilityPortulacaria afraEnvironmental scienceSpatial heterogeneityAridRangelandThicketPerennial plantForb

摘要: Succulent thicket in the Eastern Cape of South Africa is one of many rangeland ecosystems in the world that displays evidence of unsustainable grazing pressure. Widespread …

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