Impact of communal land use and conservation on woody vegetation structure in the Lowveld savannas of South Africa

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Forest Ecology and Management

• Publication date

  2011-04-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.FORECO.2010.09.012
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