Socio-economic transitions influence vegetation change in the communal rangelands of the South African lowveld

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  African Journal of Range & Forage Science

• Publication date

  2005-07-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.2989/10220110509485866
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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