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Temperate grassy wetlands of South Africa: Description, classification and explanatory environmental factors

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  • 1. School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Westville 4001, South Africa
  • 2. Free State Department of Economic, Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, South Africa
  • 3. Center for Environment and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • 4. Department of Botany, University of the Free State, Qwaqwa Campus, South Africa
  • 5. Groundtruth Consulting, UK

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Sieben, E.J.J., Collins, N.B., Kotze, D.C., Mofutsanyana, S.S., Janks, M. (2017): Temperate grassy wetlands of South Africa: Description, classification and explanatory environmental factors. South African Journal of Botany 113 (10): 68-76, DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2017.07.009, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2017.07.009

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