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Human activity facilitates altitudinal expansion of exotic plants along a road in montane grassland, South Africa

2008-12-01

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Question: Do anthropogenic activities facilitate the distribution of exotic plants along steep altitudinal gradients?Location: Sani Pass road, Grassland biome, South Africa.Methods: On both sides of this road, presence and abundance of exotic plants was recorded in four 25-m long road-verge plots and in parallel 25 m ×× 2 m adjacent land plots, nested at five altitudinal levels: 1500, 1800, 2100, 2400 and 2700 m a...

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Literature Corpus work: c2e19575-c293-52f2-84a4-ec6fae0d21bd
DOI: 10.3170/2008-7-18555

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