Site selection for subtropical thicket restoration: mapping cold-air pooling in the South African sub-escarpment lowlands

Restoration of subtropical thicket in South Africa using the plant Portulacaria afra (an ecosystem engineer) has been hampered, in part, by selecting sites that are frost prone—this species is intolerant of frost. Identifying parts of the landscape that are exposed to frost is often challenging. Our...

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Published in:	PeerJ
Main Authors:	Robbert Duker, Richard M. Cowling, Marius L. van der Vyver, Alastair J. Potts
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PeerJ Inc. 2020-04-01
Subjects:	South Africa Portulacaria afra Frost Thicket-Wide Plot experiment Digital elevation model Spekboom
Online Access:	https://peerj.com/articles/8980.pdf

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