%0 Journal Article %T A preliminary report on the dynamics of the vegetation of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park %A N van Rooyen %A D. J van Rensburg %A G. K Theron %A J Du P Bothma %J Koedoe : African Protected Area Conservation and Science %D 1984 %I AOSIS OpenJournals %R 10.4102/koedoe.v27i1.570 %X Different methods were used intermittently to monitor the changes in the floristic composition, basal cover and density of the herbaceous and woody vegetation over a seven year period in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Periods of drought and the variability of rainfall appear to have a significant influence in the short term on herbaceous species, while there was not much variation in the woody species composition or density. %U http://www.koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/view/570