Ward, David Mercer.Mureva, Admore.2017-07-142017-07-1420152015http://hdl.handle.net/10413/14683Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg 2015.Abstract available in PDF file.en-ZASoil -- carbon content.Woody plants.Invasive plants.Theses -- ecology.Grasslands.Encroachment.Spatial pattern.Soil organic carbon.Soil microbial diversity.Ecosystem carbon change of shrub-encroached grasslands across a precipitation gradient in South Africa.Thesis