THE USE OF A 60-YEAR SERIES OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TO ASSESS LOCAL AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF WEST COAST RENOSTERVELD, AN ENDANGERED SOUTH AFRICAN VEGETATION TYPE

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