Institutional Repository

The phytosociology of the Vermaaks, Marnewicks and Buffelsklip valleys of the Kammanassie Nature Reserve, Western Cape

Show simple item record

dc.contributor.author Cleaver G. en
dc.contributor.author Brown L.R. en
dc.contributor.author Bredenkamp G.J. en
dc.date.accessioned 2012-11-01T16:31:35Z
dc.date.available 2012-11-01T16:31:35Z
dc.date.issued 2005 en
dc.identifier.citation Koedoe en
dc.identifier.citation 48 en
dc.identifier.citation 1 en
dc.identifier.issn 756458 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/7393
dc.description.abstract Long-term conservation ecosystems require a broader understanding of the ecological processes involved. Because ecosystems react differently to different management practices, it is important that a description and classification of the vegetation of an area are completed. A vegetation survey of the valley areas of the Kammanassie Nature Reserve was undertaken as part of a larger research project to assess the environmental impacts of large-scale groundwater abstraction from Table Mountain Group aquifers on ecosystems in the reserve. From a TWINSPAN classification, refined by Braun-Blanquet procedures, 21 plant communities, which can be grouped into 13 major groups, were identified. A classification and description of these communities, as well as a vegetation map of the different areas are presented. Associated gradients in habitat were identified by using an ordination algorithm (DECORANA). The diagnostic species as well as the prominent and less conspicuous species of the tree, shrub, forb and grass strata are outlined. The study also resulted in a total number of 481 species being identified and the discovery of a new Erica species. These vegetation surveys and descriptions provide baseline information for management purposes and that allows monitoring as well as similar surveys to be conducted in future. en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Braun-Blanquet; Plant communities; TWINSPAN; Vegetation classification phytosociology; Africa; Eastern Hemisphere; South Africa; Southern Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Western Cape; World; Erica en
dc.title The phytosociology of the Vermaaks, Marnewicks and Buffelsklip valleys of the Kammanassie Nature Reserve, Western Cape en
dc.type Article en


Files in this item

Files Size Format View

There are no files associated with this item.

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record

Search UnisaIR


Browse

My Account

Statistics