The plant communities of the Andover Game Reserve, South Africa
| Autor: | Heath P. Cronje, Mike D. Panagos, Brian K. Reilly |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Zdroj: | Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, Vol 50, Iss 1, Pp 184-201 (2008) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0075-6458 2071-0771 |
| DOI: | 10.4102/koedoe.v50i1.137 |
| Popis: | Floristic characteristics of the Andover Game Reserve (AGR) were surveyed using an area-based survey technique and classified according to the data recorded from 88 relevés, using the PHYTOTAB-PC software package. Three plant communities, of which two each contain two variants, were described and mapped. The plant communities and their causative environmental factors were validated through detrended- and canonical correspondence multivariate analyses. The plant communities of the AGR were found to typify the floristics associated with the catenal sequences located in undulating areas on granite. Broad-leaved savanna is located at the crest and upper mid-slopes while fine-leaved savanna occurs along the footslopes of the AGR. Seeplines, a characteristic occurrence along catenas, are found at the transitional zone between the upper broad- and lower fine-leaved savanna plant communities. This study forms the basis for the compilation of a revised ecological management plan for the Andover Game Reserve. |
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