Response of herbaceous species to a degradation gradient in the western region of Etosha National Park, Namibia

Autor:	W.P. Du plessis, G.J. Bredenkamp, W.S.W. Trollope
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	Decorana Decreaser degradation gradient Etosha National Park Increaser. General. Including nature conservation geographical distribution QH1-199.5
Zdroj:	Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, Vol 41, Iss 1, Pp 9-18 (1998)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	0075-6458 2071-0771
DOI:	10.4102/koedoe.v41i1.241
Popis:	The degradation status of 88 sample plots situated in two plant communities in the western region of Etosha National Park was determined. Herbaceous species frequency was correlated by means of an ordination technique with utilisation intensities. Species were categorised in ecological categories (Decreasers and Increasers) according to their abundance along a degradation gradient. This more objective approach is compared with an initial subjective grouping of species. The dangers of blindly following the ordinated results are discussed, and it is concluded that ordination results need to be verified by careful ecological interpretation.
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