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The demographic impacts of browsing on woody plants in savannas : from individual branches to whole populations
Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-131).
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| author | Moncrieff, Glenn R |
| author2 | Bond, William J |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-131). |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11501 The demographic impacts of browsing on woody plants in savannas : from individual branches to whole populations Moncrieff, Glenn R Bond, William J Botany Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-131). Browsing ungulates can potentially have drastic impacts on vegetation patterns. This is particularly true in African savannas where many large browsers persist at high densities. Most of the theory and models outlining mechanisms of impact on plants and predicting responses are framed in terms of biomass impacts and responses. However, for trees in African savannas, fitness is more closely linked to height than above ground biomass. I evaluate the demographic impacts of browsing, making explicit contrasts with impacts on biomass. The results highlight under- explored intrinsic aspects of plants and browsers that determine the degree of browser impact on plant demography, aspects that have been under-explored due to an emphasis on biomass responses, and provide novel methods to measure and evaluate large-scale browser impacts, which have proved difficult before. 2015-01-05T18:57:18Z 2015-01-05T18:57:18Z 2010 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11501 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Botany Moncrieff, Glenn R The demographic impacts of browsing on woody plants in savannas : from individual branches to whole populations |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The demographic impacts of browsing on woody plants in savannas : from individual branches to whole populations |
| title_full | The demographic impacts of browsing on woody plants in savannas : from individual branches to whole populations |
| title_fullStr | The demographic impacts of browsing on woody plants in savannas : from individual branches to whole populations |
| title_full_unstemmed | The demographic impacts of browsing on woody plants in savannas : from individual branches to whole populations |
| title_short | The demographic impacts of browsing on woody plants in savannas : from individual branches to whole populations |
| title_sort | demographic impacts of browsing on woody plants in savannas from individual branches to whole populations |
| topic | Botany |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11501 |
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