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Soil P availability limits legume persistence and distribution in the fynbos of the Cape Floristic Region
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| author | Power, Simon C |
| author2 | Chimphango, SBM |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11841 Soil P availability limits legume persistence and distribution in the fynbos of the Cape Floristic Region Power, Simon C Chimphango, SBM Cramer, Michael D Verboom, George Anthony Botany Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-83). Legumes are unable to persist through post-fire succession in fynbos vegetation of the CFR unlike species in families such as Proteaceae and Restionaceae. The majority of fynbos legumes are seeders which tend to be shorter-lived than co-occurring resprouters. Seeders are likely to have a higher nutrient requirement than resprouters as they tend to invest more biomass- above ground, grow faster and produce more seed. In the oligo-trophic soils occupied by fynbos, symbiotic N2-fixation enables legumes to overcome low N availability but not low P availability. I hypothesized that: legumes are less effective at acquiring P from sparingly soluble sources compared with members of Proteaceae and Restionaceae ; legume seeders occupy soils with a higher nutrient status than resprouters. P-acquisition strategies of legumes and non-legumes were assessed. 2015-01-09T09:00:11Z 2015-01-09T09:00:11Z 2010 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11841 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Botany Power, Simon C Soil P availability limits legume persistence and distribution in the fynbos of the Cape Floristic Region |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Soil P availability limits legume persistence and distribution in the fynbos of the Cape Floristic Region |
| title_full | Soil P availability limits legume persistence and distribution in the fynbos of the Cape Floristic Region |
| title_fullStr | Soil P availability limits legume persistence and distribution in the fynbos of the Cape Floristic Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soil P availability limits legume persistence and distribution in the fynbos of the Cape Floristic Region |
| title_short | Soil P availability limits legume persistence and distribution in the fynbos of the Cape Floristic Region |
| title_sort | soil p availability limits legume persistence and distribution in the fynbos of the cape floristic region |
| topic | Botany |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11841 |
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