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The influence of size and density of the Camelthorn (Acacia erioloba Meyer) on its keystone role in the Xeric Kalahari
Includes bibliographical references.
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Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
2015
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12408 The influence of size and density of the Camelthorn (Acacia erioloba Meyer) on its keystone role in the Xeric Kalahari Seymour, Colleen Dean, Richard Midgley, Jeremy J Zoology Includes bibliographical references. Within the savannas of the southern Kalahari, land use practices can change habitat structure profoundly, so that rangelands either became densely wooden through bush thickening or are cleared completely using arboricides or manual tree felling and bush clearance, or are at some stage in between. Demands for the wood of camelthorn trees (Acacia reioloba), (the largest tree species growing on semi-arid and arid Kalahari sands) for firewood has also impacted habitat structure. Large trees are important in the Kalahari ecosystem because they provide shade, nesting and foraging sites for birds and mammals, as well as microhabitats that facilitate the existence of a suite of subcanopy plants. Indeed, large A. erioloba tress have been mooted as a context-depend keystones species, important to other biota and ecological prcesess. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the importance of A. erioloba to biodiversity, focusing on plants and birds. 2015-02-10T13:31:35Z 2015-02-10T13:31:35Z 2006 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12408 eng application/pdf Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Zoology Seymour, Colleen The influence of size and density of the Camelthorn (Acacia erioloba Meyer) on its keystone role in the Xeric Kalahari |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | The influence of size and density of the Camelthorn (Acacia erioloba Meyer) on its keystone role in the Xeric Kalahari |
| title_full | The influence of size and density of the Camelthorn (Acacia erioloba Meyer) on its keystone role in the Xeric Kalahari |
| title_fullStr | The influence of size and density of the Camelthorn (Acacia erioloba Meyer) on its keystone role in the Xeric Kalahari |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of size and density of the Camelthorn (Acacia erioloba Meyer) on its keystone role in the Xeric Kalahari |
| title_short | The influence of size and density of the Camelthorn (Acacia erioloba Meyer) on its keystone role in the Xeric Kalahari |
| title_sort | influence of size and density of the camelthorn acacia erioloba meyer on its keystone role in the xeric kalahari |
| topic | Zoology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12408 |
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