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Vegetation change and vegetation type stability in the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve 1966 - 2010
Vegetation stability was investigated within the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve by incorporating three vegetation surveys spanning a 44 year time period. The goals of this study were to investigate changes in overall species diversity within the reserve, stability of community composition within a...
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| author | Hall, Stuart |
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| description | Vegetation stability was investigated within the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve by incorporating three vegetation surveys spanning a 44 year time period. The goals of this study were to investigate changes in overall species diversity within the reserve, stability of community composition within and between sites, and which factors are influencing stability. A survey was conducted on 26 vegetation plots across the reserve. Data from this survey and two previous surveys was used to compare species diversity between time periods. Vegetation compositional similarity was also compared between sites. I tested for the effect of difference in vegetation age and soil type as predictors of vegetation groups. Results showed an overall decrease in species diversity. Analysis ofvegetation groups showed that vegetation types are mostly stable as current vegetation can be predicted by groups based on 1966 data. Vegetation is influenced significantly by fire history and soil types. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/26385 Vegetation change and vegetation type stability in the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve 1966 - 2010 Hall, Stuart Midgley, Jeremy J Slingsby, Jasper A Botany Plant Ecology Vegetation stability was investigated within the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve by incorporating three vegetation surveys spanning a 44 year time period. The goals of this study were to investigate changes in overall species diversity within the reserve, stability of community composition within and between sites, and which factors are influencing stability. A survey was conducted on 26 vegetation plots across the reserve. Data from this survey and two previous surveys was used to compare species diversity between time periods. Vegetation compositional similarity was also compared between sites. I tested for the effect of difference in vegetation age and soil type as predictors of vegetation groups. Results showed an overall decrease in species diversity. Analysis ofvegetation groups showed that vegetation types are mostly stable as current vegetation can be predicted by groups based on 1966 data. Vegetation is influenced significantly by fire history and soil types. 2017-11-17T08:22:39Z 2017-11-17T08:22:39Z 2010 2017-02-01T13:22:16Z Bachelor Thesis Honours BSc (Hons) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26385 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Botany Plant Ecology Hall, Stuart Vegetation change and vegetation type stability in the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve 1966 - 2010 |
| thesis_degree_str | Bachelor's / Honours |
| title | Vegetation change and vegetation type stability in the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve 1966 - 2010 |
| title_full | Vegetation change and vegetation type stability in the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve 1966 - 2010 |
| title_fullStr | Vegetation change and vegetation type stability in the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve 1966 - 2010 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vegetation change and vegetation type stability in the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve 1966 - 2010 |
| title_short | Vegetation change and vegetation type stability in the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve 1966 - 2010 |
| title_sort | vegetation change and vegetation type stability in the cape of good hope nature reserve 1966 2010 |
| topic | Botany Plant Ecology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26385 |
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