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The impact of grazing along an environmental gradient in the Kamiesberg, South Africa
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| author | Anderson, Philippa Mary Levick |
| author2 | Hoffman, Timm |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/6221 The impact of grazing along an environmental gradient in the Kamiesberg, South Africa Anderson, Philippa Mary Levick Hoffman, Timm Botany Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-200). The Kamiesberg Mountain range, which is situated within the arid Succulent Karoo biome, South Africa, is internationally-recognised for its high conservation value and forms the study site for this project. The Kamiesberg is straddled by the Leliefontein communal area, which has been stocked for many years at twice the rate of the adjacent private rangelands. This presents an opportunity to test whether and how high stock numbers impact on vegetation. In the literature the drivers of rangeland ecology are discussed predominantly in the context of the equilibrium versus non-equilibrium debate, where density-dependent or climatic factors influence the vegetation respectively. Recent dissatisfaction with these paradigms has lead to the exploration of models better placed to incorporate the complex dynamics of rangelands. 2014-08-13T14:14:01Z 2014-08-13T14:14:01Z 2008 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6221 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Botany Anderson, Philippa Mary Levick The impact of grazing along an environmental gradient in the Kamiesberg, South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | The impact of grazing along an environmental gradient in the Kamiesberg, South Africa |
| title_full | The impact of grazing along an environmental gradient in the Kamiesberg, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | The impact of grazing along an environmental gradient in the Kamiesberg, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of grazing along an environmental gradient in the Kamiesberg, South Africa |
| title_short | The impact of grazing along an environmental gradient in the Kamiesberg, South Africa |
| title_sort | impact of grazing along an environmental gradient in the kamiesberg south africa |
| topic | Botany |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6221 |
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