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The vegetation of Swartboschkloof, Jonkershoek, Cape Province, South Africa
Bibliography: leaves 111-117.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/7607 The vegetation of Swartboschkloof, Jonkershoek, Cape Province, South Africa McDonald, David Jury Moll, EJ Vegetation and climate Bibliography: leaves 111-117. Swartboschkloof forms part of the Jonkershoek catchment complex at the headwaters of the Eerste River, Cape Province, South Africa. It has been selected for multi-disciplinary studies of Mountain Fynbos vegetation. The study area has a mainly equatorial aspect (north-facing) and receives an average of 1600 mm rain per annum, mainly in winter. Temperatures do not reach extremes. Winds blow mainly from the south-east, increasing in strength in summer. North-west winds blow intermittently in winter, bringing rain. The altitude of Swartboschkloof ranges between 285 m and 1200 m and the soils are derived from quartzitic Table Mountain Sandstone and porphyritic Cape Granite. Using the Braun-Blanquet phytosociological method, vegetation and environmental data were collected at 201 relevés throughout the study area; 101 of these relev~s are correlated with a survey of soils of part of the same area. Sixteen fynbos communities, grouped into three groups and five forest communities, grouped into two groups, have been identified. The data of a previous study by Werger, Kruger and Taylor (1972) have been interpreted in the context of this study. A map of the plant communities has been drawn and an attempt has been made to explain the distribution of the communities in terms of environmental factors. There is a strong link between the vegetation and soil geology but application of a method such as principal components analysis would be necessary to explain the relationship clearly. 2014-09-22T07:56:25Z 2014-09-22T07:56:25Z 1983 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7607 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Vegetation and climate McDonald, David Jury The vegetation of Swartboschkloof, Jonkershoek, Cape Province, South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The vegetation of Swartboschkloof, Jonkershoek, Cape Province, South Africa |
| title_full | The vegetation of Swartboschkloof, Jonkershoek, Cape Province, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | The vegetation of Swartboschkloof, Jonkershoek, Cape Province, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The vegetation of Swartboschkloof, Jonkershoek, Cape Province, South Africa |
| title_short | The vegetation of Swartboschkloof, Jonkershoek, Cape Province, South Africa |
| title_sort | vegetation of swartboschkloof jonkershoek cape province south africa |
| topic | Vegetation and climate |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7607 |
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