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Vegetation ecology of the Soutpansberg and Blouberg area in the Limpopo Province
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23251 Vegetation ecology of the Soutpansberg and Blouberg area in the Limpopo Province Bredenkamp, George J. tmostert@tuks.co.za Mostert, T.H.C. (Theodorus Hendrik Cornelis) Ecology Afromontane forest Centre of biological diversity Phytosociology Limpopo Province, South Africa Syntaxonomy Soutpansberg conservancy Vegetation classification Semi-arid event-driven ecosystems Mistbelt vegetation Blouberg nature reserve Twinspan UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2010. The fast growing local human population, especially through immigration from countries north of South Africa, is placing the Soutpansberg and Blouberg areas under increasing pressure. The insatiable demand for more arable land within these agriculturally marginal and semi-arid areas is leading to severe degradation of the remaining natural resources. The Soutpansberg–Blouberg region has been recognized as a Centre of Endemism and is regarded as a region of exceptionally high biological diversity. The Soutpansberg Conservancy and the Blouberg Nature Reserve reveal extremely rich diversities of plant communities relative to the sizes of these conservation areas. The Major Vegetation Types and plant communities of the Soutpansberg Centre of Endemism are described in detail with special reference to the Soutpansberg Conservancy and the Blouberg Nature Reserve. Phytosociological data from 466 sample plots were ordinated using a Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DECORANA) and classified using Two–way Indicator Species Analysis(TWINSPAN). The resulting classification was further refined with table–sorting procedures based on the Braun–Blanquet floristic–sociological approach of vegetation classification using MEGATAB. Eight Major Vegetation Types were identified and described as Eragrostis lehmanniana var. lehmanniana–Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra BNR Northern Plains Bushveld, Euclea divinorum–Acacia tortilis BNR Southern Plains Bushveld, Englerophytum magalismontanum–Combretum molle BNR Mountain Bushveld, Adansonia digitata–Acacia nigrescens Soutpansberg Arid Northern Bushveld, Catha edulis–Flueggia virosa Soutpansberg Moist Mountain Thickets, Diplorhynchus condylocarpon–Burkea africana Soutpansberg Leached Sandveld, Rhus rigida var. rigida–Rhus magalismontanum subsp. coddii Soutpansberg Mistbelt Vegetation and Xymalos monospora–Rhus chirendensis Soutpansberg Forest Vegetation. Plant communities of each of the Major Vegetation Types are described. The primary ecological drivers of the event-driven and the classic climax vegetation types are discussed and management recommendations are made for effective conservation of these last remaining pockets of wilderness. The available data supports the recognition of the region as an important Centre of Plant Endemism and Biological Diversity requiring conservation attention. Copyright Plant Science unrestricted 2013-09-06T14:49:21Z 2010-03-29 2013-09-06T14:49:21Z 2007-09-06 2010-03-29 2010-03-16 Thesis Mostert, THC 2006, Vegetation ecology of the Soutpansberg and Blouberg area in the Limpopo Province, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23251 > D380/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23251 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03162010-165221/ © 2006, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Ecology Afromontane forest Centre of biological diversity Phytosociology Limpopo Province, South Africa Syntaxonomy Soutpansberg conservancy Vegetation classification Semi-arid event-driven ecosystems Mistbelt vegetation Blouberg nature reserve Twinspan UCTD Vegetation ecology of the Soutpansberg and Blouberg area in the Limpopo Province |
| title | Vegetation ecology of the Soutpansberg and Blouberg area in the Limpopo Province |
| title_full | Vegetation ecology of the Soutpansberg and Blouberg area in the Limpopo Province |
| title_fullStr | Vegetation ecology of the Soutpansberg and Blouberg area in the Limpopo Province |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vegetation ecology of the Soutpansberg and Blouberg area in the Limpopo Province |
| title_short | Vegetation ecology of the Soutpansberg and Blouberg area in the Limpopo Province |
| title_sort | vegetation ecology of the soutpansberg and blouberg area in the limpopo province |
| topic | Ecology Afromontane forest Centre of biological diversity Phytosociology Limpopo Province, South Africa Syntaxonomy Soutpansberg conservancy Vegetation classification Semi-arid event-driven ecosystems Mistbelt vegetation Blouberg nature reserve Twinspan UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23251 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03162010-165221/ |