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Patterns of plant diversity in the Hantam-Tanqua-Roggeveld subregion of the succulent Karoo, South Africa
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/25281 Patterns of plant diversity in the Hantam-Tanqua-Roggeveld subregion of the succulent Karoo, South Africa Van Rooyen, M.W. (Margaretha W.), 1950- soekop@hantam.co.za Van der Merwe, Helga Plant diversity Hantam-tanqua-roggeveld Succulent karoo UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2010. The Hantam-Tanqua-Roggeveld subregion is located within the Succulent Karoo and Fynbos Biomes, in the predominately winter rainfall area of the Northern and Western Cape Provinces. A phytosociological analysis identified and mapped eight plant associations and 25 subassociations. Forty Whittaker plots were surveyed to quantify the botanical wealth in the area. Each plant association produced its own species-area curves, with the curves of the Mountain Renosterveld and Winter Rainfall Karoo more similar to one another than to the Tanqua Karoo. Species richness was highest for Mountain Renosterveld, intermediate for Winter Rainfall Karoo and lowest for Tanqua Karoo vegetation. The Mountain Renosterveld and Winter Rainfall Karoo values for evenness, Shannon and Simpson indices were not significantly different, but these values were significantly higher than for the Tanqua Karoo. An ordination of diversity data confirmed a clear Tanqua Karoo cluster, but the Mountain Renosterveld could only be partially separated from the Winter Rainfall Karoo. Chamaephyte, cryptophyte and therophyte species dominated the study area. Comparisons of life form spectra among associations showed clear differences at a species and vegetation cover level. The percentage contribution of succulent species was low in Mountain Renosterveld, intermediate in Winter Rainfall Karoo and highest in the Tanqua Karoo. Results confirmed the Tanqua Karoo and Winter Rainfall Karoo inclusion into the Succulent Karoo Biome and the strong karroid affinities of the Mountain Renosterveld. Abandoned croplands of various ages surveyed in the Roggeveld revealed that species richness increased with age yet no similar increase in evenness, Shannon or Simpson indices was found. An abandoned cropland of approximately 33-years should be as species rich as the natural vegetation but was floristically still very different. Recovery rates of the different life forms varied across the different ages of the abandoned croplands. A ten-year post-fire study in the Mountain Renosterveld indicated that species richness and Shannon index values usually reached a maximum within three years and then declined. A Principal Co-ordinate Analysis of species compositional data separated the first two years from the following eight years. Succession seemed to follow the ‘initial floristic composition’ model of Egler (1954). Plant Science unrestricted 2013-09-06T20:17:21Z 2010-07-20 2013-09-06T20:17:21Z 2010-04-28 2010-07-21 2010-06-05 Thesis Van der Merwe, H 2009, Patterns of plant diversity in the Hantam-Tanqua-Roggeveld Subregion of the Succulent Karoo, South Africa, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25281 > D10/389/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25281 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06052010-000009/ © 2009 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 University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Plant diversity Hantam-tanqua-roggeveld Succulent karoo UCTD Patterns of plant diversity in the Hantam-Tanqua-Roggeveld subregion of the succulent Karoo, South Africa |
| title | Patterns of plant diversity in the Hantam-Tanqua-Roggeveld subregion of the succulent Karoo, South Africa |
| title_full | Patterns of plant diversity in the Hantam-Tanqua-Roggeveld subregion of the succulent Karoo, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Patterns of plant diversity in the Hantam-Tanqua-Roggeveld subregion of the succulent Karoo, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patterns of plant diversity in the Hantam-Tanqua-Roggeveld subregion of the succulent Karoo, South Africa |
| title_short | Patterns of plant diversity in the Hantam-Tanqua-Roggeveld subregion of the succulent Karoo, South Africa |
| title_sort | patterns of plant diversity in the hantam tanqua roggeveld subregion of the succulent karoo south africa |
| topic | Plant diversity Hantam-tanqua-roggeveld Succulent karoo UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25281 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06052010-000009/ |