Major Vegetation Types of the Soutpansberg Conservancy and the Blouberg Nature Reserve, South Africa

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Title Major Vegetation Types of the Soutpansberg Conservancy and the Blouberg Nature Reserve, South Africa
 
Creator Mostert, Theo H.C. Bredenkamp, George J. Klopper, Hannes L. Verwey, Cornie Mostert, Rachel E. Hahn, Norbert
 
Subject Botany, Phytosociology, vegetation science, vegetation ecology Phytosociology; vegetation ecology; grassland; savanna; thicket
Description The Major Megetation Types (MVT) 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 442 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 MVT’s were identified and described as Eragrostis lehmanniana var. lehmanniana–Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra Blouberg Northern Plains Bushveld, Euclea divinorum–Acacia tortilis Blouberg Southern Plains Bushveld, Englerophytum magalismontanum–Combretum molle Blouberg 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.
 
Publisher AOSIS Publishing
 
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Date 2008-10-22
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Braun-Blanquet approach; Zurich-Montpellier method for phytosociology
Format application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/koedoe.v50i1.125
 
Source Koedoe; Vol 50, No 1 (2008); 32-48 2071-0771 0075-6458
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Soutpansberg Mountain Range; Limpopo Province; South Africa None – sample sites visited only one time 400 m2 quadrats; recording qualitative and quantitative data on natural vegetation and environmental parameters
Rights Copyright (c) 2008 Theo H.C. Mostert, George J. Bredenkamp, Hannes L. Klopper, Cornie Verwey, Rachel E. Mostert, Norbert Hahn https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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