The plant communities of the Andover Game Reserve, South Africa
Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science
| Field | Value | |
| Title | The plant communities of the Andover Game Reserve, South Africa | |
| Creator | Cronje, Heath P. Panagos, Mike D. Reilly, Brian K. | |
| Description | Floristic characteristics of the Andover Game Reserve (AGR) were surveyed using an area-based survey technique and classified according to the data recorded from 88 relevés, using the PHYTOTAB-PC software package. Three plant communities, of which two each contain two variants, were described and mapped. The plant communities and their causative environmental factors were validated through detrended- and canonical correspondence multivariate analyses. The plant communities of the AGR were found to typify the floristics associated with the catenal sequences located in undulating areas on granite. Broad-leaved savanna is located at the crest and upper mid-slopes while fine-leaved savanna occurs along the footslopes of the AGR. Seeplines, a characteristic occurrence along catenas, are found at the transitional zone between the upper broad- and lower fine-leaved savanna plant communities. This study forms the basis for the compilation of a revised ecological management plan for the Andover Game Reserve. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 2008-12-10 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/koedoe.v50i1.137 | |
| Source | Koedoe; Vol 50, No 1 (2008); 184-201 2071-0771 0075-6458 | |
| Language | eng | |
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