The plant communities and species richness of the Alepidea longifolia- Monocymbium ceresiiforme High-altitude Grassland of northern KwaZulu-Natal

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Title The plant communities and species richness of the Alepidea longifolia- Monocymbium ceresiiforme High-altitude Grassland of northern KwaZulu-Natal
 
Creator Eckhardt, H.C. Van Rooyen, N. Bredenkamp, G.J.
 
Subject — Braun-Blanquet method, classification, diagnostic species, grassland, species richness.
Description As part of a vegetation survey of the grasslands of northern KwaZulu-Natal, this survey was conducted within the Alepidea longifolia-Monocymbium ceresiiforme grassland of high altitudes. Releves were compiled in 156 stratified random sample plots. The data set was classified using TWINSPAN. Subsequent refinement by Braun-Blanquet procedures produced 15 plant communities. Species richness was determined for each community. According to naturalness and species richness two communities were selected as being of conservation importance. An ordination algorithm (DECORANA) was also applied to describe the relationships between the vegetation units and the physical environment.
 
Publisher AOSIS Publishing
 
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Date 1996-08-07
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
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Identifier 10.4102/koedoe.v39i2.294
 
Source Koedoe; Vol 39, No 2 (1996); 53-68 2071-0771 0075-6458
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 1996 H.C. Eckhardt, N. Van Rooyen, G.J. Bredenkamp https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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