The vegetation of the southern Langeberg, Cape Province. 1. The plant communities of the Boosmansbos Wilderness Area

Bothalia - African Biodiversity & Conservation

 
 
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Title The vegetation of the southern Langeberg, Cape Province. 1. The plant communities of the Boosmansbos Wilderness Area
 
Creator Mcdonald, D. J
 
Subject — classification; forest; fynbos; Langeberg; phytosociology
Description An analysis of the fynbos shrublands and forests of the Boosmansbos Wilderness Area, southern Langeberg, Cape Province, South Africa, is presented. Data were collected at 119 sites in mature fynbos vegetation (10 years old) and at five sites in patches of Afromontane Forest. Emphasis was placed on the fynbos shrublands and sample sites were subjectively located along a transect from south to north across the Langeberg range in the study area. This south to north orientation follows a complex gradient of changes in aspect, slope, geology, soil form and climate. Data were initially analysed using TWINSPAN and the resulting classification refined using Braun-Blanquet procedures. One forest subassociation and 12 fynbos communities were identified and described. A proposed hierarchical classification of the fynbos communities is presented.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 1993-10-10
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
Format application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/abc.v23i1.798
 
Source Bothalia; Vol 23, No 1 (1993); 129-151 2311-9284 0006-8241
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 1993 D. J Mcdonald https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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