THE PHYSICAL-ENVIRONMENT AND PLANT-COMMUNITIES OF THE MESSINA-EXPERIMENTAL-FARM

Authors
DEKKER B VANROOYEN N
Citation
B. Dekker et N. Vanrooyen, THE PHYSICAL-ENVIRONMENT AND PLANT-COMMUNITIES OF THE MESSINA-EXPERIMENTAL-FARM, South African journal of botany, 61(3), 1995, pp. 158-167
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
South African journal of botany → ACNP
ISSN journal
02546299
Volume
61
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
158 - 167
Database
ISI
SICI code
0254-6299(1995)61:3<158:TPAPOT>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A description of the climate, geology and plant communities of the stu dy area is presented. The result of a TWINSPAN classification of 149 r eleves was refined by Braun-Blanquet procedures, Eight plant communiti es of which one is divided into three variations, were distinguished. A hierarchical classification, ecological interpretation and vegetatio n map delineating the extent of the plant communities, are presented. An agro-ecological quantification of the woody vegetation was done in each plant community.