Aspects of ecosystem function in a woodland savanna in South West Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorSmith, J. G.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRutherford, Michael Charlesen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Science. Dept. of Botany and Zoology.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-27T12:26:19Z
dc.date.available2012-08-27T12:26:19Z
dc.date.issued1975-12en
dc.descriptionThesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 1975.en_ZA
dc.descriptionSome digitised pages may appear illegible due to the condition of the original hard copy.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: A study was made of certain relations operating within a South West African woodland savanna ecosystem which was characterised by simplification within most of its basic components. . Main attention was given to the relatively unexplored field of spatial and structural organisation of the primary producer component in relation to its quantified intra-seasonal functional changes including its phenology. Simple mathematical model descriptions of seasonal mass change of the herbaceous parts of the primary producer component were derived. Various parts of the primary producer component were also evaluated in terms of some of the main climatic driving forces of the ecosystem, decomposition relations in the form of disappearance rates, soil-vegetation mineral relations and consumer (mainly insect) relations. Gross effects of manipulation of the ecosystem type by fire and management is included.en_ZA
dc.format.extent263 pages : illustrationsen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/67910
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.subjectSavanna ecology -- Namibiaen_ZA
dc.titleAspects of ecosystem function in a woodland savanna in South West Africaen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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