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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"Southern Cape"”.
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Vegetation gradients in Southern Cape mountains
Southern Cape Mountain fynbos has been little studied in the past so that management and planners have had to draw heavily on Western Cape experience. This study arose from the need to define local vegetation patterns and their interdependence with animal life, climate and soil as a necessary …
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Policy memorandum Outeniqua and Langkloof mountains Southern Cape.
… intensively cultivated agricultural land, in the Southern Cape. Active management is imperative if the ecosystems are to remain viable. An adaptive system of management is used to determine a management policy for the area. Literature and field surveys supplied data for a basic description of the …
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The later stone age in Southern Cape, South Africa
… valley and Boomplaas some 80 km inland in the southern Cape Province, South Africa, were excavated between 1970 and 1979. Nearly 225 000 stone artefacts from the Later Stone Age sequence dating within the last 20 000 years are described from these three sites and are related to micro- and …
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The stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Bredasdorp group, southern Cape Province
… sediments along the south coast of the Cape Province, South Africa, have come under investigation through a few intermittent studies undertaken since the early part of the century. In this presentation the literature is reviewed and a stratigraphic subdivision, based on both …
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What are southern Cape renosterveld geophytes storing in their underground organs?
Geophytes have been extremely successful in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa, because they possess underground storage organs adapted to unpredictable climates. This study analysed the storage reserves of geophyte species from the southern Cape renosterveld, to determine if reserve …
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The prevalence of early childhood caries in the Southern Cape Karoo region
Dental caries is a huge problem among the previously disadvantaged population. Early childhood caries is a problem with infants. This thesis contained information concerning the parents knowledge about their children's oral health and their own personal details. These children were all in the age …
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Timber growth and succession in the mixed evergreen forests of the southern Cape
… called OUTENIQUA, was developed for a 44ha southern Cape mixed evergreen forest compartment where the DBH's of all trees have been measured over a 15 year period. The central growth equation from another model for mixed forest was used and parameters adjusted to cater for the southern Cape …
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The colonisation of fynbos and disturbed sites by indigenous forest communities in the Southern Cape
The area covered by indigenous forests in the Southern Cape has been and is still diminishing as a result of 1 road construction (for example, 28 ha of indigenous' forest has recently been clear-felled for a new highway), power lines, settlements, fires (man-made and natural, for example the fires …
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Climate variability in social-ecological systems of the Southern Cape: integrating farming and fishing perspectives
… complex nature of climate variability in the southern Cape and on the Agulhas Bank, coupled with the lack of long-term environmental monitoring data, has resulted in knowledge gaps on how climate impacts these local social-ecological systems. This thesis focuses on bringing together knowledge …
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Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments of the southern Cape, South Africa palynological evidence from three coastal wetlands
… advances in palaeoenvironmental research in southern Africa, the late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental history of the region remains incomplete as palaeoclimatic proxy records are temporally and spatially discontinuous. The southern Cape is a key focus area within this region as it encompasses …
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Diatoms : indicators of tidal influx in a hydraulically regulated estuary, Zandvlei, in the southern Cape
Estuarine systems are characterised by relatively high levels of salinity due to their connection with the sea. Zandvlei has been victim too much manipulation for the sake of flood prevention, recreation and water level regulation. One of the largest impacts on the system is the rubble weir placed …
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Violence against women in rural Southern Cape: exploring access to justice within a feminist jurisprudence framework
… through a study undertaken in rural areas in the Southern Cape. Access was facilitated to 15 different communities in the Southern Cape and 168 women in total were interviewed on issues of violence against women and access to justice. Another 28 women were interviewed on issues relating to …
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Violence against women in rural Southern Cape : exploring access to justice within a feminist jurisprudence framework
… through a study undertaken in rural areas in the Southern Cape. Access was facilitated to 15 different communities in the Southern Cape and 168 women in total were interviewed on issues of violence against women and access to justice. Another 28 women were interviewed on issues relating to …
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Late Holocene diatom community responses to climate variability along the southern Cape coastal plain, South Africa
… palaeoclimatic records. However, lakes along the southern Cape coastal plain have shown promise. With this in mind palaeo-records from neighbouring rainfall regimes were used to evaluate the spatial and temporal patterns of climatic fluctuations during the late Holocene. Diatom analysis was …
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Environmental and biogeographic influences on the distribution and composition of the southern Cape forests (Veld type 4)
… the distribution and composition of the southern Cape forests, the largest forest complex in southern Africa. These are the only forests in southern Africa which are actively and scientifically managed for their products and values. Population growth due to forestry, agricultural and …
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Influence of fire severity in fynbos plant communities and mode of regeneration in the southern Cape Peninsula
… events for 9 permanently marked plots on the southern Cape Peninsula. Species diversity, richness and composition were analysed for one year and eight years after a fire event in 2000 and 3 years after a fire event in 2008. Twig diameters for Erica, Leucadendron, Rhus and Acacia species were …
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Avian fauna, palaeoenvironments and palaeoecology in the late quaternary of the Western and Southern Cape, South Africa
… Die Kelders Cave 1 and Nelson Bay Cave in the Cape Province, South Africa, cover the periods between 80 000 and 40 000 B.P. and 18 000 and 300 B.P. Results of modern comparative surveys indicate that beached birds provide a predictable food supply. Kolmogorov-Smirnov two-sample nonparametric …
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