A vegetation survey of the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve

The survey was undertaken on a 30 square mile (78 square kilometer) area at the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula, in the Cape Province of South Africa. The applicability of association-analysis to the distinctive fynbos vegetation found in the Mediterranean type climate of this region, was tested. Subjectively, two formations, Fynbos and Broad-leaved Scrub, were recognized. Fynbos was subdivided into two alliances, Coast and Inland, and ten individually described associations. The association-analysis, based on 100 grid samples each 5 x 10 metres in extent, revealed 23 final groups. To provide an independent assessment of association-analysis, synthesis tables were constructed from the original plot data. The blocks of species-in-plots, obtained by standardized manipulation of the tabulated data, appear to provide a better correlation with habitat than either the final or recombined groups of the association-analysis.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Biological Sciences

Year dc:date.issued

1969

Author dc:creator

• Taylor, Hugh Colin

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Schelpe, E A C L E

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15777

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/15777