Classification of the vegetation of the B land type in the north-western Orange Free State

Phytosociology and plant community utilisation by vervet monkeys of the Blydeberg Conservancy, Limpopo Province

“…A close association between the major plant communities and the different land types has been observed in this study. This is in accordance with the findings of Kooij et al (1990), Bezuidenhout (1993), Eckhardt (1993) and Brown (1997).…”

“…The visual editor MEGATAB by Hennekens (1996b) was used to generate a phytosociological table. Further refinement of the classification was undertaken through the application of Braun-Blanquet procedures (Barbour et al 1987;Bredenkamp et al 1989;Kooij et al 1990;Bezuidenhout 1993;Eckhardt 1993;Brown & Bredenkamp 1994;Kent & Coker 1997). Using the final phytosociological table and habitat information collected during sampling in the field, different plant communities were identified, described and ecologically interpreted.…”

Biogeography of Platberg, Eastern Free State, South Africa: Links with Afromontane Regions and South African Biomes

“…The second most specious family on Platberg is Poaceae (39 genera, 73 species, 10.9% of the flora) followed by Cyperaceae (18 genera, 39 species, 5.8% of total flora), which reflects a similar floral composition to the DAC (Carbutt & Edwards 2004Mucina & Rutherford 2006). This trend with the same ranking for the top 3-10 families plus rations of floristic compositions is also found with the more grassy regions to the arid western interior and higher altitude, wetter northern areas of South Africa (Kooij et al, 1990;Fuls 1993;Eckhardt et al 1993Eckhardt et al , 1995Malan 1998). The ranking of Poaceae and Cyperaceae as the second and third richest families on Platberg and the DAC, which is in contrast to the Cape flora, where Poaceae and Cyperaceae are poorly represented with Restionaceae filling the environmental and floristic position of the Poaceae (Goldblatt & Manning 2000;Brand et al, 2010).…”

“…Cyperaceae is another important group, and its exploitation of environmental niches and evolution, may be parallel with Grasses, but may show a some-what different route. Cyperaceae are a widespread family, but generally have a lesser cover abundance throughout their range compared with grasses Kooij 1990;Perkins et al, 1999a;Bester 1998). Cyperaceae (like Poaceae) seems to have evolved C 4 photosynthetic pathways several times (Clayton 1975;Ferrier 2002;Stock et al, 2004) and even though they form components of grasslands and are commonly associated with wetlands and other seasonally moist areas, they also occur in arid regions (Gordon-Grey 1995;Jürgens 1997;Stock et al, 2004).…”

The effect of shelterwood silvicultural method on the plant species diversity in a beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky) forest in the north of Iran

“…dbh was used to calculate the basal area for each tree. In the understorey, shrub, tree seedling and herbaceous species were identified and abundance-dominance for each species was estimated on the basis of the Braun-Blanquet scale (Mueller-Dombois, Ellenberg 1974;Bredenkamp 1986;Kooij et al 1990;Fuls et al 1993) in the given layers. Sampling plots were taken from May to July 2002.…”