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dc.contributor.authorAarrestad, P.A.
dc.contributor.authorMasunga, G.S.
dc.contributor.authorHytteborn, H.
dc.contributor.authorPitlagano, M.L.
dc.contributor.authorMarokane, W.
dc.contributor.authorSkarpe, Christina
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-14T08:02:34Z
dc.date.available2011-10-14T08:02:34Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationAarrestad, P.A., Masunga, G.S., Hytteborn, H., Pitlagano, M.L., Marokane, W. & Skarpe, C. (2011). Influence of soil, tree cover and large herbivores on field layer vegetation along a savanna landscape gradient in northern Botswana. Journal of Arid Environments. 75(3), 290-297en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/134342
dc.description.abstractThe response of the field layer vegetation to co-varying resource availability (soil nutrients, light) and resource loss (herbivory pressure) was investigated along a landscape gradient highly influenced by elephants and smaller ungulates at the Chobe River front in Botswana. TWINSPAN classification was used to identify plant communities. Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA) and Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) were used to explore the vegetationeenvironment relationships. Four plant communities were described: Panicum maximum woodland, Tribulus terrestris woodland/shrubland, Chloris virgata shrubland and Cynodon dactylon floodplain. Plant height, species richness and diversity decreased with increasing resource availability and resource loss. The species composition was mainly explained by differences in soil resources, followed by variables related to light availability (woody cover) and herbivory, and by interactions between these variables. The vegetation structure and species richness, on the other hand, followed the general theories of vegetation responses to herbivory more closely than resource related theories. The results suggest a strong interaction between resource availability and herbivory in their influence on the composition, species richness and structure of the plant communities.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectBrowsingen_US
dc.subjectElephanten_US
dc.subjectGrazingen_US
dc.subjectPlant communityen_US
dc.subjectSoil propertyen_US
dc.subjectVascular planten_US
dc.titleInfluence of soil, tree cover and large herbivores on field layer vegetation along a savanna landscape gradient in northern Botswanaen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480en_US
dc.source.pagenumber290-297en_US
dc.source.volume75en_US
dc.source.journalJournal of Arid Environmentsen_US
dc.source.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.10.009


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