A preliminary account of aerial plant biomass in fynbos communities of the Mediterranean-type climate zone of the Cape Province
Aerial plant biomass has been sampled by harvesting on several sites in fynbos communities of the southwestern Cape Province. Biomass in stands of about two years old ranged from about 2 200 kg per ha to about 7 500 kg per ha. Mature stands comprised about 11 000 to 15 000 kg per ha in heaths and...
Main Author: | F. J. Kruger |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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South African National Biodiversity Institut
1977-11-01
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Series: | Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation |
Online Access: | https://abcjournal.org/index.php/abc/article/view/1421 |
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