A spatial and temporal analysis of Sand Forest tree assemblages in Maputaland, South Africa

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-184

  Gaugris, Jerome Y ^a   van Rooyen, Margaretha W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forest structure; Maputaland; Sand Forest; Succession; Woody plant assemblages

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; NATURE CONSERVATION; ORDINATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION TYPE; WOODY PLANT;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; MAPUTALAND; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TEMBE ELEPHANT PARK;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 58249145073     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3957/0379-4369-38.2.171     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. BOTES, A., McGEOCH, M.A. & VAN RENSBURG, B.J. 2006. Elephant- and human-induced changes to dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) assemblages in the Maputaland Centre of Endemism. Biol. Conserv. 130: 573-582.
2. BROOKES, RA. 2004. Modelling tree resource harvesting on communal land in the Maputaland Centre of Endemism. M.Sc. dissertation, University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury.
3. BURSLEM, D.F.R.P. & WHITMORE, T.C. 1999. Species diversity, susceptibility to disturbance and tree population dynamics in tropical rain forest. J. Veg. Sci. 10: 767-776.
4. EVERARD, D.A., VAN WYK, G.F. & MIDGLEY, J.J. 1994. Disturbance and the diversity of forests in Natal, South Africa: lessons for their utilization. Strelitzia 1: 275-285.
5. EVERARD, D.A., MIDGLEY, J.J. & VAN WYK, G.F. 1995. Dynamics of some forests in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, based on ordinations and size class distributions. S. Afr. J. Bot. 61: 283-292.
6. GAUGRIS, J.Y. 2004. Sustainable utilisation of plants in the Manqakulane Conservation area, Maputaland, South Africa. M.Sc. dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria.
7. GAUGRIS, J.Y. 2008. The impacts of herbivores and humans on the utilisation of woody resources in conserved versus non-conserved land in Maputaland, northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Ph.D. thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria.
8. GAUGRIS, J.Y., MATTHEWS, W., VAN ROOYEN, M.W. & BOTHMA, J. du P. 2004. The vegetation of Tshanini Game Reserve and a comparison with equivalent units in the Tembe Elephant Park in Maputaland, South Africa. Koedoe 47: 9-29.
9. GAUGRIS, J.Y. & VAN ROOYEN, M.W. 2007. The structure and harvesting potential of the Sand Forest in Tshanini Game Reserve, South Africa. S. Afr. J. Bot. 73: 611-622.
10. GAUGRIS, J.Y., VAN ROOYEN, M.W. & VAN DER LINDE, M.J. 2007. Hard wood utilisation in buildings of rural households of the Manqakulane community, Maputaland, South Africa. Ethnobot. Res. & Applic. 5: 97-114.
11. GULDEMOND, R.A.R. 2006. The influence of savannah elephants on vegetation: a case study in the Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa. Ph.D. thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria.
12. GULDEMOND, R.A.R. & VAN AARDE, R.J. 2007 The impact of elephants on plants and their community variables in South Africa's Maputaland. Afr. J. Ecol. 45: 327-335.
13. IZIDINE, S., SIEBERT, S. & VAN WYK, A.B. 2003. Maputaland's Licuati forest and thicket, botanical exploration of the coastal plain south of Maputo Bay, with an emphasis on the Licuati Forest Reserve. Veld & Flora 89: 56-61.
14. KENT, M. & COKER, P. 1996. Vegetation description and analysis: a practical approach, 2nd edition. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, New York.
15. KIRKWOOD, D. & MIDGLEY, J.J. 1999. The floristics of Sand Forest in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Bothalia 29: 293-304.
16. LAWES, M., MACFARLANE, D.M. & EELEY, H.A.C. 2004. Forest landscape pattern in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, South Africa: 50 years of change or stasis? Austral Ecol. 29: 613-623.
17. LOW, A.B. & REBELO, A.G. 1998. Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Pretoria.
18. MATTHEWS, W. 2000. Large herbivore population estimates for Tembe Elephant Park: August 2000. EKZN Wildlife unpublished report.
19. MATTHEWS, W. 2005. Large herbivore population estimates for Tembe Elephant Park: November 2005. EKZN Wildlife unpublished report.
20. MATTHEWS, W. 2006. Contributions to the ecology of Maputaland, southern Africa, with emphasis on Sand Forest, Ph.D. thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria.
21. MATTHEWS, W., VAN WYK, A.B. & VAN ROOYEN, N. 1999. Vegetation of the Sileza Nature Reserve and neighbouring areas, South Africa, and its importance in conserving the woody grasslands of the Maputaland Centre of Endemism. Bothalia 29: 151-167.
22. MATTHEWS, W., VAN WYK, A.E., VAN ROOYEN, N. & BOTHA, G.A. 2001. Vegetation of the Tembe Elephant Park, Maputaland, South Africa. S. Aft. J. Bot. 67: 573-594.
23. MIDGLEY, J., SEYDACK, A., REYNELL, D. & McKELLY, D. 1990. Fine-grain pattern in southern Cape plateau forests. J. Veg. Sci. 1: 539-546.
24. MORLEY, R.C. 2005. The demography of a fragmented population of the savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana Blumenbach) in Maputaland. Ph.D. thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria.
25. MUCINA, L. & RUTHERFORD, M.C. 2006. The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
26. MUELLER-DOMBOIS, D. & ELLENBERG, H. 1974. Aims and Methods of Vegetation Ecology. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
27. PETEERS, O. 2005. Poverty alleviation and sustainable development in Manqakulane, Northern KwaZuluNatal, South Africa: a systemic approach using retrospective remote sensing and GIS. M.A. dissertation, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels.
28. SMITH, R.J., GOODMAN, P.S. & MATTHEWS, W. 2006. Systematic conservation planning: a review of perceived limitations and an illustration of the benefits, using a case study from Maputaland, South Africa. Oryx 40: 400-410.
29. SHANNON, G. 2001. Using a GIS to investigate the role of elephant paths in vegetation utilisation, Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa. M.Sc. dissertation, University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, U.K.
30. TER BRAAK, C.J.F. 2003. CANOCO version 4.52: Biometris quantitative methods in the life and earth sciences. Plant Research International, Wageningen University, Wageningen.
31. VAN EEDEN, D.G. 2005. Aspects of the ecology and conservation status of selected wildlife in and around Tembe Elephant Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. M.Sc. dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria.
32. VAN RENSBURG, B.J., McGEOGH, M.A., CHOWN, S.L. & VAN JAARSVELD, A.S. 1999. Conservation of heterogeneity among dung beetles in the Maputaland Centre of Endemism, South Africa. Biol. Conserve. 88: 145-153.
33. VAN RENSBURG, B.J., CHOWN, S.L., VAN JAARSVELD, A.S. & McGEOGH, M.A. 2000a. Spatial variation and biogeography of sand forest avian assemblages in South Africa. J. Biogeog. 27: 1385-1401.
34. VAN RENSBURG, B.J., McGEOCH, M.A., MATTHEWS, W., CHOWN, S.L. & VAN JAARSVELD, A.S. 2000b. Testing generalities in the shape of patch occupancy frequency distributions. Ecology 81: 3163-3177.
35. VAN WYK, A.E. 1996. Biodversty of the Maputaland Centre. In: X.M. van den Burgt & J.M. van Medenbach de Rooy (Eds), The biodiversity of African plants (pp. 198-207). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
36. VAN WYK, A.E. & SMITH, G.E 2001. Regions of floristic endemism in southern Africa. A review with emphasis on succulents. Umdaus Press, Pretoria.
37. WESTERN, D. & MAITUMO, D. 2004. Woodland loss and restoration in a savanna park: a 20-year experiment. Afr. J. Ecol. 42: 111-121.
38. WHITMORE, T.C. & BURSLEM, D.F.R.R 1996. Major disturbances in tropical rainforests. In: D.M. Newbery, H.H.T. Prins & N.D. Brown (Eds), Dynamics of tropical communities (pp. 549-565). The 37th symposium of the British Ecological Society. Blackwell science, Cambridge University, U.K.