Litter accumulation in Pinus patula plantations and the role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a forest ecosystem

Description

A thesis submitted in the Faculty of Science, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Johannesburg, 1996. / Litter accumulates on the forest floor in Pinus patula plantations in Mpumalanga, South Africa and as a result nutrients become immobilized and site productivity is reduced. Studies have correlated litteraccumulation with abiotic factors, such as high altitude sites, high rainfall soils derived from the timeball series (shale) have thick litter layers. This study focuses on the biotic factors involved in litter accumulation. [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version] / GR 2017

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1. Dames, Joanna Felicity (1996) Litter accumulation in Pinus patula plantations and the role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a forest ecosystem, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/21649>
2. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/21649

Tags

Pine straw

Forest litter--South Africa

Forest ecology--South Africa

Ectomycorrhizas--South Africa

Pinus patula--South Africa

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/21649
Date	January 1996
Creators	Dames, Joanna Felicity
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis
Format	Online resource (207 leaves), application/pdf