Includes bibliographical references (leaves 45-56). / Unimodal patterns of diversity along gradients of both disturbance and productivity rank amongst the most celebrated generalizations in ecology, known as the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis (IOH) and Productivity Diversity Hypothesis. However, doubt about their generality has arisen from studies that have failed to confirm the predicted patterns. Models suggest the interactive effects of disturbance and productivity on diversity to be responsible for the variability of diversity patterns.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/6158 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Pfaff, Maya C |
| Contributors | Branch, George M |
| Publisher | University of Cape Town, Faculty of Science, Department of Biological Sciences |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master Thesis, Masters, MSc |
| Format | application/pdf |
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