Floristic characteristics of the Andover Game Reserve (AGR) were surveyed using an area-based survey
technique and classified according to the data recorded from 88 relevés, using the PHYTOTAB-PC
software package. Three plant communities, of which two each contain two variants, were described
and mapped. The plant communities and their causative environmental factors were validated
through detrended- and canonical correspondence multivariate analyses. The plant communities of
the AGR were found to typify the floristics associated with the catenal sequences located in undulating
areas on granite. Broad-leaved savanna is located at the crest and upper mid-slopes while fine-leaved
savanna occurs along the footslopes of the AGR. Seeplines, a characteristic occurrence along catenas,
are found at the transitional zone between the upper broad- and lower fine-leaved savanna plant
communities. This study forms the basis for the compilation of a revised ecological management plan
for the Andover Game Reserve.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1001060 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Cronje, HP, Panagos, MD, Reilley, BK |
| Publisher | Koedoe: Research Journal of the South African National Parks |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Rights | Koedoe: Research Journal of the South African National Parks |
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