The relationship between pollen rain, vegetation, climate, meteorological factors and land-use in the PWV, Transvaal

Description

A two-year analysis of pollen rain was conducted in the Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging district of the Transvaal, South Africa. Poaceae WaS the major component of the pollen assemblage, comprising 52% regionally. Of the total pollen count, 58.8% was non-seasonal and present throughout the year. During the analysis it became apparent that fungal spores dominated the atmospheric content, accounting for 94% of total airspora, considered here to incl ude pollen and fUngal spores.[Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version]. / AC2017

Links & Downloads

1. Cadman, Ann (1991) The relationship between pollen rain, vegetation, climate, meteorological factors and land-use in the PWV, Transvaal, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/22026>
2. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22026

Tags

Palynology--South Africa--Transvaal

Land use--South Africa--Transvaal

Sampling (Statistics)

Time-series analysis

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/22026
Date	January 1991
Creators	Cadman, Ann
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis
Format	Online resource (202 leaves), application/pdf