MUCINA, Ladislav, Anthony P. DOLD, Lubomír TICHÝ and Adriaan VAN NIEKERK. Classification of the Albany Coastal Forests. In Mucina Ladislav. VEGETATION SURVEY AND CLASSIFICATION OF SUBTROPICAL FORESTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. SWITZERLAND: SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG, 2018, p. 59-90. Geobotany Studies. ISBN 978-3-319-67831-3. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67831-3_4.
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Original name Classification of the Albany Coastal Forests
Authors MUCINA, Ladislav (40 Austria), Anthony P. DOLD (710 South Africa), Lubomír TICHÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Adriaan VAN NIEKERK (710 South Africa).
Edition SWITZERLAND, VEGETATION SURVEY AND CLASSIFICATION OF SUBTROPICAL FORESTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, p. 59-90, 32 pp. Geobotany Studies, 2018.
Publisher SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
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Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 10611 Plant sciences, botany
Country of publisher Switzerland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/18:00101732
Organization unit Faculty of Science
ISBN 978-3-319-67831-3
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67831-3_4
UT WoS 000435900500005
Keywords in English DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; LAND COMPONENTS; CLASSIFICATION; FIDELITY; COMMUNITIES; UNITS
Tags topvydavatel
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Albany Coastal Forests are subtropical vegetation type occurring in the western part of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Alexandria Forest is the largest complex of forest patches of this type. Smaller, numerous patches of the Albany forests occur in deeply incised valleys of the rivers in the Albany region. These forests are in contact with the matrix zonal vegetation of the subtropical Albany thickets. This chapter reports on survey (based on full-floristic vegetation plots) of these forests and the classification which yielded six forest (habitat-level) communities, grouped into three Forest Subtypes. The major tree dominants in these forests are Celtis africana, Afrocarpus falcatus, Mimusops obovata, Erythrina caffra, Apodytes dimidiata, Maytenus undata and Sideroxylon inerme. Canonical correspondence analysis was used to characterise major environmental drivers underpinning the revealed vegetation patterns. An identification key assisting in field recognition of forest subtypes and communities is also presented.
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GA17-15168S, research and development projectName: Expertní systémy nové generace pro klasifikaci vegetace v kontinentálním měřítku
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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