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The effects of habitat change on bird diversity and community structure in a mesic Savanna landscape
Bibliography: leaves 85-91.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/6193 The effects of habitat change on bird diversity and community structure in a mesic Savanna landscape Skowno, Andrew L Bond, William J Botany Bibliography: leaves 85-91. Many conservation areas are effectively islands in a sea of agricultural or urban development in which natural disturbance regimes have been altered or limited. Managers of such areas often need to artificially maintain disturbance regimes in order to control ecosystem processes such as vegetation succession (Richards ef al. 1999). The relationship between disturbance, succession, vegetation change and habitat heterogeneity is crucial to managers because together they can influence biodiversity. For example, a break in the disturbance regime could promote woody plant encroachment. Though this might lead to an increase in habitat heterogeneity, the effects on biodiversity could be positive or negative. Habitat heterogeneity, in this context, can refer to vegetation variability or complexity at a range of spatial scales. 2014-08-13T14:10:20Z 2014-08-13T14:10:20Z 2000 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6193 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Botany Skowno, Andrew L The effects of habitat change on bird diversity and community structure in a mesic Savanna landscape |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The effects of habitat change on bird diversity and community structure in a mesic Savanna landscape |
| title_full | The effects of habitat change on bird diversity and community structure in a mesic Savanna landscape |
| title_fullStr | The effects of habitat change on bird diversity and community structure in a mesic Savanna landscape |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of habitat change on bird diversity and community structure in a mesic Savanna landscape |
| title_short | The effects of habitat change on bird diversity and community structure in a mesic Savanna landscape |
| title_sort | effects of habitat change on bird diversity and community structure in a mesic savanna landscape |
| topic | Botany |
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