The feedback effects of canopy architecture : why are African acacias flat-topped?
Only the African acacias have a so-called flat topped crown. This study identifies this architecture using the simple measures of height, diameter and spread. In this way the flat-topped species are identified and differentiated from the other acacia species (A. nilotica & A. tortilis). It h...
Main Author: | McLean, Phil |
---|---|
Other Authors: | Midgley, Jeremy J |
Format: | Others |
Language: | English |
Published: |
University of Cape Town
2017
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25571 |
Similar Items
-
The influence of acacias on below canopy grass communities
by: Roberts, Anthony
Published: (2017) -
The effects of fire on nutrient pool sizes and the subsequent effetcs on grass quality in savanna grassland in Umfolozi Park
by: McLean, Phil
Published: (2017) -
Why do wasp induced galls of Acacia longifolia photosynthesise?
by: Haiden, Sarah
Published: (2017) -
A dendrochronological and radiocarbon analysis of two African Acacia species
by: Mader, Andre Derek
Published: (2017) -
The veiled evolutionary benefits of conspicuous white African Acacia thorns
by: Williams, Stephanie
Published: (2017)