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Above ground perennial plant biomass across an altitudinal and land-use gradient in Namaqualand, South Africa

Author: Anderson, PML ; Hoffman, MT ; O'Farrell, Patrick J Date: Aug 2010 This study set out to generate estimates of the standing perennial biomass for six different vegetation types, and associated upland and lowland habitats, across the altitudinal gradient presented by the Kamiesberg mountain range in the ... Read more
Local benefits of retaining natural vegetation for soil retention and hydrological services

Author: O'Farrell, Patrick J ; Donaldson, JS ; Hoffman, MT Date: Aug 2009 Renosterveld is a grassy shrubland with a diverse understory of geophytes. Exceptional plant diversity and endemism, combined with considerable fragmentation due to transformation to cropland, make this vegetation type a conservation priority. ... Read more
Long-term trends in vegetation phenology and productivity over Namaqualand using the GIMMS AVHRR NDVI3g data from 1982 to 2011

Author: Davis, CL ; Hoffman, MT ; Roberts, W Date: Jul 2017 Vegetation monitoring of arid and semi-arid environments using remotely sensed vegetation indices over long periods of time is essential to improve the understanding of the processes related to change. In this paper, 30 years of biweekly AVHRR ... Read more
Recent trends in the climate of Namaqualand, a megadiverse arid region of South Africa

Author: Davis, CL ; Hoffman, MT ; Roberts, W Date: Apr 2016 Namaqualand is especially vulnerable to future climate change impacts. Using a high-resolution (0.5°x0.5°) gridded data set (CRU TS 3.1) and individual weather station data, we demonstrated that temperatures as well as frequency of hot extremes ... Read more
Will a decreasing winter rainfall cause a shift in Succulent Karoo boundaries? Evidence from competition and vegetation-change analyses.

Author: Shiponeni, NN ; Allsopp, N ; Carrick, PJ ; Lück-Vogel, Melanie ; Hoffman, MT ; Keil, M Date: Sep 2008 The ecotone between the Namaqualand shrublands (Succulent Karoo biome) and Bushmanland Arid Grassland (Nama-Karoo biome) is characterised by transitional (ecotonal) physiognomy (grassland-shrubland mosaic, and grass and shrubs intermingling ... Read more

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