Author:Rutherford, MCDate:Jan 1979Aboveground peak season biomass is given for 11 woody species in each of five belt transects under study. Mean aerial biomass for all species was 16 273 kg ha, made up of 14 937 kg ha wood, 236 kg ha current season's twigs and 1 100 kg ha ...Read more
Author:Endrody-Younga, SDate:Sep 1982A study of the composition, biology and impact of the arthropod fauna associated with dung and other decaying matter was carried out on the Nylsvley Nature Reserve and on a neighbouring farm from June 1975 to July 1976. A total of 100 638 ...Read more
Author:CSIR National Scientific Programmes Unit, CSIRDate:Dec 1975The savanna ecosystem project being undertaken at Nylsvley in the northern Transvaal is an attempt to improve our ability to predict events within the savanna grazing lands of southern Africa, in particular to predict the consequences of ...Read more
Author:Huntley, BJDate:Mar 1978A description of the objectives, organization and research programme of the Savanna Ecosystem Project being undertaken at Nylsvley in the northern Transvaal is presented. The project is a cooperative multi-disciplinary study of the structure ...Read more
Author:Frost, PGHDate:1987This report deals with the South African Savanna Ecosystem Project study site at the Nylsvley Provincial Nature Reserve, northern Transvaal. In particular, a description of the environmental features and ecological processes active in the ...Read more
Author:Huntley, BJDate:Mar 1977The results of the second full season (July 1975 - June 1976) of a cooperative multi-disciplinary investigation into the structure and function of a savanna ecosystem at Nylsvley in the Northern Transvaal are briefly reviewed. Rainfall during ...Read more
Author:Huntely, BJ; Morris, JWDate:Jul 1978A summary of the results of the first phase (mid 1974 to mid 1976) of the South African Savanna Ecosystem Project being undertaken at Nylsvley in the northern Transvaal is presented. Phase I of this ten year study of the structure and functioning ...Read more
Author:O'Connor, TGDate:Oct 1985The purpose of this synthesis of long term experiments was to develop an account of how the principal determinants (rainfall, soil type, woody/grass ratio, herbivory, fire) influence the dynamics of the grass layer of southern African ...Read more