The regional landscape: Nylsvley in perspective

Abstract

This 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 area is provided so that these processes may be seen in their regional perspective. Little has previously been published on the position of the study area in the regional landscape, yet the ecological patterns and processes being researched at Nylsvley are largely determined or influenced by phenomena occurring at a regional scale. This report attempts to fill this gap