Hirst, SM2008-04-222008-04-221975-12Hirst, SM. 1975. Savanna ecosystem project - progress report 1974/75. National Scientific Programmes Unit: CSIR, SANSP Report 03, Dec 1975, pp 320 7988 0821 7http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2237The period under review was devoted essentially to a pilot study of the Burked ecosystem, which aimed at an initial, albeit crude, quantitative appraisal of the total system to define the overall structure and the most important energy and material flowpaths and ecosystem controlling factors. The direction and depth of study of separate components and processes will be largely determined by a review of pilot study results towards the end of 1975. Severe shortages of professional manpower limited the pilot study in certain areas, notably the measurements of the magnitudes and rates of plant litter accumulation and decomposition, and in studies of the major ungulate herbivores within the system. Four projects were completed during the early part of 1975, these all related to studies of the structural features of the soils and vegetation of the study area (Coetzee et al_. 1975, Harmse 1975, Lubke et al.1975, Van Rooyen and Theron 1975).enSavanna ecosystemClimateSoilsVegetationConsumersPrimary productionSANSPReportHirst, S. (1975). <i>Savanna ecosystem project - progress report 1974/75</i> (CSIR). National Scientific Programmes Unit: CSIR. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2237Hirst, SM <i>Savanna ecosystem project - progress report 1974/75.</i> CSIR. National Scientific Programmes Unit: CSIR, 1975. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2237Hirst S. Savanna ecosystem project - progress report 1974/75. 1975 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2237TY - Report AU - Hirst, SM AB - The period under review was devoted essentially to a pilot study of the Burked ecosystem, which aimed at an initial, albeit crude, quantitative appraisal of the total system to define the overall structure and the most important energy and material flowpaths and ecosystem controlling factors. The direction and depth of study of separate components and processes will be largely determined by a review of pilot study results towards the end of 1975. Severe shortages of professional manpower limited the pilot study in certain areas, notably the measurements of the magnitudes and rates of plant litter accumulation and decomposition, and in studies of the major ungulate herbivores within the system. Four projects were completed during the early part of 1975, these all related to studies of the structural features of the soils and vegetation of the study area (Coetzee et al_. 1975, Harmse 1975, Lubke et al.1975, Van Rooyen and Theron 1975). DA - 1975-12 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Savanna ecosystem KW - Climate KW - Soils KW - Vegetation KW - Consumers KW - Primary production KW - SANSP LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 1975 SM - 0 7988 0821 7 T1 - Savanna ecosystem project - progress report 1974/75 TI - Savanna ecosystem project - progress report 1974/75 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2237 ER -