Co-occurrence and phenological niche separation in rodent pollinated Proteaceae

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dc.contributor.advisorMidgley, Jeremy Jen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCowan, Oliveren_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-08T06:49:07Z
dc.date.available2017-08-08T06:49:07Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.description.abstractDespite the numerous studies regarding rodent pollination in the Cape Floristic Region in the last few decades, little or no work has been done on patterns of co-occurrence and flowering phenology. The presence of three potentially rodent-pollinated Protea species at Fernkloof Nature Reserve, two of which were observed to co-occur, facilitated the following questions: i) are P. cordata, P. scabra and P. angustata therophilous? ii) do therophilous species co-exist at a fine scale? iii) do they have the same pollinator? iv) do they exhibit staggered flowering phenology? The floral characteristics of the study species suggest they were rodent pollinated and that the co-occurring species, P. cordata and P. scabra, would have staggered flowering phenologies. All three of the species' pollen was found in the faeces of Acomys subspinosus, the shared pollinator, while the phenological data provided the first empirical evidence of staggered flowering phenologies between fine scale, sympatric therophilous Protea species.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCowan, O. (2010). <i>Co-occurrence and phenological niche separation in rodent pollinated Proteaceae</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24855en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCowan, Oliver. <i>"Co-occurrence and phenological niche separation in rodent pollinated Proteaceae."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24855en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCowan, O. 2010. Co-occurrence and phenological niche separation in rodent pollinated Proteaceae. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Cowan, Oliver AB - Despite the numerous studies regarding rodent pollination in the Cape Floristic Region in the last few decades, little or no work has been done on patterns of co-occurrence and flowering phenology. The presence of three potentially rodent-pollinated Protea species at Fernkloof Nature Reserve, two of which were observed to co-occur, facilitated the following questions: i) are P. cordata, P. scabra and P. angustata therophilous? ii) do therophilous species co-exist at a fine scale? iii) do they have the same pollinator? iv) do they exhibit staggered flowering phenology? The floral characteristics of the study species suggest they were rodent pollinated and that the co-occurring species, P. cordata and P. scabra, would have staggered flowering phenologies. All three of the species' pollen was found in the faeces of Acomys subspinosus, the shared pollinator, while the phenological data provided the first empirical evidence of staggered flowering phenologies between fine scale, sympatric therophilous Protea species. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Co-occurrence and phenological niche separation in rodent pollinated Proteaceae TI - Co-occurrence and phenological niche separation in rodent pollinated Proteaceae UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24855 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/24855
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCowan O. Co-occurrence and phenological niche separation in rodent pollinated Proteaceae. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24855en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherBotanyen_ZA
dc.titleCo-occurrence and phenological niche separation in rodent pollinated Proteaceaeen_ZA
dc.typeBachelor Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelHonours
dc.type.qualificationnameBSc (Hons.)en_ZA
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