Plant water relations along a rainfall gradient, between the succulent Karoo and Mesic Mountain Fynbos, in the Cedarberg Mountains, near Clanwilliam, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorMiller, Jeffreyen_ZA
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dc.date.issued1985en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe similarities in the structure of the sclerophyllus evergreen shrublands of the five disjunct mediterranean-type ecosystems is thought to be the result of convergent evolution. In the Mediterranean, California, and Chile the length of the summer drought and the cold winter temperatures are hypothesized to be the primary selective pressures. In Australia and South Africa low soil nutrients are thought to be important, as they are in defining the structurally similar heathlands found with a range of climatic types. The fynbos vegetation in an area with a mediterranean-type climate was sampled for a period with low xylem pressure potentials and restricted leif conductances to water loss during the summer drought, and the patterns of plant response to desiccation. The presence of patterns of plant water relations in the fynbos similar to those found in other mediterranean-type ecosystems could demonstrate the importance of water as a selective pressure in the fynbos.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMiller, J. (1985). <i>Plant water relations along a rainfall gradient, between the succulent Karoo and Mesic Mountain Fynbos, in the Cedarberg Mountains, near Clanwilliam, South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21931en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMiller, Jeffrey. <i>"Plant water relations along a rainfall gradient, between the succulent Karoo and Mesic Mountain Fynbos, in the Cedarberg Mountains, near Clanwilliam, South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21931en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMiller, J. 1985. Plant water relations along a rainfall gradient, between the succulent Karoo and Mesic Mountain Fynbos, in the Cedarberg Mountains, near Clanwilliam, South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Miller, Jeffrey AB - The similarities in the structure of the sclerophyllus evergreen shrublands of the five disjunct mediterranean-type ecosystems is thought to be the result of convergent evolution. In the Mediterranean, California, and Chile the length of the summer drought and the cold winter temperatures are hypothesized to be the primary selective pressures. In Australia and South Africa low soil nutrients are thought to be important, as they are in defining the structurally similar heathlands found with a range of climatic types. The fynbos vegetation in an area with a mediterranean-type climate was sampled for a period with low xylem pressure potentials and restricted leif conductances to water loss during the summer drought, and the patterns of plant response to desiccation. The presence of patterns of plant water relations in the fynbos similar to those found in other mediterranean-type ecosystems could demonstrate the importance of water as a selective pressure in the fynbos. DA - 1985 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1985 T1 - Plant water relations along a rainfall gradient, between the succulent Karoo and Mesic Mountain Fynbos, in the Cedarberg Mountains, near Clanwilliam, South Africa TI - Plant water relations along a rainfall gradient, between the succulent Karoo and Mesic Mountain Fynbos, in the Cedarberg Mountains, near Clanwilliam, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21931 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/21931
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMiller J. Plant water relations along a rainfall gradient, between the succulent Karoo and Mesic Mountain Fynbos, in the Cedarberg Mountains, near Clanwilliam, South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 1985 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21931en_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.titlePlant water relations along a rainfall gradient, between the succulent Karoo and Mesic Mountain Fynbos, in the Cedarberg Mountains, near Clanwilliam, South Africaen_ZA
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