Effects of natural vegetation, fire and alien plant invasion on bird species assemblages in mountain fynbos of the southwestern Cape Province, South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorPrys-Jones, Roberten_ZA
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Michael, 1957-en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-11T12:22:01Z
dc.date.available2014-10-11T12:22:01Z
dc.date.issued1990en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 148-160.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe effects on birds of fine-scale differences in plant species assemblage and vegetation structure, and of two major disturbance factors (woody alien plant infestation and fire), were investigated in Mountain Fynbos at two sites in the southwestern Cape Province, South Africa. Three associated processes were also studied. These were the relative importance of three animal taxa as seed predators following fire, the extent to which an indigenous bird species ate alien Acacia cyclops fruits, and potentially dispersed its seeds, and the number of nectarivorous birds which visited an isolated nectar resource. Avian responses to fire in Mountain Fynbos varied according to season, locality and burning regime. Recently and cleanly burnt fynbos at a flat, low altitude, coastal site supported a distinctly non-fynbos avifauna, characterized by relatively large-bodied, ground-feeding, opportunistic species.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationFraser, M. (1990). <i>Effects of natural vegetation, fire and alien plant invasion on bird species assemblages in mountain fynbos of the southwestern Cape Province, South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8423en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationFraser, Michael. <i>"Effects of natural vegetation, fire and alien plant invasion on bird species assemblages in mountain fynbos of the southwestern Cape Province, South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8423en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFraser, M. 1990. Effects of natural vegetation, fire and alien plant invasion on bird species assemblages in mountain fynbos of the southwestern Cape Province, South Africa. Thesis. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8423en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Fraser, Michael, 1957- AB - The effects on birds of fine-scale differences in plant species assemblage and vegetation structure, and of two major disturbance factors (woody alien plant infestation and fire), were investigated in Mountain Fynbos at two sites in the southwestern Cape Province, South Africa. Three associated processes were also studied. These were the relative importance of three animal taxa as seed predators following fire, the extent to which an indigenous bird species ate alien Acacia cyclops fruits, and potentially dispersed its seeds, and the number of nectarivorous birds which visited an isolated nectar resource. Avian responses to fire in Mountain Fynbos varied according to season, locality and burning regime. Recently and cleanly burnt fynbos at a flat, low altitude, coastal site supported a distinctly non-fynbos avifauna, characterized by relatively large-bodied, ground-feeding, opportunistic species. DA - 1990 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1990 T1 - Effects of natural vegetation, fire and alien plant invasion on bird species assemblages in mountain fynbos of the southwestern Cape Province, South Africa TI - Effects of natural vegetation, fire and alien plant invasion on bird species assemblages in mountain fynbos of the southwestern Cape Province, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8423 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8423
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationFraser M. Effects of natural vegetation, fire and alien plant invasion on bird species assemblages in mountain fynbos of the southwestern Cape Province, South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 1990 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8423en_ZA
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dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherZoologyen_ZA
dc.titleEffects of natural vegetation, fire and alien plant invasion on bird species assemblages in mountain fynbos of the southwestern Cape Province, South Africaen_ZA
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