Climatic change, habitat modification and relative age of dung beetle taxa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Hydrophilidae, Histeridae, Staphylinidae) in the South-Western Cape

dc.contributor.advisorMoran, Cliffen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorHoffmann, Johnen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDavis, Adrian Louis Victoren_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-11T12:22:02Z
dc.date.available2014-10-11T12:22:02Z
dc.date.issued1990en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves v. 1, 156-171.en_ZA
dc.description.abstract1. Two study sites near Pretoria in the Transvaal were located in a summer rainfall climatic area, type 113d (Walter & Lieth 1964), on deep and in both open woodland and grassland. 2. Eleven study sites in the south-western Cape were distributed between two winter rainfall climatic areas, type IV in the Cape of Good Hope Peninsula and type III(IV)a (Walter & Lieth 1964) on the west coast. The west coast could be divided into two subregions, the coastal belt of deep calcareous sand and the Darling Hills comprising predominantly sandy soils with a higher clay fraction. Vegetation at the sites formed a gradient from low, dense pasture to taller sparser shrubland; The five pasture sites were distributed between all three subregions whereas the six shrubland sites were located only in the Cape of Good Hope Peninsula and on the west coastal belt. 3. Pitfall traps baited with cattle dung were used to sample dung beetle fauna over 24h periods once a week in the Transvaal, irrespective .of weather (three traps/site), and on three sunny occasions per month in the south-western Cape (ten traps/site) for one year. 4. A further 13 study sites used for back-up studies in the south-western Cape were concentrated into three localities, three in the Cape of Good Hope Peninsula, six on the west coastal plain and four-in the Darling Hills. These sites comprised different combinations of pasture (five sites) and shrubland (eight sites) habitats. Five traps at each site were baited on one 24h occasion each month over six months.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDavis, A. L. V. (1990). <i>Climatic change, habitat modification and relative age of dung beetle taxa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Hydrophilidae, Histeridae, Staphylinidae) in the South-Western Cape</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8424en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDavis, Adrian Louis Victor. <i>"Climatic change, habitat modification and relative age of dung beetle taxa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Hydrophilidae, Histeridae, Staphylinidae) in the South-Western Cape."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8424en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDavis, A. 1990. Climatic change, habitat modification and relative age of dung beetle taxa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Hydrophilidae, Histeridae, Staphylinidae) in the South-Western Cape. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Davis, Adrian Louis Victor AB - 1. Two study sites near Pretoria in the Transvaal were located in a summer rainfall climatic area, type 113d (Walter & Lieth 1964), on deep and in both open woodland and grassland. 2. Eleven study sites in the south-western Cape were distributed between two winter rainfall climatic areas, type IV in the Cape of Good Hope Peninsula and type III(IV)a (Walter & Lieth 1964) on the west coast. The west coast could be divided into two subregions, the coastal belt of deep calcareous sand and the Darling Hills comprising predominantly sandy soils with a higher clay fraction. Vegetation at the sites formed a gradient from low, dense pasture to taller sparser shrubland; The five pasture sites were distributed between all three subregions whereas the six shrubland sites were located only in the Cape of Good Hope Peninsula and on the west coastal belt. 3. Pitfall traps baited with cattle dung were used to sample dung beetle fauna over 24h periods once a week in the Transvaal, irrespective .of weather (three traps/site), and on three sunny occasions per month in the south-western Cape (ten traps/site) for one year. 4. A further 13 study sites used for back-up studies in the south-western Cape were concentrated into three localities, three in the Cape of Good Hope Peninsula, six on the west coastal plain and four-in the Darling Hills. These sites comprised different combinations of pasture (five sites) and shrubland (eight sites) habitats. Five traps at each site were baited on one 24h occasion each month over six months. DA - 1990 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1990 T1 - Climatic change, habitat modification and relative age of dung beetle taxa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Hydrophilidae, Histeridae, Staphylinidae) in the South-Western Cape TI - Climatic change, habitat modification and relative age of dung beetle taxa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Hydrophilidae, Histeridae, Staphylinidae) in the South-Western Cape UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8424 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDavis ALV. Climatic change, habitat modification and relative age of dung beetle taxa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Hydrophilidae, Histeridae, Staphylinidae) in the South-Western Cape. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 1990 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8424en_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.titleClimatic change, habitat modification and relative age of dung beetle taxa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Hydrophilidae, Histeridae, Staphylinidae) in the South-Western Capeen_ZA
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