A preliminary account of aerial plant biomass in fynbos communities of the Mediterranean-type climate zone of the Cape Province

Aerial plant biomass has been sampled by harvesting on several sites in fynbos communities of the south­western Cape Province. Biomass in stands of about two years old ranged from about 2 200 kg per ha to about 7 500 kg per ha. Mature stands comprised about 11 000 to 15 000 kg per ha in heaths and...

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Main Author: F. J. Kruger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: South African National Biodiversity Institut 1977-11-01
Series:Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation
Online Access:https://abcjournal.org/index.php/abc/article/view/1421