Top-down or bottom-up?: Impacts of giraffe browse and water abstraction on two keystone tree species of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
In this thesis I determine how an emphasis on tourism may have both a top-down and bottom-up affect on the two most dominant tree species in the southern Kalahari Desert of central southern Africa. Both tree species are considered as keystone species especially along ephemeral rivers. My focus is on...
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| Format: | Dissertation |
| Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22908 |