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Vegetation Survey and Classification of Subtropical Forests of Southern Africa

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  • © 2018

Overview

  • Presents a scientifically sound monograph of the featured segment forests for people interested in nature conservation, environmental consulting, forest management, and national policy-makers
  • Formulates unique concise methodology of forest surveys and presents a prime example how to handle data and present a forest survey
  • Serves national biodiversity assessment in South Africa with data and results

Part of the book series: Geobotany Studies (GEOBOT)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

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About this book

This book highlights classification patterns and underlying ecological drivers structuring the vegetation of selected indigenous subtropical forests in South Africa. It uses original field sampling and advanced numerical data analysis to examine three major types of forest – Albany Coastal Forests, Pondoland Coastal Scarp and Eastern Scarp – all of which are of high conservation value. Offering a unique and systematic assessment of South African ecology in unprecedented detail, the book could serve as a model for future vegetation surveys of forests not only in Africa, but also around the globe.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, West Australia, Australia

    Ladislav Mucina

About the author

Prof Ladislav (Laco) Mucina completed his education in Slovakia and at the Technical University Berlin (Germany). He then served as a professor at universities in Austria, Italy, Sweden, Kuwait, South Africa and Australia; currently he is the Iluka Chair in Vegetation Science and Biogeography at the University of Western Australia, and an elected Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His scientific interests span descriptive vegetation science (especially vegetation surveys, classification and mapping), biosystematics, molecular phylogeny, population ecology, evolutionary biology, biogeography, biodiversity science, environmental management, plant community restoration, and conservation biology.

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