Browsing by Author "Musil, Charles F."
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Empirical and model derived respiration responses to climate in different soils of an arid South African ecosystem
Nyaga, Justine Muhoro (2009)This study examined the magnitude of soil CO2 efflux in an arid South African ecosystem, the flux responses as well as those of key limiting nutrients to soil temperature increases and moisture reductions consistent with ... -
Lichen thermal sensitivities, moisture interception and elemental accumulation in an arid South African ecosystem
Maphangwa, Khumbudzo Walter (University of the Western Cape, 2010)Elevated temperatures accompanying climate warming are expected to have adverse effects on sensitive lichen species. This premise was examined by measuring the sensitivity of different lichen species to elevated temperatures ... -
The relevance of fog and dew precipitation to succulent plant hydrology in an arid South African ecosystem
Matimati, Ignatious (2009)Fog and dew interception and utilization by plant canopies remains one of the least considered aspects of vegetation studies at any scale yet the few studies that have been conducted point to their considerable influence ...