Title

Title	Assessment of vegetation diversity, structure, cover and the influence of fire along the rainfall gradient in the Kalahari, east of Namibia using long-term data (Master thesis)	?
Author	Emma Laili Kaunapawa Shidolo	?
Abstract	Change in climatic condition has a considerable potential to cause change in vegetation structure and functioning of ecosystems. Savanna ecosystems in southern Africa are threatened by reduced rainfalls and wet seasons, coupled with frequent and extended periods of drought. The Kalahari landscape has been described as vulnerable to global climate change. Widespread remobilisation of dune fields are predicted over the next 50 to 80 years. However, there is a lack of long-term research done using empirical data to understand the dynamics of vegetation under this circumstances over a longer period of time. Therefore, the objective of this study is to assess if there was change in species diversity, richness, cover and structure of vegetation over the years within four selected permanent observatory sites located along the Kalahari basin. This is as well to determine the influence of fire and rainfall regime on vegetation.	?

Dataset

Document Reference Date Type	creation	?
Date	2017-12-31	?
Language	English	?
Online Linkage		?
Associated project	SASSCAL (Phase 1)	?
Subproject	062 Vegetation Survey of Namibia	?

Dataset Classification

Type	PDF	?
Category	thesis	?

Geographic Location

Geographic Description

Namibia

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Metadata

Metadata Contact Person	Strohbach, Ben, Dr	?
Metadata Date Stamp	2019-10-02	?

Identifier

Internal identifier

sdp_doc_documents_6625 (Link)