W. S. Matthews
University of Pretoria
7 Papers
183 Citations
W. S. Matthews is an academic researcher from University of Pretoria. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vegetation & Plant community. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 7 publications.
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Papers
Vegetation of the Tembe Elephant Park, Maputaland, South Africa
TL;DR: A hierarchical classification, vegetation map, description and ecological interpretation of the plant communities of the Tembe Elephant Park and surrounding areas are presented in this article, where sixty-four sample plots were distributed in a stratified manner throughout the study area.
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Mysterious circles in the Namib Desert: review of hypotheses on their origin
TL;DR: Circular, slightly concave depressions, devoid of vegetation and often surrounded by a fringe of tall grasses occur in a broken belt in the pro-Namib zone of the west coast of southern Africa, and no evidence of increased radioactivity could be detected in soil samples collected from these sites.
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Endemic flora of the north-eastern Transvaal Escarpment, South Africa
TL;DR: The endemic seed plant flora of the north-eastern Transvaal Escarpment (part of the Afromontane Region) is assessed in terms of the region's lithology as discussed by the authors.
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Vegetation of the Sileza Nature Reserve and neighbouring areas, South Africa, and its importance in conserving the woody grasslands of the Maputaland Centre of Endemism
TL;DR: In this article, an analysis of the plant communities of the Sileza Nature Reserve and surrounding areas (± 4 124 ha) is presented, where a TWINSPAN classification, refined by Braun-Blanquet procedures, revealed 12 distinct grassland plant communities.
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The vegetation of the dry dolomitic regions of the north-eastern mountain sourveld of the Transvaal escarpment, South Africa
TL;DR: A syntaxonomical and synecological analysis of the vegetation of the dry dolomitic regions of the Transvaal escarpment is presented and ten plant communities, which can be classified under two major communities are revealed.
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