A note on establishment of Widdringtonia cedarbergensis (Clanwilliam cedar)

Published online
12 Jan 1990
Content type
Journal article
Journal title
Journal of Applied Ecology
DOI
10.2307/2404082

Author(s)
Manders, P. T. & Botha, S. A.

Publication language
English
Location
Africa South of Sahara & South Africa

Abstract

A study in April 1986 of sowing method (broadcast or buried), sowing density (8, 4, 0.8 seeds/m2) and granivory (using rodent exclosures) in an area of the central Cedarberg mountains, South Africa, burned by wildfire the previous Nov. Germination and survival were best from buried seeds, and excluding rodents.

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