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ArticlePeerJ2023

The vegetation of Holocene coastal dunes of the Cape south coast, South Africa.

Richard M Cowling, Hayley Cawthra, Sean Privett, B Adriaan Grobler

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Article in PeerJ, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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  1. DioeciousAoB PLANTS · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Richard M CowlingAfrican Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Hayley CawthraAfrican Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Sean PrivettGrootbos Foundation, Grootbos Nature Reserve, Gansbaai, Western Cape, South Africa.
B Adriaan GroblerAfrican Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Nelson Mandela University · ZACouncil for Geoscience · ZAIziko Museums of South Africa · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The vegetation of calcareous coastal dunes of Holocene age along the south coast of South Africa's Cape Floristic Region is poorly described. This vegetation comprises a mosaic of communities associated with two biomes, Fynbos and Subtropical Thicket. Previously, expert knowledge rather than quantitative floristic analysis has been used to identify and delimit vegetation units. In many areas, mapped units conflate vegetation on Holocene sand with that on unconsolidated sediments of late Pleistocene age, despite pronounced species turnover across this edaphic boundary. Despite dominance by Cape lineages and fynbos vegetation, dune vegetation in the eastern part of the region has been included in the Subtropical Thicket Biome rather than the Fynbos Biome. The high levels of local plant endemism associated with this dune vegetation and the small and fragmented configuration of these habitats, makes it an urgent conservation priority especially when placed in the context of rising sea levels, increasing development pressures and numerous other threats. Here we provide a quantitative analysis of 253 plots of the 620 km

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EcosystemSoilPlantsSandSouth AfricaSandSoilCape Floristic RegionCoastal vegetationFynbos biomeMediterranean-type shrublandsPhytosociologyStrandveldSubtropical thicket biomeVegetation characterizationVegetation mapping

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PMID38107568
PMCPMC10722985
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