10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FYNBOS»
Discover the use of
fynbos in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
fynbos and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Liz McMahon's illustrations are complemented by Michael Fraser's text.
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In Celebration of
Fynbos
In Celebration of Fynbos is a treasure trove of practicalinformation and exquisite photography.
Petra Vandecasteele, Paul Godard, 2008
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The Ecology of
fynbos: nutrients, fire, and diversity
Most of this biodiversity is concentrated in fynbos, a fire-prone shrubland occurring on the sandy, infertile soils which predominate in this region.This book reviews a decade of rigorous research into the biogeography, ecology and ...
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Fire in South African Mountain
Fynbos: Ecosystem, Community ...
Throughout the book, emphasis is placed on the comparison with other Mediterranean-type ecosystems.
Brian W. Van Wilgen, David M. Richardson, Frederick J. Kruger, 2011
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Vegetation of Southern Africa
Some effects of fire frequency on fynbos plant community composition and
structure at Jonkershoek. Stellenbosch. South African Forestry Journal, 118, 42-
55. van Wilgen. B.W. (1984). Adaptation of the United States Fire Danger Rating
...
R. M. Cowling, D. M. Richardson, S. M. Pierce, 2004
This field guide to the Restionaceae, or Cape reeds, commonly called restios, unpacks a unique family of fynbos plants found at the southern tip of South Africa.
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Nature's Services: Societal Dependence On Natural Ecosystems
Fynbos ecosystems provide a storage service for this plant biodiversity. Higgins
et al. (1996a) estimated the value of this biodiversity storage service as the cost
of maintaining indigenous plant gene banks (the two values in table 19.1 reflect ...
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Fynbos: South Africa's Unique Floral Kingdom
Beautifully illustrated in full colour throughout, this is a scientifically accurate guide to the fynbos biome - the Mediterranean-type vegetation of the Cape Floral Kingdom.
R. Richard M. Cowling, Colin Paterson-Jones, 1995
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Frogs and Frogging in Southern Africa
Grassland, desert 9 Tomopterna delalandii Cape Sand Frog Fynbos 9
Tomopterno krugerensis Knocking Sand Frog Savanna 9 Tomopterno marmorato
Russet-backed Sand Frog Savanna 9 Tomopterna natatensis Natal Sand Frog
Grassland ...
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Demons in Eden: The Paradox of Plant Diversity
This paperback edition will include an entirely new chapter on the astonishing diversity of plant life in the Western Cape of South Africa that focuses on fynbos, a vegetation endemic to the Cape.
Jonathan Silvertown, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FYNBOS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
fynbos is used in the context of the following news items.
Protect our human heritage too
It covers more than 220km² and is home to a rare vegetation, fynbos, the smallest of the world's six floral kingdoms and the only one occurring ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
Say #helloweekend in Cape Town
There is no better time to see fynbos in its full glory than in the winter months. Many species are in flower and the Fynbos Walk in the ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
Handy winter gardening checklist: what to do now
For winter-rainfall gardeners, there will be a wonderful range of fynbos and proteas. 8. ORDER SUMMER BULBS. A wonderful array y of ... «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
De Lille and the contentious Clifton Scenic Reserve megaproject
Open to the public, it offers stretches of indigenous coastal fynbos, bowling greens, tennis courts, a cricket oval, sprawling lawns and the tidal ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jul 15»
GRANT TUNGAY
The problem was that the construction of the toll plaza was going to destroy 2,000 square metres of Cape fynbos that lies in the Cape Floral ... «Daily Maverick, Jul 15»
South African pays R600,000 to name new plant species in honour …
The hammer fell at £30‚000 (about R600‚000) to a South African bidder who‚ among other things‚ produces wine amidst the fynbos where the ... «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
Cocktail: Get the whiff of the glen with this rare Scottish gin
The distillers of Botanist Gin had South Africa's cocktailing elite foraging for their own herbal ingredients in the fynbos of Cape Point to mix a ... «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
Unique plant-naming auction raises R600,000
The hammer fell at £30‚000 (about R600‚000) to a South African bidder who‚ among other things‚ produces wine amidst the fynbos where the ... «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
World-best plant reserve next to M5 World-best plant reserve next to …
The Kenilworth Racecourse Conservation Area (KRCA) protects 52 hectares of critically endangered Cape Flats sand fynbos. To make sure ... «News24, Jul 15»
Poetic lapses leaven life on the Cape Flats
... and, of an aspiring model, “an outrageous mixture of beauty from round the world” and that she had “green eyes flecked with fynbos”. «Mail & Guardian Online, Jul 15»
