Original Articles

Habitat factors influencing the distribution of Cymbopogon validus in Mkambati game reserve, Transkei

Published in: African Journal of Range & Forage Science
Volume 11 , issue 1 , 1994 , pages: 1–6

DOI: 10.1080/10220119.1994.9638346

Author(s): SheonaE. Shackleton Department of Botany, Republic of South Africa , C.M. Shackleton Department of Botany, Republic of South Africa

Keywords: Correspondence analysis , disturbance , habitat conditions , principal components analysis

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Abstract

The factors influencing the distribution of Cymbopogon validus in Mkambati Game Reserve were investigated using multivariate techniques. C. validus was found to be present on nutrient‐rich, clay soils and absent from dystrophic, sandy soils. This could account for the patchy distribution of C. validus in the reserve and may limit its expansion into the surrounding grasslands. There was no correlation between measured soil variables and the density and size of C. validus plants within C. validus sites.

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