Original Research

Classification of the natural vegetation of Mtendere Game Ranch in the Chibombo District of the Central Province, Zambia

A.E. Cauldwell, U. Zieger, M.G. Bingham, G.J. Bredenkamp
Koedoe | Vol 41, No 2 | a250 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v41i2.250 | © 1998 A.E. Cauldwell, U. Zieger, M.G. Bingham, G.J. Bredenkamp | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 01 August 1998 | Published: 01 August 1998

About the author(s)

A.E. Cauldwell, University of Pretoria, South Africa
U. Zieger, University of Pretoria, South Africa
M.G. Bingham,, Zambia
G.J. Bredenkamp, University of, South Africa

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Abstract

A phytosociological analysis of the physical environment and the natural plant communities of Mtendere Game Ranch in the Chibombo District of the Central Province of Zambia is presented. A TWINSPAN classification and DECORANA ordination based upon 69 releves revealed three vegetation types, grassland, woodland and thicket, that are subdivided into the following plant communities: Dambo, Munga Woodland, Miombo Woodland, Termitaria and Deciduous Thicket. The natural vegetation of Mtendere Game Ranch is separated into fire management units on the basis of the vegetation types.

Keywords

habitat utilisation; miombo; wildlife; Zambia; Twinspan; Decorana

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