Vegetation survey of Namibia: conceptualisation and implementation of a nation-wide vegetation survey serving practical land management needs

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dc.contributor.authorStrohbach, Ben J.
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-11T10:19:29Z
dc.date.available2015-02-11T10:19:29Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionDissertation Zur Erlangung der Wurde des Dokters der Naturwissenschaften des Fachbereichs Biologie, der Fakultat fur Mathematik, Informatik und Naturwissenschaftenen_US
dc.description.abstractThe global human population is dependant on a variety of plant-based ecosystem services for its well-being, even for its very existence. The well-being, in fact, the very existence of man is dependant upon plant-based ecosystem services. Typical services derived from ecosystems encompass food production {crop growing or provision of pastures for livestock and game), the provisioning of raw materials, including a profusion of materials and processes, such as building materials, fuel, water, shelter, erosion control and sediment retention, soil formation and nutrient cycling, waste treatment, gas and climate regulation, pollination, disturbance regulation and biological control {of, e.g., pests and diseases), genetic resources, and the provision of opportunities for recreational and cultural activities (Butler and Oluoch-Kosura, 2006; Corvalan et al., 2005; Costanza et al., 1997; Daily, 1997). In order to provide these services, ecosystems need to function well and biodiversity is a key feature of well-functioning ecosystems. Numerous studies show that species diversity is closely correlated with net primary production: adverse {climatic) variations are compensated for by a highly diverse composition with different traits and functional niches {Costanza et al ., 2007; Dobson et al., 2006; Lamont, 1995; Lareau, 2000; Peterson et al., 1998; Tilman, 1996; Tilman et al., 1997, 1996).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11070/1324
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectVegetation surveyen_US
dc.subjectEcosystem servicesen_US
dc.subjectLand useen_US
dc.subjectConservationen_US
dc.subjectLand degradationen_US
dc.subjectDeforestationen_US
dc.subjectVegetation mappingen_US
dc.subject.lcshPlants, Namibia
dc.subject.lcshVegetation surveys, Namibia
dc.subject.lcshVegetation and climate, Namibia
dc.subject.lcshBiological diversity, Namibia
dc.subject.lcshLand use, Namibia
dc.titleVegetation survey of Namibia: conceptualisation and implementation of a nation-wide vegetation survey serving practical land management needsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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