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T1  - Landscape history, time lags and drivers of change : urban natural grassland remnants in Potchefstroom, South Africa 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/224140 
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A1  - du Toit, Marie J.; Kotze, D. Johan; Cilliers, Sarel S. 
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Y1  - 2016 
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AB  - The history of the landscape directly affects biotic assemblages, resulting in time lags in species response to disturbances. In highly fragmented environments, this phenomenon often causes extinction debts. However, few studies have been carried out in urban settings. To determine if there are time lags in the response of temperate natural grasslands to urbanization. Does it differ for indigenous species and for species indicative of disturbance and between woody and open grasslands? Do these t... 
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KW  - Urban ecology; Urban landscape measures; Temperate grasslands; Indigenous species; Exotic species; Disturbance indicator species; Extinction debt; EXOTIC PLANT INVASIONS; NORTH-WEST PROVINCE; PAST LAND-USE; EXTINCTION DEBT; MUNICIPAL AREA; RURAL GRADIENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; LOCAL EXTINCTION; VEGETATION; 1172 Environmental sciences 
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