Interactions between termite mounds, trees and the Zemba people in the mopane savanna in north-western Namibia / Chisato Yamashina
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: African Study Monographs, Supplementary Issue, No. 40, 2010 | Historical change and its problem on the relationship between natural environments and human activities in Southern Africa, Edited by Kazuharu Mizuno; p. 114 - 128Publication details: Kyoto : The Center for African Studies, Kyoto University, 2010Description: 14 pages : fig.; 24 cmISSN:- 0286-9667
- NAM 508.6881 MIZ
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Termite mounds comprise a significant part of the landscape in northwestern Namibia. The vegetation type in this area is mopane vegetation. In the area almost all termite mounds coexisted with trees, of which 80 persent were mopane. However termite mounds appeared to have a negative impact on vegetation, they could have positive effects on the growth of mopane vegetation. Local people use the soil of termite mounds as construction material, an this utilization may have an effect on vegetation change if they are removing the mounds that are inhospitable for the growth of plants. Both termite mounds and human activities should be taken into account as factors affecting mopane vegetation
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