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Arthropod fauna of mammal-pollinated Protea humiflora: Ants as an attractant for insectivore pollinators?
No full textProtea humiflora Andrews inflorescences are cryptic, but strongly scented and borne close to the ground (geoflorous) for ready access by small, non-flying mammals. During a study of P. humiflora pollination, we found that insectivorous elephant shrews (Macroscelididae: Elephantulus edwardii (A. Smith)) carried higher pollen loads on their snouts than simultaneously-trapped rodent species. Elephant shrews seem to be acquiring pollen while foraging for insects in the inflorescences. Compared with the larger bird-pollinated inflorescences of P. repens (L.) L., P. humiflora inflorescences have a substantially lower mass of arthropods, relatively fewer beetles (12% of arthropod dry mass) and more ants (13%). The large numbers of ants in these inflorescences may attract insectivore pollinators, suggesting an indirect, mutualistic relationship between plant, insect and insectivore
Protea-repens-physiology: Protea repens physiology - traits, environment, and functional response
No full textThese files provide the data, R scripts, and JAGS scripts for analysis of ecophysiological variation and trait variation in Protea repens. They include trait and physiological measurements in a common garden at Kirstenbosch and at two field sites (Kleinmond and DeHoop). They also include environmental data on the sites from which garden populations were collected.
v1.1 contains only a few small changes, primarily relating to stomatal conductance, that were requested by reviewers of the version originally submitted
Genotyping by sequencing in Protea repens
No full text<p>This repository contains files and data for the Fst outlier analysis and treemix analyses of GBS data from <em>Protea repens</em></p>
A study in the history of Protea Village and the impact of the Group Areas Act
No full textHonours DegreeIn this story I will look at the Group Areas Act and how it effected the life of people with particular reference to the Protea Village Community in Cape Town. Protea Village was a coloured spot situated on the slopes of Table Mountain beneath Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens with Rhodes Drive as the boundry. Protea Village started in 1885 when Cecil John Rhodes built a road from Groote Schuur to Hout Bay. It was important for him to have his coloured labourers close to the workplace, thus he rented the Stegman Cottages in Kirstenbosh as home for their families
Protea mellifera and Protea lepidocarpodendron florets
No full textCaption: "Cross-sections of (left) Protea mellifera and (right) Protea lepidocarpodendron showing difference in compactness of the florets.
King Protea
No full textCaption: "King Protea. Koningsprotea. Protea cynaroides. Cape Province. Kaapprovinsie.
Protea mellifera and Protea lepidocarpodendron florets
No full textCaption: "Cross-sections of (left) Protea mellifera and (right) Protea lepidocarpodendron showing difference in compactness of the florets.
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