Abstract
The Parque Nacional do Limpopo (PNL) was proclaimed during 2002. It covers 1 000 000 ha in Moçambique on the eastern boundary of the Kruger National Park (KNP) and forms one of the major components of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. A vegetation map was required as one of the essential building blocks for the drafting of its management plan (Grossman & Holden 2002).
Highlights
The Parque Nacional do Limpopo (PNL) was proclaimed during 2002
The PNL is situated between latitudes 22o25'S –24o10'S and longitude 31o18'E–32o39'E in the Gaza Province of Moçambique (Fig. 1)
Community 6: Colophospermum mopane Panicum maximum short woodland. This community represents the typical mopane woodlands associated with the PNL
Summary
The Parque Nacional do Limpopo (PNL) was proclaimed during 2002. It covers 1 000 000 ha in Moçambique on the eastern boundary of the Kruger National Park (KNP) and forms one of the major components of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. The extent of the area, its relative inaccessibility due to poor road infrastructure, and the limited time available precluded a traditional fine-scale vegetation description and map of the PNL Such a finescale input is in any case likely to be too detailed for the scale of management envisaged, certainly in the short to medium term. The use of broad habitat units defined by a combination of environmental factors and vegetation would probably represent the most useful input for the drafting of the management plan This is because such units have relevance to animal species, their availability of water might differ, they might require different fire regimes, and they will differ in their sensitivity to utilisation and development. 300 Kilometers and thirdly to identify and delineate landscapes in terms of their plant community make-up, environmental determinants and occurrence
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