Cleared Plot Recovery

The data are projected canopy cover values (metres or percentages) and densities (counts of plants) in 2.5 m x 5 m plots before and some years after they were cleared of indigenous Prince Albert Succulent Karoo vegetation on Tierberg Karoo Research Centre (TKRC) and on the adjacent farms Argentina (ARG) and Tierberg (TBG). The research was carried out between 1989.07 and 1991.09. Data collection began in November 1989.07, 12 months after TKRC was stock-fenced to exclude sheep. Thereafter data were collected intermittently until 2005.12. Spanning a period of16 years the document vegetation recovery on small plot surrounded by natural vegetation in the presence of absence of herbivory by wildlife or sheep. This package includes three worksheets, namely “TKRC-peren” (regeneration of perennial species on TKRC), “TBG-ARG-peren” (regeneration of perennial species on TBG and ARG), and “TKRC-annuals” (being density of annual plants on cleared plots at TKRC 26 months after clearing).