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Tierberg Karoo Research Centre (TKRC)
is a Long Term Ecological Research field facility
available for use by organisations involved in
research and tertiary education in the natural
sciences. The field site comprises 100 ha of
natural Karoo shrubland situated on the privately
owned ranch Tierberg. The field site has been
fenced to exclude domestic livestock since July
1987 when it was the focus of the NF (then FRD)-funded
Karoo Biome Project. Weather data (rainfall,
temperature, wind speed) were collected by data
logger from 1988-1993 and from 2006 until present.
Studies of plant, bird and small mammal
populations at this site have contributed
substantially to present conceptual understanding
of ecological process in the Karoo (see
publication list). The plant, bird and mammal
checklists and soil data for the site, provide
valuable baselines for research. TKRC is regularly
used for school and university field excursions
and frequently visited by foreign ecologists with
an interest in arid ecosystems.
Tierberg Karoo Research Centre
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