Biogeography and Ecology of Southern Africa
Southern Africa is certainly not a naturally bounded area so that there are several possibilities for delineating it and concepts about its extent. Wellington* discussed the various possibilities for delineation and suggested that one line stands out more clearly and definitely as a physical boundar...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1978, 1978
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1978 |
| Series: | Monographiae Biologicae
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Environment, present and past
- 1 The geomorphology of central and southern Africa
- 2 Climatic indices and classifications in relation to the biogeography of southern Africa
- 3 Rainfall changes over South Africa during the period of meteorological record
- 4 Schematic soil map of southern Africa south of latitude 16° 30’S
- 5 Late Cretaceous and Tertiary vegetation history of Africa
- 6 Quaternary vegetation changes in southern Africa
- Biogeography and ecology
- 7 Biogeographical division of southern Africa
- 8 Capensis
- 9 The Karoo-Namib Region
- 10 The Sudano-Zambezian Region
- 11 The Afromontane Region
- 12 The Afro-alpine Region
- 13 The Indian Ocean Coastal Belt
- 14 The Guineo—Congolian transition to southern Africa
- 15 Primary production ecology in southern Africa
- 16 Megadrilacea (Oligochaeta)
- 17 Onychophora
- 18 Arachnida (except Acari)
- 19 Acari, by Magdalena
- 20 Myriapoda
- 21 Odonata
- 22 Orthoptera
- 23 Isoptera
- 24 Lepidoptera
- 25 Diptera
- 26 Coleoptera
- 27 Hymenoptera
- 28 Land mollusks
- 29 The Herpetofauna
- 30 Birds
- 31 Mammals
- 32 Patterns of man-land relations
- Biogeography and ecology of special habitats
- 33 Freshwater plants
- 34 Freshwater invertebrates (except molluscs)
- 35 Freshwater molluscs
- 36 Freshwater fishes
- 37 Mangrove communities
- 38 Coastal marine habitats
- 39 High termitaria
- 40 The vegetation of heavy metal and other toxic soils
- Conservation
- 41.Ecosystem conservation in southern Africa
- Systematic index