Biogeography and Ecology of Southern Africa

ISBN-13: 9789400999534 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 1444 str.

Marinus J. a. Werger; Adolf Cornelis Van Bruggen

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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.