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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
A rapid multi-disciplinary biodiversity assessment of the Kamdebooberge (Sneeuberg, Eastern Cape, South Africa): Implications for conservation
SpringerPlus, Volume 1, No. 1, Article 56, Year 2012
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Botanical work since 2008 on the Sleeping Giant section of the Kamdebooberge (Sneeuberg mountain complex, Eastern Cape, South Africa) has indicated that these mountains may be of significant conservation value. Accordingly, a precursory, rapid multi-disciplinary biodiversity assessment was undertaken in January 2011, focusing on plants, tetrapod vertebrates and leafhoppers. The botanical results confirm the Kamdebooberge as being of high botanical conservation value, hosting three strict endemics, healthy populations of five other Sneeuberg endemics, and fynbos communities comprising species not found elsewhere in the Sneeuberg. The Kamdebooberge are important for herpetofauna (excluding serpentoids) and mammals, hosting several range-restricted and regional endemics. The expedition uncovered three new leafhopper species, together with several species previously only known from the Cape Floristic Region. Further detailed faunal work may provide further interesting results from these mountains, which show a high conservation value unique to the southern Escarpment. © 2012 Clark et al.
Authors & Co-Authors
Clark, Vincent Ralph
South Africa, Grahamstown
Rhodes University
Perera, Sandun J.
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Stiller, Michael
South Africa, Pretoria
Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria
Stirton, Charles H.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Weston, Peter H.
Australia, Sydney
National Herbarium of new South Wales
Stoev, Pavel
Bulgaria, Sofia
National Museum of Natural History Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Coombs, Gareth
South Africa, Grahamstown
Rhodes University
Bulgaria, Sofia
National Museum of Natural History Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Morris, Dale B.
South Africa, Grahamstown
Rhodes University
Ratnayake-Perera, Dayani
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Barker, Nigel Paul
South Africa, Grahamstown
Rhodes University
McGregor, Gillian K.
South Africa, Grahamstown
Rhodes University
Statistics
Citations: 126
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/2193-1801-1-1
e-ISSN:
21931801
Study Locations
South Africa