ABSTRACT The forests of South Africa and the neighbouring countries, including Lesotho,
eSwatini, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique (south of the Zambezi River) …

Objectives: Climate change is expected to have major impacts on plant species distribution
worldwide. These changes can affect plant species in three ways: the timing of seasonal …

The international, interdisciplinary biodiversity research project BIOTA AFRICA initiated a
standardized biodiversity monitoring network along climatic gradients across the African …

The characterization and evaluation of the recent status of biodiversity in Southern Africa's
Savannas is a major prerequisite for suitable and sustainable land management and …

Land-cover is an important parameter in analyzing the state and dynamics of natural and
anthropogenic terrestrial ecosystems. Land-cover classes related to semi-arid savannas …

Aims: The Karstveld in Namibia has been recognized as an area of high plant diversity.
However, this area is also recognised as a hotspot of various forms of degradation including …

Ephemeral rivers in dryland regions exhibit a high interannual variability of streamflow
regime, mainly dominated by floods. In these environments, floods are a water resource and …

No detailed vegetation descriptions are available for the Kavango woodlands—recent
descriptions have all been at the broad landscape level without describing any vegetation …

The vegetation of the Okavango River Valley has previously only been described in general
terms along the gradient from base of the valley to the top of the sand plateau, without the …

Studies in landscape ecology which include hydrological and socio-economic aspects
frequently use catchments as basic units. Similar studies are currently being undertaken in …