Figs Of Southern South Central Africa
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Author | : John Eric Burrows |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
Detailed information on the 48 native figs (Ficus) of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi.
Author | : Ara Monadjem |
Publisher | : Wits University Press |
Total Pages | : 728 |
Release | : 2020-06-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1776145828 |
This revised edition of a book first published in 2010 supplements the original account of the 116 bat species then known to be found in Southern and Central Africa with an additional eight newly described species. The chapters on evolution, biogeography, ecology and echolocation have been updated, citing dozens of recently published papers. The book covers the latest systematic and taxonomic studies, ensuring that the names and relationships of bats in this new edition reflect current scientific knowledge. The species accounts provide descriptions, measurements and diagnostic characters as well as detailed information about the distribution, habitat, roosting habits, foraging ecology and reproduction of each species. The updated species distribution maps are based on 116 recorded localities. A special feature of the 2010 publication was the mode of identification of families, genera and species by way of character matrices rather than the more generally used dichotomous keys. Since then these matrices have been tested in the field and, where necessary, slightly altered for this edition. New photographs fill in gaps and updated sonograms aid with bat identification in acoustic surveys. The bibliography, which now contains more than 700 entries, will be an invaluable aid to students and scientists wishing to track down original research.
Author | : Braam van Wyk |
Publisher | : Penguin Random House South Africa |
Total Pages | : 2943 |
Release | : 2013-08-06 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1775841049 |
This comprehensively updated and expanded edition of the region’s best-selling field guide to trees offers much, much more than the highly successful first edition. Fully updated text (including additional species entries) and distribution maps, numerous new photographs and a new 87-page section of full-tree photographs makes this well-loved guide even more indispensable in the field. Southern Africa has a rich variety of tree species, with an estimated 2 100 indigenous species and more than 100 naturalised aliens. Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa describes and illustrates more than 1 000 of these, focusing on trees that are the most common and most likely to be encountered. Species are logically arranged in 43 groups based on easy-to-observe leaf and stem features, and each account is illustrated by full-colour photographs of the plant’s diagnostic parts. The text also touches on the practical uses of the plants.
Author | : Hugh Glen |
Publisher | : Penguin Random House South Africa |
Total Pages | : 1682 |
Release | : 2016-08-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1775844706 |
Southern Africa is home to more than 2,000 introduced (not indigenous) trees. These non-native species are encountered daily and form a familiar part of our urban landscapes, growing successfully in parks, gardens, along road sides, and in other open spaces. This guide features nearly 600 of the most common and familiar of these and, using the same model of identification as FG Trees of Southern Africa, facilitates ID based on leaf and stem features. The book provides the country of origin for each species and offers key information on cultivation and uses. Each entry is supported by colour images that depict key features, and a shaded map that shows the plant’s cold tolerance (where the species can grow). An essential guide for landscapers and gardeners as well as tree enthusiasts who will struggle to find these trees in their guide to indigenous trees.
Author | : Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2024-02-02 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1805392670 |
Humans and figs form hybrid communities within the context of anthropogenic landscapes, supported by biocultural mutualisms driven by traits of Ficus species and people’s imagination and practices, and where humans also positively influence Ficus species ecology. Fig Trees and Humans examines the interactions between the biology and ecology of the genus Ficus and how humans use and think of Ficus species across the tropics and in the Mediterranean region. It demonstrates a high level of convergence of material and symbolic uses of human-fig interactions that affect various aspects of human culture, as well as the ecology of wild or cultivated Ficus species.
Author | : Kevin Balkwill |
Publisher | : Jacana Media |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781770090361 |
This edition of the Tree spotting series that is designed to enhance this fast-growing eco-hobby in southern Africa.
Author | : Val Thomas |
Publisher | : Jacana Media |
Total Pages | : 339 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1770095616 |
Written for everyone from amateur botanists to keen nature enthusiasts, this reference explores the wonder of South African trees and shrubs from the high-lying grasslands and scrubby Karoo plains to the Drakensberg and the Eastern Cape Mountain ranges. With comprehensive maps of all the larger parks, reserves, and tourist destinations with indigenous trees, this guide not only highlights the striking features of each type of tree, but also offers advice on locations for birding, wildlife watching, picnicking, hiking, walking, and fishing.
Author | : Keith Coates Palgrave |
Publisher | : Penguin Random House South Africa |
Total Pages | : 2589 |
Release | : 2015-09-18 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1920572740 |
This third edition of Trees of Southern Africa has been updated, revised and expanded by Meg Coates Palgrave. It features new simplified keys based on leaf characteristics, and incorporates updated names, reclassifications and new species. All known indigenous trees and many naturalised aliens occurring in southern Africa, south of the Zambezi-Cunene rivers, are included. Accompanying the descriptions are comprehensively revised maps reflecting up-to-date distribution, and drawings of a characteristic leaf and / or fruit. Other features incllude English and Afrikaans common names, notes on medicinal or magical properties and an illustrated glossary. A comprehensive, user-friendly guide, it will appeal to tree enthusiasts and professional botanists across the sub-continent.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Climatology |
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Author | : Ladislav Mucina |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2023-07-04 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3031267397 |
This is the first comprehensive and critical evaluation of the biome (large-scale, functional biotic communities) patterns in the Southern Hemisphere. Revising the Heinrich Walter's zonobiome system for the Southern Hemisphere appeared as necessary because of the bioclimatic imbalance between the Hemispheres. This revision resulted in formulation of a new zonobiome system, considering the geographic peculiarities of both Hemispheres, hence creating a new, powerful tool of global nature-resource survey and conservation. The system has a potential to attract the interest of the global climate modeling community as the concept of biome (and associated hierarchical system) has a strong functional focus. All zonal biomes of the Southern Hemisphere are featured, and the major challenges we face in understanding their origins, structure, and functioning are discussed. The book contains a wealth of original data resulting from collation of bioclimatic data and vegetation mapping.