Sell, Anne F., von Maltitz, Graham P., Auel, Holger, Biastoch, Arne, Bode-Dalby, Maya, Brandt, Peter, Duncan, Sabrina, Ekau, Werner ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4844-9654, Fock, Heino O., Hagen, Wilhelm, Huggett, Jenny A., Koppelmann, Rolf, Körner, Mareike, Lahajnar, Niko, Martin, Bettina, Midgley, Guy F., Rixen, Tim ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8376-891X, van der Lingen, Carl D., Verheye, Hans M. and Wilhelm, Margit R. (2024) Unique Southern African Terrestrial and Oceanic Biomes and Their Relation to Steep Environmental Gradients. In: Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Climate Change. ; 248 . Ecological Studies . Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 23-88. ISBN 978-3-031-10947-8 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10948-5.

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Abstract

The southern African subcontinent and its surrounding oceans accommodate globally unique ecoregions, characterized by exceptional biodiversity and endemism. This diversity is shaped by extended and steep physical gradients or environmental discontinuities found in both ocean and terrestrial biomes. The region’s biodiversity has historically been the basis of life for indigenous cultures and continues to support countless economic activities, many of them unsustainable, ranging from natural resource exploitation, an extensive fisheries industry and various forms of land use to nature-based tourism.

Document Type:	Book chapter
Programme Area:	PA1
Research affiliation:	Ecology > Fisheries Biology Biogeochemistry and Geology > Carbon and Nutrient Cycling
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10948-5
ISSN:	0070-8356
Projects:	TRAFFIC
Date Deposited:	13 Mar 2025 15:48
Last Modified:	13 Mar 2025 15:48
URI:	http://cris.leibniz-zmt.de/id/eprint/5605

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