Format:
1 online resource (400 pages)
ISBN:
9780511155079
Content:
Originally published in 1999, this book was the first to synthesise ecological studies of this unique southern African region.
Content:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part one Biogeographic patterns and the driving variables -- 1 The climate of the karoo - a functional approach -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. A general overview of the climate of the Karoo -- 1.2.1. Precipitation -- Rainfall -- Fog -- Dew -- 1.2.2. Reliability of sources of moisture -- 1.2.3. El Niño in southern Africa -- 1.3. Temperature -- 1.4. Cloud and light -- 1.5. Wind -- 1.5.1. Bergwinds -- 1.6. The weather systems of the karoo -- 1.6.1. Fine-weather conditions -- Subtropical anticyclones -- Coastal lows -- 1.6.2. Tropical disturbances -- Easterly waves and lows -- Subtropical lows -- 1.6.3. Temperate disturbances -- Westerly waves -- Cut-off lows -- Southerly meridional flow -- Ridging anticyclones -- West-coast troughs -- Cold fronts -- 1.6.4. Other rain-producing systems -- Thunderstorms -- Development of the continuous high-pressure cell -- 1.7. An ecological interpretation of the weather patterns of the karoo: the role of climate in understanding vegetation… -- 1.7.1. The model -- 1.7.2. Discussion: vegetation-climate relationships -- Succulent karoo -- Nama-karoo -- Desert -- 1.8. Conclusions -- 2 Soils of the arid south-western zone of Africa -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Controlling factors on soil variability -- 2.2.1. General factors -- 2.2.2. Geology and geomorphology of the karoo -- 2.2.3. Climate of the karoo -- 2.3. Soils of the karoo -- Region 1: West Coast -- Region 2: Namaqualand, Bushmanland and Korannaland -- Region 3: The Great Karoo (north) -- Region 4: Great Karoo (south) -- Region 5: Little Karoo -- Region 6: The Great Escarpment -- 2.4. Discussion of the soil pattern -- 2.5. Acknowledgements -- 3 Palaeoenvironments -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Long-term geological and biological history.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521554503
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Dean, W. Richard J., 1940 - The karoo Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 1999 ISBN 0521554500
Language:
English
Keywords:
Karoo
;
Biogeografie
;
Landschaftsökologie
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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