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analysis of the well known hotspot of flora biodiversity in the Cape in South Africa has come up with a thought-provoking result: the more species-rich western part of the Cape has lower evolutionary ...
in neighbouring PAs. We do this in three geographical areas in the major biodiversity hotspot , the Cape Floristic Region. We focus on two functionally related groups, indigenous flowers and their associated native ...
for Conservation of Nature global Red List – are concentrated in highlands from Kenya to South Africa (together with the Cape Floristic Region), western Africa (including mountains on the Cameroon–Nigeria border ...
global biodiversity hotspots and, at a smaller scale, significant conservation areas within a region. Here we have shown that weighted endemism and taxonomic distinctness are useful tools in identifying ...
Abstract The Cape region of South Africa is one of the most remarkable hotspots of biodiversity with a flora comprising more than 9000 plant species, almost 70% of which are endemic, within an area ...
; Parmesan & Yohe, 2003; Root , 2003 ). Similarly, in the Cape Floristic Region (CFR), a global biodiversity hotspot comprising one of the world's six floristic kingdoms ( Cowling , 1997; Myers , 2000 ...
‐term conservation plans . Ongoing monitoring of this transect will reveal the nature and pace of the change as it unfolds. Introduction The Cape Floristic Region (CFR) is a major biodiversity hotspot ...
hotspots are not widely recognized. Global biodiversity hotspots [5, 6] have been delimited based on floristic endemism, often with the assumption of congruent distribution patterns for animals ...
, through resource demands, pollution, and climate impacts (McDonald et al. 2019). Therefore, biodiversity conservation in urban areas needs to be shaped in a way that supports global conservation efforts ...
of affected coastal PA in 27 African countries. Then, on the basis of the global conservation importance, biodiversity levels, and exposure to SLR effects, we identify the coastal PA and countries ...
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