Succulent Karoo - Sources

Information about the Succulent Karoo Biodiversity Hotspot was developed using the ecosystem profile (PDF - 496 KB) and the book Hotspots Revisited, which cites:

Dean, W. R. J. & Milton, S.J. 1999. Animal foraging and food. In W. R. J. Dean & S. J. Milton. (Eds.), The Karoo: Ecological Patterns and Processes.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Desmet, P., Ellis, A. & Cowling, R. 1998. Speciation in the Mesembryanthemaceae. Aloe 35(2): 38-43.

Driver, A., Desmet, P. G., Rouget, M., Cowling, R. M. & Maze, K. E. 2003. Succulent Karoo Ecosystem Plan Biodiversity Component Technical Report. Cape Town, Cape Conservation Unit, Botanical Society of South Africa.

Harrison, J.A., Allan, D.G., Underhill, L.G., Herremans, M., Tree, A.J., Parker, V., & Brown, C.J. (Eds.). 1997. The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Johannesburg: BirdLife International.

Hoffman, M.T., Cousins, B., Meyer, T., Petersen, A., & Hendricks, H. 1999. Historical and contemporary land use and the desertification of the Karoo. In W. R. J. Dean & S. J. Milton. (Eds.), The Karoo: Ecological Patterns and Processes.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Ihlenfeldt, H.D. 1994. Diversification in an arid world: The Mesembryanthemaceae. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 25:521-546.

van Jaarsveld, E. 1987. The succulent riches of South Africa and Namibia. Aloe 24:45-92.

Jürgens, N. 1986. Untersuchungen zur okologie sukkulenter pflanzen des sudlichen Afrika. Mitteilungen aus dem Institut für Allgemeine Botanik Hamburg 21:139-365.

Jürgens, N. 1991. A new approach to the Namib region. I: Phytogeographic subdivision. Vegetation 97:21-38.

Klak, C., Reeves, G. & Hedderson, T. 2004. Unmatched tempo of evolution in Southern African semi-desert ice plants. Nature 427:63-65.

Lombard, A.T., Hilton-Taylor, C., Rebelo, A.G., Pressey, R.L. & Cowling, R.M. 1999. Reserve selection in the Succulent Karoo, South Africa: Coping with high compositional turnover. Plant Ecology 142(1-2): 35-55.

Meadows, M. E. & Watkeys, M.K. 1999. Palaeoenvironments In W. R. J. Dean & S. J. Milton. (Eds.), The Karoo: Ecological Patterns and Processes.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Milton, S.J., Yeaton, R., Dean, W.R.J. & Vlok, J.H.J. 1997. Succulent Karoo. In R.M. Cowling, D.M. Richardson & S.M. Pierce. (Eds.), Vegetation of Southern Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Rebelo, A. G. 1997. Conservation. In R.M. Cowling, D.M. Richardson & S.M. Pierce. (Eds.), Vegetation of Southern Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Rundel, P.W., Cowling, R.M., Esler, K.J., Mustart, P.J., van Jaarsveld, E. & Bezuidenhout, H. 1995. Winter growth phenology and leaf orientation in Pachypodium namaquanum (Apocynaceae) in the Succulent Karoo of the Richtersveld, South Africa. Oecologia 101: 472-477.

Vernon, C.J. 1999. Biogeography, endemism and diversity of Animals in the Karoo. In W. R. J. Dean & S. J. Milton. (Eds.), The Karoo: Ecological Patterns and Processes.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Vlok, J.H.J., Euston-Brown, D. I. W. & Cowling, R. M. 2003. Acocks Valley bushveld 50 years on: New perspectives on the delimitation, characterisation and origin of thicket vegetation. South African Journal of Botany 69: 27-51.