Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Volume 78, Issue 1-2 (2023)

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Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Volume 78, Issue 1-2 (2023)

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Southern African mountains – their value and vulnerabilities

Editorial

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Guest Editorial for the Special Issue: Southern African mountains – their value and vulnerabilities
V. Ralph Clark, Alex Hickman, Joerg Szarzynski, Cheryl Lombard & Trevor Hill
Pages: 1-4
Published online: 15 Sep 2023
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Fine-resolution analysis of the spatiotemporal characteristics of heatwaves in the Maloti-Drakensberg region, southern Africa: 1979–2021
A. J. Van der Walt, J. A. Kruger & S. J. Roffe
Pages: 5-15
Published online: 13 Feb 2023
AbstractforFine-resolution analysis of the spatiotemporal characteristics of heatwaves in the Maloti-Drakensberg region, southern Africa: 1979–2021 | Full Text | References | PDF (2.1 MB) | EPUB
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The “eco-story” of a mountain range: the development of Socio-Ecological Disturbance Regimes in the northern Drakensberg and consequences for grassland-plant diversity
Paul J. Gordijn & Timothy G. O’Connor
Pages: 17-28
Published online: 13 Feb 2023
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“The sun has become intolerably hot”: local views and memories about Lesotho’s weather – present and past
Stefan Grab
Pages: 29-43
Published online: 16 Feb 2023
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Anthropocene environmental change in an overlooked South African lake: Mountain Lake, Matatiele, Eastern Cape
Chris J. Curtis, Neil L. Rose, Tahir Khanzada, Handong Yang & Marc Humphries
Pages: 45-66
Published online: 21 Feb 2023
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An assessment of collection specimen data for South African mountain plants and invertebrates
Michelle Hamer, Mahlatse Kgatla & Bronwynne Petersen
Pages: 67-85
Published online: 09 Jun 2023
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Assessing habitat suitability for selected woody range-expanding plant species in African mountains under climate change
Onalenna Gwate, Kim Canavan, Grant D. Martin, David M. Richardson & V. Ralph Clark
Pages: 87-101
Published online: 17 May 2023
AbstractforAssessing habitat suitability for selected woody range-expanding plant species in African mountains under climate change | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB) | EPUB
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Brief Report
The value of researching the past for crafting sustainable African mountain futures
Robert Marchant & Jessica P. Thorn
Pages: 103-107
Published online: 04 Jul 2023
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The mountain top flora and vegetation of the remote Ovahimba Highlands in the Kaokoveld Centre of Endemism: a reconnaissance
Vera De Cauwer, Rolf W. Becker, Amândio Gomes, Fernanda Lages, Wessel Swanepoel & Ernst van Jaarsveld
Pages: 109-122
Published online: 25 May 2023
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Becoming elands’ people: Neoglacial subsistence and spiritual transformations in the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains, southern Africa
Brian A. Stewart & Sam Challis
Pages: 123-147
Published online: 15 Sep 2023
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Published online: 31 May 2023
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