The Succulent Karoo Biome covers an interrupted belt of unequal depth spanning the
coastal regions near Lüderitz (Namibia), Namaqualand (on and west of the Escarpment), the …

The Succulent Karoo is characterised by a dense coverage of biological soil crusts
(biocrusts) belonging to different types and successional stages. Whereas the …

The deposition of fine aeolian sediment profoundly influences the morphology of several
different landscapes of the arid and semi-arid western portion of South Africa. Such …

Abstract Background and Aims The quartz fields of the Greater Cape Floristic Region
(GCFR) are arid and island-like special habitats, hosting~ 142 habitat-specialized plant …

The biodiversity of the Knersvlakte, located in the Succulent Karoo biodiversity hotspot of
South Africa, is predicted to experience an increase in severe drought events during this …

The Knersvlakte in the Succulent Karoo Biome (South Africa) is known for its high plant
diversity and endemism. In the course of establishing a conservation area there, we …

Dwarf succulents persist in the arid Succulent Karoo despite the low‐water storage
capacities of their contracted leaves and stems that are inadequate for enduring severe and …

Here we examine the response of succulents in a global biodiversity hot spot to
experimental warming consistent with a future African climate scenario.• Passive daytime …

Current thermal regimes for many southern African succulent species of the subfamily
Ruschioideae, which rapidly diversified during the cooler Pleistocene period, may be close …

Edaphically unusual sites harbor a flora that is often unique in its taxonomic as well as
functional composition and contain many endemic species. While this edaphic endemism …