对卡姆德布山（斯内乌山，南非东开普省）进行的快速多学科生物多样性评估：对保护工作的启示

A rapid multi-disciplinary biodiversity assessment of the Kamdebooberge (Sneeuberg, Eastern Cape, South Africa): implications for conservation.

作者信息

Clark Vincent R, Perera Sandun J, Stiller Michael, Stirton Charles H, Weston Peter H, Stoev Pavel, Coombs Gareth, Morris Dale B, Ratnayake-Perera Dayani, Barker Nigel P, McGregor Gillian K

机构信息

Department of Botany, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140 South Africa.

出版信息

Springerplus. 2012 Dec;1(1):56. doi: 10.1186/2193-1801-1-56. Epub 2012 Dec 6.

DOI:10.1186/2193-1801-1-56

PMID:23316449

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3540356/

Abstract

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Botanical work since 2008 on the Sleeping Giant section of the Kamdebooberge (Sneeuberg mountain complex, Eastern Cape, South Africa) has indicated that these mountains may be of significant conservation value. Accordingly, a precursory, rapid multi-disciplinary biodiversity assessment was undertaken in January 2011, focusing on plants, tetrapod vertebrates and leafhoppers. The botanical results confirm the Kamdebooberge as being of high botanical conservation value, hosting three strict endemics, healthy populations of five other Sneeuberg endemics, and fynbos communities comprising species not found elsewhere in the Sneeuberg. The Kamdebooberge are important for herpetofauna (excluding serpentoids) and mammals, hosting several range-restricted and regional endemics. The expedition uncovered three new leafhopper species, together with several species previously only known from the Cape Floristic Region. Further detailed faunal work may provide further interesting results from these mountains, which show a high conservation value unique to the southern Escarpment.

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摘要

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自2008年以来，对南非东开普省斯内乌山综合体卡姆德伯格山脉的沉睡巨人区域开展的植物学研究表明，这些山脉可能具有重大的保护价值。因此，2011年1月进行了一次初步的快速多学科生物多样性评估，重点关注植物、四足脊椎动物和叶蝉。植物学研究结果证实，卡姆德伯格山脉具有很高的植物保护价值，拥有三种严格意义上的特有植物、其他五种斯内乌山特有植物的健康种群，以及由斯内乌山其他地方未发现的物种组成的开普植物群落。卡姆德伯格山脉对爬行动物（不包括蛇类）和哺乳动物来说很重要，有几种分布范围受限的区域特有物种。这次考察发现了三种新的叶蝉物种，以及几种以前仅在开普植物区发现的物种。进一步详细的动物学研究可能会从这些山脉中得出更多有趣的结果，这些山脉显示出南悬崖特有的高保护价值。