Africa's First Alpine and Transboundary Long-Term Socioecological Research Platform
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13907853 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jaco Kotzé (0000-0002-6074-3506, Afromontane Research Unit and Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, University of the Free State: Bloemfontein Campus, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, Republic of South Africa, corresponding author), Johan van Tol (0000-0002-0222-8119, Afromontane Research Unit and Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, University of the Free State: Bloemfontein Campus, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, Republic of South Africa), Vincent Ralph Clark (0000-0001-5058-0742, University of the Free State) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mountain Research and Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0276-4741 • E-ISSN: 1994-7151 |
| Publisher | International Mountain Society (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.1659/mrd.2023.00035 |
| OpenAlex | W4388231697 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The austrotemperate alpine system of southern Africa's Maloti–Drakensberg is the only alpine system south of Mount Kilimanjaro, making it unique on the continent. With a difference in elevation of only 300–600 m and characterized by an undulating Gondwanan mature erosional land surface plateau around 2865–3500 masl, it is threatened by unsustainable land uses and climate change. To better understand these challenges, the Afromontane Research Unit of the University of the Free State, South Africa, is setting up the 1200 km2 Mont-Aux-Sources Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research (LTSER) platform. It is the first alpine-focused, long-term monitoring protocol implemented in the Maloti–Drakensberg. Straddling the border between South Africa and Lesotho, it is also the only alpine and transboundary LTSER area in Africa
Geography · Habitat · Montane ecology · Physical geography · Plateau (mathematics · Threatened species · Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies · Rangeland and Wildlife Management · Species Distribution and Climate Change · Ecology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |