Open AccessThe Kalahari Ecosystem
Author(s) -
Fanie Eloff
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
koedoe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2071-0771
pISSN - 0075-6458
DOI - 10.4102/koedoe.v27i2.565
Subject(s) - ecosystem , ecology , geography , environmental science , biology
Our present knowledge of the functional processes within the Kalahari ecosystem is insufficient to provide a total understanding of the system. In this paper the uniqueness of the Kalahari ecosystem is discussed, with special emphasis on its faunal and floristic components as well as the remarkable micro-ecosystems which are encountered