Vol. 8 (2023): Mendelsohn JM, Huntley BJ, Vaz Pinto P (eds). Monograph on endemism in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment

Monograph on
Endemism in the Highlands and Escarpments of Angola and Namibia

Editors:
John M Mendelsohn
Brian J Huntley
Pedro Vaz Pinto

Published: 2023-12-15

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Front matter

• Preface to Endemism on the Highlands and Escarpments of Angola and Namibia

  BJ Huntley, JM Mendelsohn, P Vaz Pinto

  i–iii

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• The biological importance of the highlands of Angola and Namibia: synopsis and conclusions

  BJ Huntley, JM Mendelsohn, P Vaz Pinto

  v-xiii

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Geography of the highlands

• The highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia: orientation maps

  AM Jarvis

  1–6

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• Introducing the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia

  JM Mendelsohn, BJ Huntley

  7–22

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• Geology and landscape evolution of the highlands and escarpments of western Angola and Namibia

  RM Miller

  23–28

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• Biomes and ecoregions of the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia

  BJ Huntley

  29–41

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• The human environment in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia

  JM Mendelsohn, AL Gomes

  43–51

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• The highlands in Angolan conservation areas

  P Vaz Pinto, V Russo, L Veríssimo

  53–62

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Diversity and endemism

• An overview of plant endemism on the highlands of Namibia

  P Craven, H Kolberg

  63–76

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• A botanical assessment of Mt Namba, Cuanza-Sul, Angola: an isolated mountain towards the northwestern limits of the Great Escarpment of southern Africa

  DJ Goyder, AL Gomes, FMP Gonçalves, JC Luís, I Darbyshire

  77–92

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• Diversity and endemism of geoxylic plants on the Angolan Planalto

  P Meller, F Lages, M Finckh, AL Gomes, D Goyder

  93–109

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• Diversity and endemism in the species-rich Ceropegieae (Apocynaceae) and Euphorbia in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia

  PV Bruyns, P Hanácek, C Klak

  111–134

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• High endemism of the genus Petalidium (Acanthaceae) in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia

  KG Dexter, W Swanepoel, O Loiseau, I Darbyshire, L Nanyeni, FM Gonçalves, F Chase, EA Manzitto-Tripp

  135–147

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• Commiphora of the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia

  A Weeks, W Swanepoel

  149–159

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• Green gem of the Northern Escarpment: biodiversity and endemism of the Serra do Pingano Forest Ecosystem

  T Lautenschläger, MC Aime, V Clausnitzer, L Langer, P Meller, F Müller, M Nuss, N Teutloff, R Ernst

  161–172

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• The highlands and escarpment of Angola as an endemism hotspot for African dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata)

  J Kipping, V Clausnitzer, K-DB Dijkstra

  173–186

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• Observations on the diversity of termites in Angola and Namibia

  F Gunter, N Jürgens, JR Henschel

  187–192

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• The Neuroptera of the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia

  MW Mansell

  193–196

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• Ant endemicity in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

  K Gomez, PG Hawkes, BL Fisher

  197–203

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• The endemic butterflies of Angola and Namibia and their evolutionary implications

  AJ Gardiner, MC Williams†

  205–230

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• Endemism of Arachnida (Amblypygi, Scorpiones and Solifugae) in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia: current knowledge and future directions

  L Prendini, TL Bird

  231–244

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• The amphibians of the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia

  FS Becker, NL Baptista, P Vaz Pinto, R Ernst, W Conradie

  245–257

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• Highland reptiles of Angola and Namibia

  AM Bauer, LMP Ceríaco, MP Marques, FS Becker

  259–276

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• Flat gecko (Afroedura) diversity, endemism and speciation in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia

  W Conradie, J Lobón-Rovira, FS Becker, A Schmitz, P Vaz Pinto

  277–281

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• Fishes of the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia

  PH Skelton

  283–292

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• Birds of the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia: ornithological significance, avifaunal patterns and questions requiring further study

  MSL Mills, M Melo

  293–309

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• Mammal endemism in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia

  AF Palmeirim, A Monadjem, P Vaz Pinto, P Taylor, MS Svensson, P Beja

  311–322

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• Caves and their fauna in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia

  D de Matos, J Zastrow, A Val, JM Mendelsohn

  323–330

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