Aspects of Life: A Natural History of Southern Africa

Produced in association with a popular television series in South Africa, this text focuses on 13 different ecosystems or geographical regions in southern Africa and Madagascar. Emphasis within each chapter is upon the variety of life processes, including unusual behavioural and ecological phenomena. After a look at the evolutionary processes and the interrelations between organisms within each region, each chapter concludes with an overview of the impact that humankind has make upon the environment concerned. Regions/ecosystems covered include: Namaqualand; Madagascar rainforests; coral reefs and lagoons; Knysna forests; wetlands and estuaries; Fynbos (Cape Floral Kingdom); Okavanga Delta; savannah ecosystem; the southern oceans; island systems; Karoo ecosystem; Kalahari Desert; and urban environments.