KwaZulu-Natal Dune Forest
KwaZulu-Natal Dune Forest ni aina ya msitu wa subtropical ambayo mara moja ilipatikana karibu mfululizo katika pwani dunes ya KwaZulu-Natal, Afrika Kusini. Aina hii ya uoto hukua katika maeneo yaliyohifadhiwa nyuma ya littoral zone, ambapo kwa ulinzi fulani kutokana na upepo wa chumvi inaweza kukua ikiwa na miavuli yenye urefu wa meta 30.[1][2] Bado ipo katika maeneo yaliyohifadhiwa, lakini mengi yameharibiwa na shughuli za binadamu. Msitu wa matuta ya pwani unachukua takriban asilimia 1 ya eneo la ardhi la KwaZulu-Natal, na ni aina ya makazi inayotishiwa sana na shinikizo la watu na maendeleo, hasa uchimbaji madini ya titani.[3][4]
Orodha ya Miti (Haijakamilika)[hariri | hariri chanzo]
- Allophylus natalensis - Dune False Currant
- Deinbollia oblongifolia - Dune Soap-berry
- Dracaena aletriformis - Dragon Tree yenye majani Makubwa
- Euclea natalensis - Natal Guarri
- Ficus burtt-davyi - Kielelezo cha Veld
- Mimusops caffra - Coastal Red Milkwood
- [[[Sideroxylon inerme]] - White Milkwood
- Strelitzia nicolai - Natal Wild Banana
Ndege[hariri | hariri chanzo]
Msitu wa pwani ni mojawapo ya makazi makuu ya Zoothera guttata, ambayo inatishiwa na kudorora kwa misitu hii. [5]
Wanyama wasio na uti wa mgongo[hariri | hariri chanzo]
Katika mwaka wa 1995, buibui walichukuliwa sampuli kutoka kwenye safu ya mimea yenye majani mabichi ya misitu ya ukanda wa pwani huko Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal. Maeneo manne yalitolewa sampuli katika kukarabati msitu wa udongo na stendi moja katika msitu uliokomaa. Sampuli zilichukuliwa kwa kipindi cha miezi miwili na jumla ya buibui 2955 wanaowakilisha familia 23, genera 72 na spishi 96 zilirekodiwa.[6]
Angalia pia[hariri | hariri chanzo]
Marejeo[hariri | hariri chanzo]
- ↑ World Wildlife Fund Staff. (2008) WWF Full Report: Maputaland coastal forest mosaic (AT0119).
- ↑ Lemmens, R.H.M.J. (2005).
- ↑ Mbatha (2014). "Mining and the myth of benefits in South African rural coastal communities". Sharing the Benefits from the Coasts.
- ↑ Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. & Wassenaar, T. D. 2006. A checklist of spiders from the herbaceous layer of a coastal dune forest ecosystem at Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Arachnida: Araneae). African Invertebrates 47: 63-70.
- ↑ Travel South Africa; Spotted Ground Thrush Zoothera guttata http://www.southafricantours.co.za/Birding/Birds/SpottedGroundThrush.htm Archived 16 Mei 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. & Wassenaar, T. D. 2006. A checklist of spiders from the herbaceous layer of a coastal dune forest ecosystem at Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Arachnida: Araneae). African Invertebrates 47: 63-70.