TY - CHAP AU - Robert F. Brand AU - L.R. Brown AU - P.J. du Preez ED - Oscar Grillo ED - Gianfranco Venora Y1 - 2011-11-16 PY - 2011 T1 - Biogeography of Platberg, Eastern Free State, South Africa: Links with Afromontane Regions and South African Biomes N2 - Every ecosystem is a complex organization of carefully mixed life forms; a dynamic and particularly sensible system. Consequently, their progressive decline may accelerate climate change and vice versa, influencing flora and fauna composition and distribution, resulting in the loss of biodiversity. Climate changes effects are the principal topics of this volume. Written by internationally renowned contributors, Biodiversity loss in a changing planet offers attractive study cases focused on biodiversity evaluations and provisions in several different ecosystems, analysing the current life condition of many life forms, and covering very different biogeographic zones of the planet. BT - Biodiversity Loss in a Changing Planet SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/24916 DO - 10.5772/24916 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -