No list of African reptiles would be complete without the The Nile crocodile. This fearsome animal is thelargest reptile found in Africa, and the world’s second-largest reptile (after the mighty saltwater crocodile). The species can reach lengths of over 6 m (20 ft.). A full-grown Nile ...
The approximately 600-year-old tree matches Africa's previous tree-height record established by a specimen of the introduced Sydney blue gum (Eucalyptus saligna) in Limpopo, South Africa. The previous South African record-holder died in 2006, making the Tanzania's the reigning tree when it come...
Africa is a continent of wonders – natural and human alike. From such an extraordinary array of offerings, one might be hard-pressed to select the ultimate bucket-list of African wildlife experiences, but that is precisely what we have put our minds together to produce. Want to join us for...
Trees can do so much to change the physical comfort of the local environment. The temperature under a tree is often several degrees lower due to the evaporation of the transpired water vapor that they release. Trees dictate the plantings that we use by the amount of sun they block out, ...
CHECK LIST OF TREES OF THE OKAVANGO NATIVE TERRITORY.doi:10.1080/03759873.1951.9631072KEETJ. D. M.Taylor & Francis GroupJournal of the South African Forestry Association
Elusive yet widespread across the majority of Sub-Saharan Africa, bushbuck live among the trees. The males are wonderful, displaying sharp spiral horns and charging their predators when hunted. Unfortunately, such beauty and aggressive behaviour has made this African animal with spiral horns a prime...
Eupatorium rugosum “Chocolate” has dark bronzy-brown leaves in spring and summer, gradually turning green when the autumn display of fuzzy white flower clusters begins. Useful in shady situations and will even tolerate dry shade under deciduous trees once plants are established. Sun to shade, zon...
Pan-African Voyagers: The Phylogeography of Baboons Baboons of the genus Papio have colonised wide areas of Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula. Traditionally, 5 phenotypically distinct morphotypes (s... Sommer, Volker,Ross, Caroline - Springer New York 被引量: 34发表: 2011年 加载更多研究...
LiPheStream - A 18-month high spatiotemporal resolution point cloud time series of Boreal trees from Finland Samantha Wittke Mariana Campos Eetu Puttonen Scientific Data(2024) Integrating field- and remote sensing data to perceive species heterogeneity across a climate gradient ...
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