Cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae) as indicators of habitat and veld condition in valley bushveld in the Great Fish River Valley, South Africa

Villet, Martin H; Capitao, I R

Title: Cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae) as indicators of habitat and veld condition in valley bushveld in the Great Fish River Valley, South Africa
Creator: Villet, Martin H, Capitao, I R
Subject: To be catalogued
Date: 1996
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/451670
Identifier: vital:75068
Identifier: https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA10213589_213
Description: Rural land-use in the Eastern Cape Province ranges from subsistence to commercial farming, with a few game reserves forming areas of active conservation. A large part of the Eastern Cape is covered by Valley Bushveld, a productive veld type dominating the Great Fish River Valley at elevations of 100-450 m (Dyer 1937; Acocks 1988). It is used for game, goat and cattle farming (Stuart-Hill 1991), but large areas have become degraded by overgrazing and invasion by alien or undesirable plants (La Cocket ai. 1990), often with an associated reduction in community richness (Dyer 1937; Acocks 1988). These effects are particularly persistent in this veld type because of the slow regeneration associated with severe climatic conditions (Dyer 1937; Lubke et ai. 1986; La Cock et al. 1990; Stuart-Hill 1991): a mean annual rainfall of only 350-500 mm, mainly between November and March, and temperatures peaking at 46 C in December and January (Acocks 1988). As a result, the more palatable plant species are becoming increasingly rare.
Format: 5 pages, pdf
Language: English
Relation: African Entomology, Villet, MH and Capitao, I.R., 1996. Cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae) as indicators of habitat and veld condition in valley bushveld in the Great Fish River Valley, South Africa. African entomology, 4(2), pp.280-284, African Entomology volume 4 number 2 280 284 1996 2254-8854
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