bbbb1f9f-f93d-41b1-9dc1-9939e699b213 SANBI The Metadata Manager +27 21 799 8738 Kirstenbosch Research Centre Cape Town Claremont 7735 South Africa bgishelp@sanbi.org.za 2017-05-25T15:12:36 SANS 1878 FGDC-STD-001-1998 WGS 1984 Renosterveld Ecological Processes Upland Lowland Gradients 2003 (upland_lowland_gradients_dd.shp) 2003 1.0 CAPE Lowlands Renosterveld – Ecological Processes (Upland Lowland Gradients). Gradients linking upland (high-lying) areas to lowland habitat through natural vegetation. Such gradients capture ecological processes operating at a larger scale such as biota migration and adaptation to climate change. Upland-lowland gradients were identified using: • remaining areas of natural vegetation, together with • topography A gradient was then mapped linking lowland (<300 m elevation) to upland (=300 m elevation) habitats. Upland-lowland gradients were only mapped where natural vegetation remains and where the corridor length is no less than 2 km from lowest to highest elevation. To identify and spatially depict ecological and evolutionary processes associated with natural corridors connecting lowland and montane habitats for conservation planning and land use management purposes. Note that this data layer is only one of several depicting ecological processes. - South African National Biodiversity Institute - +27 21 7998738 Kirstenbosch Research Centre, Private Bag X7, Claremont Cape Town 7735 South Africa bgishelp@sanbi.org.za Ecological Processes South Africa Copyright Holder: Botanical Society of South Africa 50000 environment 2016-01-01 18.800002 21.040772 -34.700272 -32.475303 SANBI bgishelp@sanbi.org.za ZIP 1 http://bgis.sanbi.org/SpatialDataset/Detail/210 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related A list of spatial data-sets are available at this URL. BGIS Spatial Datasets In order to spatially depict ecological processes associated with upland-lowland gradients in the Cape Lowlands Renosterveld region, areas connecting lowland and montane habitats along natural vegetation corridors were identified. Gradients could not traverse transformed habitats. This layer indicates the potential for such gradients rather than their exact spatial location. For more information see more detailed explanations in the reference below. Documentation: Section 13 in Von Hase, A. et al. 2003. A fine-scale conservation plan for Cape Lowlands Renosterveld. Conservation Unit, Report 2/03. Botanical Society of SA, Cape Town. Available on www.botanicalsociety.org.za/ccu - see downloads.