bc4322c3-2b06-40bc-839b-0596c9679148 SANBI The Metadata Manager +27 21 799 8738 Kirstenbosch Research Centre Cape Town Claremont 7735 South Africa bgishelp@sanbi.org.za 2017-05-26T15:58:37 SANS 1878 FGDC-STD-001-1998 WGS 1984 Renosterveld Ecological Processes Coast Interior Gradients 2003 (coastal_interior_gradient_dd.shp) 2003 1.0 CAPE Lowlands Renosterveld – Ecological Processes (Coastal Interior Gradient). Gradients linking the coast to inland regions through natural vegetation/river corridors. Such gradients capture ecological processes operating at a larger scale such as biota migration and adaptation to climate change. Coast-interior gradients were identified where coastal habitats could be linked to habitats located in the Cape’s interior along corridors of connected vegetation (patches of natural vegetation that are within 500 m of each other were considered to be connected). To identify and spatially depict ecological and evolutionary processes associated with natural corridors connecting the coast to interior regions 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 (0)21 799 8738 Kirstenbosch Research Centre, Private Bag X7 Claremont Cape Town 7735 South Africa bgishelp@sanbi.org.za Ecological Processes Renosterveld 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/212 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 coast to interior gradients, areas connecting habitats along the coast and interior habitats along natural vegetation corridors were identified. This layer indicates potential for such a coast to gradients rather than its 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.