Tropical inselbergs: habitat types, adaptive strategies and diversity patterns

By S. Porembski. 2007

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Inselbergs are isolated rock outcrops that rise abruptly above the surrounding plains. Granitic and gneissic inselbergs are geologically and geomorphologically old and occur throughout a broad spectrum of climatic zones. They form microclimatically and edaphically dry growth sites that support a highly specialized vegetation. Based on physiognomic criteria a number of habitat types can be distinguished that are widespread on inselbergs (e.g. ephemeral flush vegetation, monocotyledonous mats, rock pools). Three hot spots of global inselberg plant diversity can be identified which are both rich in species and endemics: a) southeastern Brazil, b) Madagascar and c) southwestern Australia.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Citations in the corpus

• Plant communities of the ironstone ranges of South Western Australia: hotspots for plant diversity and mineral deposits (2010, background): “The communities are edaphically controlled and share many similarities with well studied xeric communities of granite/gneiss domes (inselbergs) commonly found both in tropical alpine areas of Africa and South America and the Mediterranean climate areas of South Western Australia (Hopper et al. 1997;”