- mountains, the
Afromontane forest or
woodland zone
transitions to a
higher Afroalpine zone of gr****lands, shrublands, or moorlands. The
plant families Curtisiaceae...
-
generalist feeders, the
Ethiopian wolf is a
highly specialised feeder of
Afroalpine rodents with very
specific habitat requirements. It is one of the world's...
- The
afroalpine vlei rat (Otomys orestes) is a
species of
rodent in the
family Muridae. It is
found in the high
moorlands of Kenya. In
Musser and Carleton...
- of the plateau, from
approximately 3800 to 4377 meters, is
covered by
Afroalpine vegetation,
including Helichrysum shrublands,
tussock gr****lands with...
-
their similar water economy.
Water is not
always readily available to the
afroalpine plants when they need it. In addition,
nightly frosts affect the sap transport...
- sections,
Montane forest (1900-3000m),
Ericaceous Belt or Sub
Afroalpine (2700-3700m) and the
Afroalpine (3700-5433m).
Within the
Montane forest there are Juniper...
-
lower elevations by the
Albertine Rift
montane forests ecoregion. The
Afroalpine flora of the
higher altitudes have much in
common with the East African...
-
meters elevation lie the high
Ethiopian montane moorlands, the
largest Afroalpine region in Africa. The
montane moorlands lie
above the tree line, and consist...
- and Zimbabwe. All the
species in the
genus are
native to
Afromontane or
Afroalpine regions of Africa,
ranging from 1600 and 4600
meters elevation. Some are...
- Sillero-Zubiri, C, J. Marino, D.
Gottelli and D.W. Macdonald. (2004).
Afroalpine ecology,
solitary foraging and
intense sociality amongst Ethiopian wolves...
