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Most of the research into the dynamics of the biome has been done in the east of the region, with the Grootfontein Agricultural Station at Middelburg featuring prominently. Consequently, little research in the west of the biome has been undertaken.
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Karoo (used here to mean both Succulent and Nama Karoo biomes, Figure 1) is rich in species: over 407 bird species have been recorded in the Succulent and Nama-Karoo, of which 294 species are considered typical of the region (Dean 1995). The Nama-Karoo has a high species richness of nomadic birds, and both the Succulent and Nama-Karoo have high species richness of larks (Alaudidae) compared with other biomes. Resident species of birds tend to maintain low densities and wait for rainfall events, whereas nomadic species search for high resource patches scattered in time and space, so that their respective densities likewise vary temporally and spatially (Dean 1995).

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Namaqua Warbler

Phragmacia substriata Mass = 12 g Range = 214 000 km2 Pentad area = 52 000 km2 Least Concern

Karoo Eremomela

Eremomela gregalis Mass = 8 g Range = 99 000 km2 Pentad area = 19 000 km2 Least Concern

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Common animals include the Bat-Eared Fox, Ostrich, Spring Hare, tortoises and Brown Locust. The Riverine Rabbit is a threatened species found in the Nama Karoo. The Nama Karoo never had the variety of wildlife that you find in the Savanna Biome.

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There is little published data regarding species richness or endemism for the Nama Karoo flora. Gibbs Russel (1987) calculated 2,147 species occurred in a central area of 198,000 km2, of which 377 (16 percent) are endemic. Recently, however, an archipelago of mountains within a part of the ecoregion known as Bushmanland have been found to harbor both Nama Karoo and Succulent Karoo type vegetation, as well as a diverse assemblage of succulents endemic to the archipelago itself (Desmet 2000). A study of the invertebrate fauna of one of these mountains (the Gamsberg) also revealed a collection of Succulent Karoo species, well out of their known distribution range

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The dominant vegetation is a grassy, dwarf shrubland. Grasses tend to be more common in depressions and on sandy soils, and less abundant on clayey soils. Grazing rapidly increases the relative abundance of shrubs. Most of the grasses are of the C4 type and, like the shrubs, are deciduous in response to rainfall events.

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Location:

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- Clayton

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- Clayton