Claim · model-written summary
Rock dassie uses the Kgale hills for refuge.
- Taxon
- rock dassie
Procavia capensise4 - Outcome
- refugee4
Verbatim
e4“Two mammals (klipspringer and rock dassie) and a bird (black eagle) use the hills for refuge and as a breeding site respectively”
Title
A floristic and faunal survey of the Kgale hills
Marks K. M. Ditlhogo; M.P. Setshogo Botswana notes and records 2001
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation The Kgale hills sustain a reasonable amount of plant biodiversity.
- Observation The vegetation of the Kgale hills is still pristine.
- Observation Wildlife activity is restricted to the southern hills of the Kgale range, away from the active quarry.
- Observation Klipspringer uses the Kgale hills for refuge.
- Observation Black eagle uses the Kgale hills as a breeding site.
- Mechanism Three quarries may reduce the biodiversity of the Kgale hills, because the hills do not re-vegetate naturally.