Abstract
A survey was carried out to document the diversity of plants and animals of Kgale hills. The hills were found to sustain a reasonable amount of biodiversity, and the vegetation is still pristine. There are three quarries in the study area, and these may impact on the biodiversity, especially as the hills do not re-vegetate naturally. There is still some wildlife activity, though it is now restricted to the southern hills of the Kgale range, away from the active quarry. Two mammals (klipspringer and rock dassie) and a bird (black eagle) use the hills for refuge and as a breeding site respectively. The study makes some recommendations about the continued use of the hills.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
The Kgale hills sustain a reasonable amount of plant biodiversity.
- Taxon
- plantsViridiplantaee0
- Outcome
- biodiversitye1
- Qualifier
- reasonable amounte1
Verbatim
e0“A survey was carried out to document the diversity of plants and animals of Kgale hills”
e1“The hills were found to sustain a reasonable amount of biodiversity”
Claim · model-written summary
The vegetation of the Kgale hills is still pristine.
- Taxon
- plantsViridiplantaee0
- Outcome
- vegetatione2
- Qualifier
- still pristinee2
Verbatim
e0“A survey was carried out to document the diversity of plants and animals of Kgale hills”
e2“the vegetation is still pristine”
Claim · model-written summary
Wildlife activity is restricted to the southern hills of the Kgale range, away from the active quarry.
Verbatim
e3“There is still some wildlife activity, though it is now restricted to the southern hills of the Kgale range, away from the active quarry”
Claim · model-written summary
Klipspringer uses the Kgale hills for refuge.
- Taxon
- klipspringer
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Oreotragus oreotraguse4 - Outcome
- refugee4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
_male_Serengeti.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e4“Two mammals (klipspringer and rock dassie) and a bird (black eagle) use the hills for refuge and as a breeding site respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Rock dassie uses the Kgale hills for refuge.
- Taxon
- rock dassie
Procavia capensise4 - Outcome
- refugee4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“Two mammals (klipspringer and rock dassie) and a bird (black eagle) use the hills for refuge and as a breeding site respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Black eagle uses the Kgale hills as a breeding site.
- Taxon
- black eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensise4 - Outcome
- breeding sitee4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“Two mammals (klipspringer and rock dassie) and a bird (black eagle) use the hills for refuge and as a breeding site respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Three quarries may reduce the biodiversity of the Kgale hills, because the hills do not re-vegetate naturally.
- Taxon
- plantsViridiplantaee0
- Treatment
- three quarriese6
- Outcome
- biodiversitye5
- Qualifier
- the hills do not re-vegetate naturallye5
Verbatim
e0“A survey was carried out to document the diversity of plants and animals of Kgale hills”
e5“these may impact on the biodiversity, especially as the hills do not re-vegetate naturally”
e6“There are three quarries in the study area”