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Wolvefontein
Wolvefontein
Location: Taken north of Wolwefontein, from Salt Pan's Nek, looking back south of southwest, with Cockscomb in background., Ecology: Low growing succulent and herbaceous elements on the flats and taller thicket species on slopes.
Wolvefontein
Wolvefontein
Location: Taken a short distance south of Wolwefontein, facing southeast in the direction of Wolven and the mountains behind this farmstead., Ecology: Dense covering of low growing succulent and herbaceous vegetation on floodplain; thicket elements on mountain slopes in distance.
Wolvefontein
Wolvefontein
Location: Due west of Wolwefontein, facing west of southwest towards Bosfontein Suid., Ecology: Dense covering of low growing succulent and herbaceous vegetation on floodplain; thicket elements on mountain slopes in distance.
Wolvefontein
Wolvefontein
Location: On the northwest outskirts of Wolwefontein, facing south of southeast towards Wolven and Brandts Leisure., Ecology: Dense covering of low growing succulent and herbaceous vegetation on floodplain; thicket elements on mountain slopes in distance.
Zonal and intrazonal forest, dry highveld grassland
Zonal and intrazonal forest, dry highveld grassland
Location: Unknown., Ecology: Unknown.
Zuurberg
Zuurberg
Location: Olifantskop Pass., Ecology: Albany Thicket.
Zuurberg
Zuurberg
Location: Olifantskop Pass., Ecology: Albany Thicket.
Zuurberg
Zuurberg
Location: Zuurberg Pass., Ecology: Albany Thicket.
Zuurberg, South African National Park
Zuurberg, South African National Park
Location: Zuurberg, Addo Elephant National Park., Ecology: Forested steep sided valleys.

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Cowling's work has had a major impact on our understanding of the ecology, evolution and conservation of the Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, and Subtropical Thicket Biomes of South Africa.During his long and prodigious career Richard has travelled widely within the sub-continent either collecting data or simply photographing landscapes, plants and people to be used later in his teaching and research activities. Between the mid-1970s and early 2000s (before he switched to digital photography) Richard took several thousand 35 mm colour slides. Many of the nearly 2,000 images that are presented in this database reflect Richard’s ecological interpretation or reading of the landscape and most are botanically highly informative. There are also many images, however, which simply reflect the beauty and diversity of southern Africa landscapes that have provided the inspiration for much of his work.

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Richard Cowling
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Cowling's work has had a major impact on our understanding of the ecology, evolution and conservation of the Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, and Subtropical Thicket Biomes of South Africa.During his long and prodigious career Richard has travelled widely within the sub-continent either collecting data or simply photographing landscapes, plants and people to be used later in his teaching and research activities. Between the mid-1970s and early 2000s (before he switched to digital photography) Richard took several thousand 35 mm colour slides. Many of the nearly 2,000 images that are presented in this database reflect Richard’s ecological interpretation or reading of the landscape and most are botanically highly informative. There are also many images, however, which simply reflect the beauty and diversity of southern Africa landscapes that have provided the inspiration for much of his work.
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