Table 1.
Summary and characteristics of the regions (with their codes used in Figure 1) sampled for moth diversity along the environmental productivity gradient in southern Africa. The NDVI values and vegetation layer coverages were averaged from the 10 plots for each region.
| Region (Code) | Elevation (m a.s.l.) | Latitude/ Longitude |
Habitat Type | Max./ Mean/ Min. NDVI |
Vegetation Cover (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 30 cm | 2 m | 5 m | >5 m | |||||
| Soussusvlei (S) | 760 | S 24.543° E 15.789° |
Namib Desert with very scarce vegetation | 0.1119 0.1086 0.1038 |
14.6 | 9.9 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Namibgrens (F) | 1790 | S 23.643° E 16.279° |
Namib Escarpment Woodland: dry savannahs and shrubby areas with scattered trees | 0.1448 0.1417 0.1383 |
16.8 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| Khorixas (KH) | 1040 | S 20.440° E 15.215° |
Angolian Mopane Woodland: mosaic of Acacia and mopane woodlands | 0.1864 0.1732 0.1593 |
45.7 | 2.8 | 22.3 | 17.7 | 2.9 |
| Windhoek (WI) | 1800 | S 22.608° E 16.773° |
Namib Escarpment Woodland: dry savannahs and shrubby areas with scattered trees | 0.2276 0.1964 0.1719 |
46.9 | 26.0 | 16.2 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| Etosha (ET) | 1120 | S 19.051° E 16.541° |
Angolian Mopane Woodland: mosaics of Acacia and mopane woodlands | 0.2837 0.2412 0.2018 |
93.7 | 39.4 | 32.7 | 21.6 | 0.0 |
| Thakadu (K) | 1120 | S 21.867° E 21.697° |
Kalahari Xeric Savannah: dry open savannahs, with scattered trees | 0.2979 0.2481 0.2047 |
106.0 | 35.5 | 49.5 | 20.5 | 0.5 |
| Central Kalahari (CK) | 980 | S 21.288° E 23.716° |
Kalahari Acacia Woodland: mosaics of Vachellia, Baikeia and mopane woodlands, and small-leaved savannahs | 0.3487 0.2586 0.1912 |
87.7 | 26.0 | 33.5 | 23.5 | 4.7 |
| Grootfontein (GF) | 1220 | S 19.346° E 18.812° |
Kalahari Acacia Woodland: mosaics of Vachellia, Baikeia and mopane woodlands, and small-leaved savannahs | 0.3554 0.2884 0.2264 |
133.2 | 55.0 | 45.0 | 27.5 | 5.7 |
| Bwabwata (BW) | 1030 | S 18.092° E 21.686° |
Zambezian Baikiaea Woodlands: mosaic of mopane and Baikeia woodlands, and secondary grasslands | 0.4459 0.3542 0.2689 |
114.6 | 39.5 | 40.3 | 12.5 | 22.3 |
| Hwange (SI) | 1020 | S 18.699° E 26.192° |
Zambezian and Mopane Woodlands: mosaic of miombo and mopane woodlands, and shrubby savannahs | 0.5468 0.4090 0.2734 |
106.1 | 42.3 | 35.5 | 18.0 | 10.3 |
| Victoria Falls (VF) | 920 | S 17.872° E 25.721° |
Zambezian and Mopane Woodlands: mosaic of mopane and Baikeia woodlands, and secondary grasslands | 0.5431 0.4222 0.3066 |
123.8 | 49.0 | 41.5 | 25.2 | 8.1 |
| Chizarira (XI) | 1010 | S 17.701° E 27.855° |
Zambezian and Mopane Woodlands: mosaic of mopane and Baikeia woodlands, and secondary grasslands | 0.5692 0.4379 0.3145 |
124.2 | 45.2 | 27.2 | 32.0 | 15.1 |