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From: Specific island biogeographic and landscape features shape plant diversity and habitat specialism on edaphic quartz islands in an arid ocean

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Map of the study area. a) The 47 sampled quartz islands (pink) and further quartz islands in the Moedverloren area (blue), b) the location of the Knersvlakte bioregion in the Western Cape of South Africa, c) quartz island covered with white quartz gravel, d) adjacent matrix habitats with higher and denser vegetation. (Photos: PE; Basemap sources: Esri, Digital Globe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS user community; Shapefiles: 59for the Knersvlakte shapefile; 51for the quartz island shapefiles).

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