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- Library Collection RecordSoil degradation due to tillage has been reported Africa-wide. Other main causes of soil degradation are overgrazing, extensive cultivation of marginal lands, widespread clearing of vegetation for…Publication Date 2002
- Reduced tillage
- organic carbon
- soil structure
- soil quality
- sustainability
- no-till
- conservation
- Africa
- Soil Condition
- soil fertility
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordInformation from the literature about forage conservation losses in the field has been reviewed, contrasted and analysed in the categories respiratory loss, leaching loss and mechanical loss. An…Publication Date 1989
- forage quality
- conservation
- agriculture
- modelling
- temperature
- rainfall
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper examines the melding of two discourses in southeastern Zimbabwe: land reform and wildlife management. The former seeks to redistribute large, [`]under-utilized' landholdings to…Publication Date 2004
- Zimbabwe
- wildlife management
- land reform
- Campfire
- political ecology
- Lowveld
- Community based natural resource management
- management
- conservation
- land use
- socio-economic aspects
- politics
- wildlife
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWhere species distribution data are inadequate reserve selection procedures have to rely on surrogate measures of biodiversity. The informativeness of land facets (the simplest units of a landscape…Publication Date 1999
- biodiversity
- Surrogates
- Land facets
- Reserve selection
- Priority conservation areas
- conservation
- species richness
- land use
- ecosystem ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordDifferences in reporting rates of birds on atlas checklists from major land-use categories (protected, unprotected, wildlife management area (WMA)) in Botswana were investigated to evaluate the…Publication Date 1998
- Botswana
- Bird conservation
- land use
- overgrazing
- Atlas-data
- biodiversity
- grasslands
- conservation
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe grass Agrostis stolonifera L. is the most successful introduced vascular plant at sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Since its accidental introduction, probably in the 1950s, it has spread over the…Publication Date 1998
- Sub-Antarctic
- introduced plants
- Soil fauna
- species richness
- conservation
- Alien invasive species
- biodiversity
- ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNomadic larks in the semi-arid Nama-Karoo, South Africa, depend on patches of temporally suitable habitat for breeding. These patches occur where rain has recently fallen, where there has been growth…Publication Date 1998
- semi-arid
- Nomadic birds
- modelling
- Patchy environment
- Stochastic environment
- Protected area design
- biodiversity
- birds
- conservation
- ecosystem ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe spatial characteristics of African protected areas classified as national parks (category II) by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) were quantified on a regional basis. Four groups of spatial…Publication Date 1998
- area
- shape
- isolation
- interaction
- national parks and Africa
- conservation
- national parks
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordMontane grasslands in high rainfall areas of South Africa are subject to large-scale afforestation, making wildlife conservation evaluations necessary. A system which uses landscape features to…Publication Date 1997
- bird
- butterfly
- endemic
- grasshopper
- species richness
- biodiversity
- savanna
- conservation
- soil classification
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe produced a conservation plan that achieved conservation targets for biodiversity pattern and process in the species- and endemic-rich Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. Features given…Publication Date 2003
- biodiversity
- conservation
- ecology
- restoration
- conservation
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper provides an introduction and overview for the special issue on systematic conservation planning in the species-rich and highly vulnerable Cape Floristic Region. Firstly, we outline the…Publication Date 2003
- conservation
- planning
- management
- biodiversity
- land-use
- socio-economic aspects
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study investigates the practical and financial implications of alternative strategies for meeting explicit conservation goals on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa. This is an area of exceptional…Publication Date 2003
- conservation planning
- off-reserve conservation
- Protected area network
- incentives
- Economic Aspects
- conservation
- biodiversity
- Alien invasive species
- agriculture
- land use
- management
- legislation
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe lack of realistic estimates of the costs of protected area establishment and effective management can hinder conservation planning and result in under-funded 34;paper parks 34; that fail to meet…Publication Date 2003
- Conservation management costs
- off-reserve conservation
- Protected area costs
- Restoration costs
- Systematic conservation planning
- conservation
- economics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordExpert-based and systematic, algorithm-based approaches to identifying priority areas for conservation are sometimes posited as alternatives. While both approaches have pros and cons, the systematic…Publication Date 2003
- conservation
- modelling
- biodiversity
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe formulation of a strategic plan for the conservation of terrestrial biodiversity in the Cape Floristic Region (CFR; 87,892 km2) requires an objective and spatially explicit assessment of the…Publication Date 2003
- Biodiversity hotspots
- conservation planning
- Conservation area network: Ecological and evolutionary processes
- persistence
- Representation
- Gap analysis
- conservation
- GIS
- remote sensing
- biodiversity
- species richness
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAt current densities, elephants are having a severe impact on plant community structure and species richness in the Addo Elephant National Park (AENP), Eastern Cape, South Africa. Those species that…Publication Date 2001
- Biodiversity maintenance
- Elephant impacts
- grazing impacts
- Reserve design
- Threatened flora
- biodiversity
- animal impact
- grasslands
- ecosystem dynamics
- species richness
- national parks
- conservation
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordFlight behaviours of 23 butterfly species were mapped to establish the effect of both pine afforestation and different-sized grassland linkages on localised butterfly movements. Blocks of pine trees…Publication Date 2001
- Lepidoptera
- Habitat webs
- Behaviour
- afforestation
- Linkages
- grasslands
- conservation
- insects
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordMultivariate analyses and complementarity-based reserve selection algorithms were used as tools for delimiting representative conservation areas in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, based on environmental…Publication Date 2001
- birds
- climate
- Conservation area selection
- Pattern and process
- ordination
- spatial autocorrelation
- South Africa
- conservation
- modelling
- land use
- data analysis
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPatterns of higher plant species richness and beta diversity were assessed using standard Modified-Whittaker plots in relation to landuse, slope position and mean annual rainfall across a rainfall…Publication Date 2000
- species richness
- biodiversity
- land use
- rainfall
- savanna
- communal farming
- conservation
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe impact of Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) is seen by many as a 'win-win' situation with reference to natural resources conservation and the improvement of local…Publication Date 2010
- Community-based tourism
- community-based natural resource management
- Community participation
- Khama Rhino Sanctuary Trust
- eco - tourism
- Economic Aspects
- socio-economic aspects
- conservation
- Botswana
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordHerbivores can act as dispersal vectors by purposely or accidentally ingesting ripe fruits, and thus endozoochory is one determining factor for plant distribution patterns. The objective of our study…Publication Date 2010
- Aizoaceae
- germination
- Namaqualand
- Nature conservation management
- rangelands
- Succulent karoo
- management
- conservation
- ecology
- Succulent karoo
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordRenosterveld is a grassy shrubland with a diverse understory of geophytes. Exceptional plant diversity and endemism, combined with considerable fragmentation due to transformation to cropland, make…Publication Date 2009
- ecosystem services
- rainfall simulation
- Renosterveld fragments
- transformation
- wind erosion
- endemic species
- conservation
- hydrology
- rainfall
- degradation
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe present the first detailed survey of a population of Acacia paradoxa DC. (syn. Acacia armata R.Br.), Kangaroo Thorn, in South Africa. The species is listed under the Conservation of Agricultural…Publication Date 2009
- biological invasions
- Early detection
- Emerging invader
- invasive alien plants
- Alien invasive species
- seeds
- restoration ecology
- conservation
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordA new integrated approach, involving continuum-removed absorption features, the red edge position and neural networks, is developed and applied to map grass nitrogen concentration in an African…Publication Date 2004
- Hymap imagery
- Absorption features
- Continuum removal
- red edge position
- Foliar nitrogen concentration
- Savanna rangelands
- savanna
- rangelands
- mapping
- plant production
- grasslands
- forage quality
- remote sensing
- conservation
- national parks
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe semi-arid savannah environment (SASE) of sub-Saharan Africa are characterized by low erratic rainfall which result to high risk of droughts, intra-seasonal dry spells and frequent food insecurity…Publication Date 2003
- Rainwater harvesting
- River basin
- Fanya juu
- Fanya chini
- food production
- water scarcity
- rainfall
- land use
- subsistence agriculture
- Economic Aspects
- drought
- conservation
- hydrology
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSpatial technologies present possibilities for producing frequently updated and accurate habitat maps, which are important in biodiversity conservation. Assemblages of vegetation are equivalent to…Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity conservation
- habitat mapping
- remote sensing
- soil fertility
- conservation
- biodiversity
- mapping
- satellite imagery
- national parks
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary The scientific and management perception of artificial surface-water provision has swung like a pendulum from being to the benefit of herbivores, to being to the detriment of many vegetation…Publication Date 2009
- Artificial water provision
- Surface-water management policies
- management
- GIS
- national parks
- monitoring
- conservation
- ecosystem ecology
- decision support systems
- Kruger National Park
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper explores the physical and imaginative construction of the Zimbabwean [`]lowveld' landscape. A powerful legacy of the colonial encounter with Zimbabwe was the notion that the lowveld…Publication Date 2005
- Zimbabwe
- wildlife
- wilderness
- conservation
- land reform
- landscape
- political ecology
- management
- national parks
- politics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, we asked the Ariaal herders of northern Kenya to answer 'why, what and how' they classified landscape, and assessed and monitored the biodiversity of 10 km2 of grazing land.…Publication Date 2009
- Anthropogenic indicators
- Ariaal
- biodiversity
- Indigenous knowledge
- Grazing suitability
- landscape classification
- Landscape potential
- traditional knowledge
- pastoralism
- monitoring
- grazing
- grasslands
- land use
- Soil Condition
- livestock
- conservation
- management
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSouth Africa's moist grassland harbours globally significant biodiversity, supplies essential ecosystem services, supports crop and livestock agriculture, forestry and settlement, yet is poorly…Publication Date 2009
- agriculture
- animals
- biodiversity
- birds
- climate
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- crops
- Agricultural/growth & development
- ecosystem
- environment
- forestry
- insects
- mammals
- Poaceae
- Soil/analysis
- grasslands
- land use
- conservation
- management
- landscape ecology
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper uses the concept of sustainable development to examine the utilisation of wildlife resources at Moremi Game Reserve (MGR) and Khwai community area (NG 18/19) in the Okavango Delta,…Publication Date 2005
- Wildlife resources
- Resource conflicts
- Sustainable development
- community-based natural resource management
- socio-economic aspects
- eco - tourism
- conservation
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAfrican savannas are primarily used as pastures and are subject to changes in climate and management strategies. For sustainable management of these landscapes ecological knowledge on seasonal and…Publication Date 2010
- beta diversity
- Distance decay
- Precipitation gradient
- species richness
- Systematic sampling
- Tree islands
- biodiversity
- savanna
- pasture management
- climate
- management
- sustainability
- rainfall
- monitoring
- conservation
- Namibia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordHuman land use such as pastoralism may be a key determinant of wildlife populations. We studied the influence of land use on wildlife and livestock in south-western Kalahari, Botswana, during the wet…Publication Date 2009
- Carnivore
- distance
- herbivore
- Mammal
- Ostrich
- savanna
- land use
- conservation
- national parks
- livestock
- pastoralism
- cattle
- species richness
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe examined the relationship between the distribution of Martial Eagles Polemaetus bellicosus (and other large eagle species) breeding on electricity transmission pylons in the central and…Publication Date 2005
- Large eagles
- land management
- habitat quality
- conservation
- South Africa
- birds
- management
- rangeland condition
- landscape ecology
- ecosytem ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn previous papers we have considered the optimal mix of biodiversity in semi-arid rangelands, focusing on the steady state. This paper addresses the question of conservation in the optimal use of…Publication Date 2004
- rangelands
- biodiversity
- Managed
- Natural
- conservation
- management
- fire ecology
- grazing
- livestock
- vegetation dynamics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordOf the 70 cases of classical biological control for the protection of nature found in our review, there were fewer projects against insect targets (21) than against invasive plants (49), in part,…Publication Date 2010
- invasive species
- Ecosystem function
- insect pests
- invasive plants
- ecological restoration
- biological control
- natural ecosystems
- Alien invasive species
- insects
- biodiversity
- ecosystem services
- conservation
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordKnowledge of the success or otherwise of conservation interventions is often locked within localised networks, resulting in mistakes being replicated unnecessarily. The savannahs of eastern and…Publication Date 2013
- conservation
- Evidence based conservation
- Management interventions
- national parks
- protected areas
- savanna
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Knersvlakte in the Succulent Karoo Biome (South Africa) is known for its high plant diversity and endemism. In the course of establishing a conservation area there, we assessed baseline data for…Publication Date 2010
- Aizoaceae
- biodiversity
- herbivory
- Namaqualand
- rangeland management
- Systematic conservation planning
- conservation
- management
- grazing
- sheep
- goats
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study looks at the impact of subdivision and sedentarization of pastoral lands on wildlife numbers and production in a savanna ecosystem of southern Kenya. The study uses aerial counts over a…Publication Date 2009
- land fragmentation
- rangelands
- Maasai
- settlement
- conservation
- land reform
- land use
- savanna
- ecosystem dynamics
- ecosystem ecology
- wildlife
- management
- grazing
- grasslands
- socio-economic aspects
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe relative importance of fire and herbivory on vegetation structure has been the subject of much debate in savanna ecology. Fire regime and herbivore numbers are two key variables that managers of…Publication Date 2009
- Carnegie Airborne Observatory
- conservation
- heterogeneity
- LiDAR
- management
- Thresholds of potential concern
- fire
- animal impact
- remote sensing
- national parks
- Kruger National Park
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordMany existing parks are currently experiencing difficulties in achieving their conservation aims, yet they remain an important option for maintaining and enhancing the conservation of biological…Publication Date 2009
- Effectiveness evaluation
- Criteria and indicators
- Parks management
- Conservation Policy
- national parks
- ecosystem ecology
- management
- conservation
- biodiversity
- ecosystem services
- sustainability
- monitoring
- South Africa
- Canada
- Library Collection RecordIt is becoming increasingly difficult to manage and expand statutory conservation areas (i.e., parks and formally protected areas). Therefore, alternative opportunities for land conservation merit…Publication Date 2009
- Private protected areas
- stewardship
- Gap analysis
- Systematic conservation planning
- conservation easements
- Private land conservation
- conservation
- management
- biodiversity
- land use
- Little Karoo
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe construction and validation of a user-friendly index to measure attitude of landowners towards conservation of Overberg Coastal Renosterveld (OCR), a critically endangered, distinctive grassy-…Publication Date 2005
- landowners
- Perceived benefit
- Willingness to conserve
- Cronbach Alpha
- socio-economic aspects
- conservation
- grasslands
- conservation agriculture
- land use
- eco - tourism
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe sub-montane cultivation belt, with its so-called Chagga home gardens on Mount Kilimanjaro, was investigated for its Saltatoria fauna. Since these cultivated fields still have the structure of a…Publication Date 2005
- Orthoptera
- East Africa
- biodiversity
- Endemism
- conservation
- ecosystem ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordCompetition and compatibility between livestock and wildlife in Africa has been a point of considerable speculation, with implications for conservation. However, controlled replicated experiments are…Publication Date 2005
- livestock
- Africa
- Dung counts
- Trait-mediated effects
- indirect effects
- conservation
- game farming
- wildlife
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordHabitat degradation through over-grazing and wood collection is especially prevalent in developing countries such as South Africa. As human populations expand and the demand for land increases, the…Publication Date 2005
- Lizards
- ecosystems
- disturbance
- reptiles
- biodiversity
- human impact
- savanna
- Traditional medicine
- South Africa
- degradation
- conservation
- land use
- species richness
- vegetation dynamics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordMuch effort in systematic conservation planning has gone into devising measures and algorithms which are efficient at capturing the biological importance of different candidate areas. While cost is…Publication Date 2004
- Priority setting
- Reserve design
- costs
- Complementarity
- optimisation
- Area selection
- ecoregions
- Vertebrates
- Economic Aspects
- conservation
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordRecent attempts to streamline the identification of areas requiring immediate conservation attention have resulted in the development of prioritisation procedures that identify areas of biodiversity…Publication Date 2004
- biodiversity
- conservation
- Land cover change
- Land use suitability
- land use
- savanna
- management
- decision support systems
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSouth African grasslands support a rich flora that is attracting growing conservation interest. Fire has long been used to manage grasslands for livestock production. However, there is very little…Publication Date 2004
- Alpha-diversity
- Beta-diversity
- Long-term ecological research
- grasslands
- fire ecology
- conservation
- management
- species richness
- biodiversity
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary Seed dispersal via ingestion and defecation by large herbivores provides a possible aid for ecological restoration of plant communities, by connecting source communities of target species…Publication Date 2005
- seed dispersal
- grazing
- Heathland
- grassland
- conservation
- Indicator Values
- seeds
- restoration ecology
- Weeds
- management
- monitoring
- soil fertility
- Africa