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Remote sensing and change detection in rangelands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: AnthonyR. Palmer Alex FortescueDuring the 20 th century, we have witnessed an improvement in the quality of imagery available for rangeland auditing, from the earliest mono-chromatic aerial photographs, followed by the first infra-red images, to the abundance of high resolution, multi-spectral imagery currently... -
Brushpiles and dung as rehabilitation patches: effect on soil resources in degraded succulent thicket, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: WB Todkill GIH Kerley EE CampbellA substantial portion of the Thicket Biome in the Eastern Cape has been transformed by overgrazing. An experimental rehabilitation study of degraded succulent thicket was initiated to determine whether increasing the patchiness on the landscape would result in an increase... -
Effects of season and frequency of burning on soils and landscape functioning in a moist montane grassland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: AD Manson D Jewitt AD ShortThe effects of burning on soil properties and landscape function were investigated in a long-term experiment comparing different burning strategies in a moist montane grassland. Total C, total N, total S, bulk density, plant-available nutrients, and soil acidity were determined... -
The relation between herbivore density and relative resource density at the landscape level: Kudu in semi‐arid savanna
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: C. Fabricius --- , Republic of South AfricaEcological theory can help range scientists to understand the determinants of ecological animal density or, in range management terms, ‘carrying capacity’. The relation between the relative density of resources and herbivore density is illustrated by regressions of the ecological density... -
Landscape-level differences in fire regime between block and patch-mosaicburning strategies in Mkuzi Game Reserve, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: CM Mulqueeny --- , South Africa PS Goodman --- , South Africa TG O'Connor --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaPatch-mosaic burning (PMB) is commonly advocated to create a mosaic of fire regimes that is believed to be more beneficial for maintaining biodiversity than the relatively homogeneous environment produced by block burning. This premise was examined for the 23 651... -
Spatial changes in forest cover on the KwaNibela Peninsula, St Lucia, South Africa, during the period 1937 to 2008
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: BM Corrigan --- Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, South Africa M Kneen --- Department of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies, South Africa CJ Geldenhuys --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa B-E van Wyk --- Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, South AfricaThe KwaNibela Peninsula is situated in the northernmost region of Lake St Lucia in KwaZulu-Natal. It is covered by forest patches of either Sand Forest or Coastal Forest within the Maputaland Coastal Vegetation. The area and the forests are heavily... -
Do deterministic processes influence the phenotypic patterns of animalivorous bat ensembles at urban rivers?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: M. Corrie Schoeman --- School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, South Africa Kirby J. Waddington --- School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, South AfricaAlthough urbanization is perhaps the most damaging, persistent, and rapidly expanding form of anthropogenic pressure on natural ecosystems, data on the patterns and processes of sympatric bat species in urban landscapes are relatively scant. We quantified the packing and dispersion... -
The phylogeography of Lemniscomys striatus (Rodentia: Muridae) confirms a remarkable vicariant event in neighbouring savanna populations in Central Gabon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: J. F. Mboumba --- Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, Gabon V. Nicolas --- Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département de Systématique et Evolution, France M. Colyn --- Université de Rennes 1, France P. Deleporte --- Université de Rennes 1, FranceOur recent phylogeographic study on the strictly savanna small rodent Nannomys minutoides revealed an unexpected pattern of divergence between populations occupying neighbouring savanna islands in Central Gabon, suggesting the historical and continuing fragmentation of these savanna habitats. In this study,... -
Reducing the overall HIV-burden in South Africa: is ‘reviving ABC’ an appropriate fit for a complex, adaptive epidemiological HIV landscape?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Christopher J Burman --- The Rural Development and Innovation Hub, South Africa Marota Aphane --- The Rural Development and Innovation Hub, South Africa Peter Delobelle --- School of Public Health, South AfricaThis article questions the recommendations to ‘revive ABC (abstain, be faithful, condomise)’ as a mechanism to ‘educate’ people in South Africa about HIV prevention as the South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence and Behaviour Survey, 2012, suggests. We argue that... -
Elevated temperatures drive fine-scale patterns of habitat use in a savanna bird community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Rowan O Martin --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Susan J Cunningham --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Philip AR Hockey --- ,Many animals use thermally buffered microhabitats, e.g. patches of shade within trees, to avoid temperature extremes. These ‘thermal refugia’ may mediate the impact of climate change on animals. Predicting how species and communities will respond to rising temperatures therefore requires... -
Medicine from the Father: Bossiesmedisyne, people, and landscape in Kannaland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Joshua B. Cohen --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaIn the rural Western Cape local municipality of Kannaland, the word ‘bossiesmedisyne’ (lit. bushes medicine), refers to plant and sometimes animal material used to treat and alleviate a wide range of health problems, ranging from colds to cancer. Based on... -
Memory, landscape and event: How Ndebele labour tenants interpret and reclaim the past
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Chris J van Vuuren --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,The article discusses the roots of memory of former Ndebele labour tenants, and how these memories manifest in landscape, object and event. Recognising the role of history that bound most of the Ndundza community into labour tenancy, the author unpacks... -
South African consumers’ selection criteria for ornamental plants: a market perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Lorraine Middleton --- Department of Biology, South AfricaThe considerations of South African consumers in the ornamental plant sector can be interpreted as selection criteria and be used as a marketing tool to increase the use of indigenous plants for ornamental purposes locally. A countrywide survey was undertaken... -
Frontiers of freedom: race, landscape and nationalism in the coastal cultures of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Leslie Bank --- Fort Hare Institute of Social and Economic Research, South AfricaThe idea that whiteness is not a natural category but one which requires construction, maintenance and investment has provoked a rich scholarship, including in South Africa. The scholarship on whiteness in southern Africa has been marked, in particular, by a... -
Competing prayers: the making of a Nigerian urban landscape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Ulrika Trovalla --- The Nordic Africa Institute, SwedenWhile Christians are seen as aspiring to make the Nigerian city of Jos into a Christian city, Muslims are believed to be trying to turn Jos into a Muslim city. There is a struggle over the urban landscape that is... -
Sustainable tourism development and the world heritage status of the Wadden Sea: The case of Terschelling
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Akke Folmer --- Research Group Marine Wetlands Studies, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Hans Revier --- Research Group Marine Wetlands Studies, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Tamara Cupido --- Research Group Marine Wetlands Studies, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsNational governments and regions make great efforts to obtain international recognition for their natural heritage, for instance through UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites list. Since June 2009, the Dutch Wadden Sea has been on the World Heritage List. Our study investigates... -
Exploring the invasion of rangelands by Acacia mearnsii (black wattle): biophysical characteristics and management implications
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Onalenna Gwate --- Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, South Africa Sukhmani K Mantel --- Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, South Africa Andiswa Finca --- Agricultural Research Council – Animal Production Institute, South Africa Lesley A Gibson --- Department of Construction and Surveying, UK Zahn Munch --- Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, South Africa Anthony R Palmer --- Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, South AfricaAustralian acacias have spread to many parts of the world. In South Africa, species such as A. mearnsii and dealbata are invasive. Consequently, more effort has focused on their clearing. In a context of increasing clearing costs, it is crucial... -
Sustainable tourism development and the world heritage status of the Wadden Sea: The case of Terschelling
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Akke Folmer --- Research Group Marine Wetlands Studies, The Netherlands Hans Revier --- Research Group Marine Wetlands Studies, The Netherlands Tamara Cupido --- Research Group Marine Wetlands Studies, The NetherlandsNational governments and regions make great efforts to obtain international recognition for their natural heritage, for instance through UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites list. Since June 2009, the Dutch Wadden Sea has been on the World Heritage List. Our study investigates... -
Longer rest periods for intensive rotational grazing limit diet quality of sheep without enhancing environmental benefits
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Warwick B Badgery --- Orange Agricultural Institute, AustraliaIntensive rotational grazing systems (also called cell grazing, holistic grazing or time-controlled grazing) are often implemented to improve production and environmental outcomes. Over recent years there has been considerable interpretation and adaption of the holistic principles that guide the management... -
The effect of Holistic Planned Grazing™ on African rangelands: a case study from Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Mike Peel --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production Unit, South Africa Marc Stalmans --- International Conservation Services, South AfricaHolistic Planned Grazing™ (HPG) is purported to have positive long-term effects on rangelands, enhancing ecosystem services. Given comparable environmental templates, but different management regimes, vegetation monitoring and landscape function analysis showed the Africa Center for Holistic Management (ACHM) at Dimbangombe... -
Through the lens of a herder: insights into landscape ethno-ecological knowledge on rangelands in Namaqualand
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Mogamat Igshaan Samuels --- Agricultural Research Council, South Africa Melvin Swarts --- Agricultural Research Council, South Africa Amy Schroeder --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa Khululiwe Ntombela --- Agricultural Research Council, South Africa Clement Cupido --- Agricultural Research Council, South AfricaPastoral areas around the world, including South Africa, are resource poor and external development interventions to improve conditions have largely been unsuccessful. It has been advocated that the focus should shift from external stakeholders to local pastoralists by incorporating the... -
Ranging behaviour of Long-crested Eagles Lophaetus occipitalis in human-modified landscapes of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Machawe I Maphalala --- , South Africa Ara Monadjem --- , Eswatini Keith L Bildstein --- , South Africa Shane McPherson --- , South Africa Ben Hoffman --- , South Africa Colleen T Downs --- , South AfricaThe ranging behaviour of raptors in human-altered environments, such as agricultural and suburban landscapes, is becoming increasingly important for conservationists in the context of unprecedented high rates of anthropogenic land use change. We studied the movement ecology of adult Long-crested... -
Mozambique Island, Cabaceira Pequena and the Wider Swahili World: An Archaeological Perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Diogo V. Oliveira --- , MozambiqueWhen the Portuguese reached Mozambique Island at the end of the fifteenth century, they encountered a populated coast of diverse communities integrated within a wider Swahili world. Swahili society was in its fundamental nature cosmopolitan, and incorporated arts, cultures, peoples,... -
Assessing wetland functionality using soil surface indicators in Letšeng- la-Letsie wetland in Quthing District, Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Nthuseng Kahlolo --- , Lesotho Botle Mapeshoane --- , Lesotho Peter Chatanga --- , Lesotho Lerato Seleteng-Kose --- , Lesotho Makoala V Marake --- , LesothoWetlands are globally valuable ecosystems as they provide many important services to the human society, yet the ecology of some of them is yet to be understood. This study assessed the functionality of Letšeng-la-Letsie wetland in Lesotho, using the Landscape... -
Changes in pastoral mobility in a semi-arid montane region of South Africa: The role of policy and legislation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: M Igshaan Samuels --- , South Africa Nicky Allsopp --- , South Africa M Timm Hoffman --- , South AfricaLegislation and policy are key tools used by governments to change the socio-economic and political landscape of agrarian systems with consequences for mobile pastoralism. This study used the social-ecological systems framework to examine how pastoral mobility in the semi-arid, montane... -
Urban areas have lower species richness, but maintain functional diversity: insights from the African Bird Atlas Project
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Alan Tristram Kenneth Lee --- , South Africa Ulf Ottosson --- , Nigeria Colin Jackson --- , Kenya Sidney Shema --- , Kenya Chevonne Reynolds --- , South AfricaHigh human population growth and rapid urbanisation, particularly in Africa, have led to an increased interest in the impacts of this land-use change on bird communities. The African Bird Atlas Project, where species presence lists are collected in pentads, is... -
Leopard tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis (Bell, 1928) mortality caused by electrified fences in central South Africa and its impact on tortoise demography
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Sharon Holt --- National Museum, South Africa Liora Kolska Horwitz --- The Hebrew University, Israel Beryl Wilson --- McGregor Museum, South Africa Daryl Codron --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThe leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) is among the most ubiquitously distributed chelonian species in Africa. As with other chelonians, however, the species’ slow growth rate, coupled with low survivorship of juveniles, make it susceptible to declines under regimes of environmental... -
Seasonal variation and drivers of zooplankton, macroinvertebrate and littoral fish communities from irrigation ponds in a semi-arid region in the Eastern Cape (South Africa)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: L Mofu --- , South Africa T Dalu --- , South Africa RJ Wasserman --- , South Africa DJ Woodford --- , South Africa D Khosa --- , South Africa OLF Weyl --- , South AfricaIrrigation ponds are increasingly abundant globally, particularly in water-stressed countries with limited natural surface waters, yet knowledge of their ecology is limited. Here, we assessed zooplankton, macroinvertebrate, and littoral fish communities from irrigation ponds located in the Sundays River Valley... -
Mountain refugia limit anthropogenic suppression in a re-established felid population: the case of the Magaliesberg leopard population in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: R John Power --- , South Africa Matt S Rogan --- , South Africa Vincent N Naude --- , South AfricaAlthough highly adaptable, leopards incur substantial mortality in human-modified landscapes and generally subsist at lower densities than in protected areas. Leopard populations are difficult to enumerate across any landscapes, though there have been strides to improve upon this, particularly in... -
The effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on updated estimates of the population of the Agulhas Long-billed Lark Certhilauda brevirostris, a South African endemic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Steven W Evans --- , South AfricaThe Agulhas Long-billed Lark Certhilauda brevirostris is a South African endemic and is restricted to the fynbos habitat of the Agulhas Plain in the southwestern corner of South Africa. The 1990, 2014, and 2018 land use land cover (LULC) databases... -
A laissez-faire management approach in a grassland landscape results in a fine-scale, spatio-temporally heterogeneous fire pattern
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Marc E Stalmans --- , South Africa Ed TF Witkowski --- , South Africa Kevin Balkwill --- , South AfricaWhat are the spatio-temporal characteristics of a fire pattern that is allowed to develop over time across a species- rich, predominantly grassy landscape? More than 1 300 fires were documented over 13 years in the 48 000 ha Songimvelo Game... -
Diet of a generalist mammalian mesocarnivore in an urban matrix
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Jarryd P Streicher --- , South Africa Melanie B Streicher --- , South Africa Tharmalingam Ramesh --- , South Africa Colleen T Downs --- , South AfricaAnthropogenic habitat conversion through urban sprawl is driving mesocarnivores to modify their behaviour and ecology. Thorough knowledge of their feeding ecology is fundamental in understanding the pressures imposed on mesocarnivores by urbanisation. The diet of the water mongoose Atilax paludinosus... -
Effect of slope aspect on vegetation characteristics in mountain rangelands of Tajikistan: considerations for future ecological management and restoration
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Mounir Louhaichi --- , Tunisia Rajabov Toshpulot --- , Uzbekistan Hloniphani Peter Moyo --- , Jordan Azaiez Ouled Belgacem --- , Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaTajikistan’s rangelands are mostly mountainous and consist of summer and winter pastures. Vegetation structure and composition in these diverse landscapes are generally influenced by environmental factors. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of aspect on vegetation... -
Expanding the prevention armamentarium portfolio: A framework for promoting HIV-Conversant Communities within a complex, adaptive epidemiological landscape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Christopher J. Burman --- , , South Africa Marota Aphane --- , , South Africa Oliver Mtapuri --- , , South Africa Peter Delobelle --- , , South AfricaThe article describes a design journey that culminated in an HIV-Conversant Community Framework that is now being piloted in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The objective of the initiative is to reduce the aggregate community viral load by building... -
The effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on the relative abundance and conservation of Ludwig’s Bustard Neotis ludwigii in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Steven W Evans --- North-West University, South AfricaLudwig’s Bustard Neotis ludwigii is near-endemic to the semi-arid shrublands of southwestern southern Africa and is listed as Endangered. The primary threat to this species is collisions with overhead powerlines; however, loss and fragmentation of its habitat may contribute to... -
Secondary vegetation provides a reservoir of non-timber forest products and agroforestry service options for forestry plantation systems, Maputaland, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: AP Starke --- University of Pretoria, South Africa CJ Geldenhuys --- University of Pretoria, South Africa TG O’Connor --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa CS Everson --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaTree species providing non-timber forest products (NTFPs) have the potential to enhance the socio-economic value of forestry plantation systems and mitigate biodiversity loss associated with production landscapes in Southern Africa. This can be accomplished by integrating NTFP agroforestry systems with... -
Wildlife corridors in a Southern African conservation landscape: the political ecology of multispecies mobilities along the arteries of anthropogenic conservation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Michael Bollig --- University of Cologne, GermanyThe decline of biodiversity is a key topic in public discussions around the globe. These debates have triggered massive efforts to increase protected areas and to safeguard the corridors connecting them. The wildlife corridors dealt with in this article are... -
Rethinking radical veld improvement: a sustainable approach to grazing land restoration?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: KP Kirkman --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaRadical veld improvement (RVI), a concept explored in southern Africa during the mid to late 1900s, aimed to intensify agricultural landscapes by enhancing veld productivity by incorporating productive forage grasses or legumes, soil nutrient enrichment, or a combination of both... -
Transhumance within private land conservation areas: perspectives from pastoralist landowners in rural Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Simon M Thiong’o --- Centre for Events, Tourism, and Hospitality Management, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Headingley Campus, UKPastoralism in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid regions supports about 10 million indigenous people. While general studies on pastoralist livelihoods exist, limited research explores these dynamics within privately governed landscapes. This study critically examines how land tenure complexities within private land...
