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Effects of Afforestation and Clearfelling on birds and small Mammals at Grootvadersbosch, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: A.J. Armstrong --- Department of Nature Conservation, Republic of South Africa H.J. van Hensbergen --- Department of Nature Conservation, Republic of South AfricaResults from a short-term study of birds and small mammals in pine plantations, regenerating clear-felled sites and indigenous forest and fynbos habitats at Grootvadersbosch, southern Cape, indicate that the pine faunal assemblages are pauperised in relation to those of the... -
Medium-term changes in grass composition and diversity of Highland Sourveld grassland in the southern Drakensberg in response to fire and grazing management
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: A D Short T G O'Connor C R HurtThis study examined the compositional stability of Highland Sourveld in response to fire and grazing by wildlife (Coleford Nature Reserve) and by cattle on three properties over 20-25 years. A limited amount of compositional change took place except on a... -
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 effect of long-term fire treatments on invertebrates: results from experimental plots at Cathedral Peak, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: C Uys M HamerThis study examined the impacts of different burning regimes (fire frequency and season) and fire history (time since last burn) on invertebrate morphospecies richness and abundance. The study was carried out in the Brotherton experimental plots at Cathedral Peak in... -
Challenges and opportunities in the use of remote sensing for C3 and C4 grass species discrimination and mapping
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: C Adjorlolo --- School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South Africa O Mutanga --- School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South Africa MA Cho --- School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South Africa R Ismail --- School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaChanges in the composition of plant functional type (PFT) activities are expected to accompany a changing climate. In tropical montane grasslands, such changes are predicted to follow shifts in the percentage cover and abundance of species following the C3 and... -
A Protocol for Wildlife Conservation Planning in an Afforestable Montane Grassland Region
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: A.J. Armstrong --- Department of Nature Conservation, South Africa H.J. van Hensbergen --- Department of Nature Conservation, South AfricaThe grassland biome is the biome most transformed by human activity in South Africa. At least thirteen percent of the biome is suitable for pine afforestation. There is a need for conservation evaluations before large-scale commercial afforestation to determine which... -
Afromontane forest avifauna of the eastern Soutpansberg mountain range, Northern Province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: C.T. Symes --- , South Africa S.M. Venter --- Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa M.R. Perrin --- , South AfricaThe Soutpansberg forests form the northern limit of indigenous forest in South Africa, Commercial afforestation occurs at high altitudes whereas crops and orchards are planted at lower altitudes. A study of five protected afromontane forests in the eastern Soutpansberg identified... -
Species composition and phytogeographical significance of an afromontane forest fragment in the Mpumalanga province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: T.L. Morgenthal --- , South Africa S.S. Cilliers --- , South AfricaA floristic survey of an afromontane forest fragment, Pedlar's Bush, was done as part of an effort to proclaim this forest as a national heritage site. A checklist of 245 plant taxa has been compiled for Pedlar's Bush. The phytogeographical... -
The influence of fire on a southern Cape mountain forest
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: L.H. Watson --- Department of Nature Conservation, M.J. Cameron --- Department of Nature Conservation,Afromontane forests in the southern Cape are surrounded by fire-prone fynbos. Although the presence of charcoal in Afromontane forests indicate that they do burn, little is known about the influence of fire on the dynamics of these forests. We compared... -
Post fire indicators of fire intensity at indigenous forest margins in the southern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: A. G. Schmidt --- Department of Nature Conservation, M. Vlok --- Department of Nature Conservation,The aim of this study was to identify post fire indicators of fire intensity at indigenous forest margins in the southern Cape. Three sites in the southern Cape were subjectively chosen in recently burnt areas to represent areas of varying... -
Relationships between diameter and height of trees in natural tropical forest in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Wilson A Mugasha --- Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norway Ole M Bollandsås --- Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norway Tron Eid --- Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, NorwayThe relationship between tree height (h) and tree diameter at breast height (dbh) is an important element describing forest stands. In addition, h often is a required variable in volume and biomass models. Measurements of h are, however, more time... -
The leaf-litter earthworm fauna (Annelida: Oligochaeta) of forests in Limpopo Province, South Africa: diversity, communities and conservation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Johanna L. Horn --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa J. Danuta Plisko --- Natal Museum, South Africa Michelle L. Hamer --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaA qualitative survey of the leaf-litter earthworm fauna of 11 selected indigenous forests in Limpopo Province, South Africa, was conducted to identify the species present, to describe the communities and to assess the relationship between indigenous and exotic species. A... -
A comparison of point counts with a new acoustic sampling method: a case study of a bird community from the montane forests of Mount Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Ondřej Sedláček --- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic Jana Vokurková --- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic Michal Ferenc --- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic Eric Nana Djomo --- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic Tomáš Albrecht --- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic David Hořák --- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Czech RepublicAcoustic signals are frequently used for estimating avian species richness, abundance and community composition. However, sampling by traditional methods of bird surveys is often limited by availability of experienced researchers in the field, especially in the tropics. New bioacoustic approaches... -
Birds and biogeography of Mount Mecula in Mozambique’s Niassa National Reserve
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Claire N Spottiswoode --- Department of Zoology, UK Lincoln DC Fishpool --- BirdLife International, UK Julian L Bayliss --- Department of Zoology, UKThe montane forests of northern Mozambique’s isolated massifs are inhabited by numerous range-restricted and threatened bird species, but until recently were extremely little-known. We report on a first avifaunal survey of the isolated montane habitats of Mt Mecula (1 442... -
A phylogeny of Central African Boaedon (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with the description of a new cryptic species from the Albertine Rift
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Eli Greenbaum --- , , USA Frank Portillo --- , , USA Kate Jackson --- , , USA Chifundera Kusamba --- , , République Démocratique du CongoThe Central African house snake Boaedon olivaceus has a large distribution from the forests of West Africa to Mabira Forest in Uganda. We sequenced two mitochondrial (cyt b and ND4) and two nuclear (c-mos and RAG1) genes from several populations... -
Nest boxes for Cape Parrots Poicephalus robustus in the Hogsback area, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Kirsten Wimberger --- Cape Parrot Project, South Africa Kate F Carstens --- Cape Parrot Project, South Africa Johann C Carstens --- Cape Parrot Project, South Africa R Stephen Boyes --- Cape Parrot Project, South AfricaBreeding propensity of tree-cavity nesting bird species are often limited by a shortage of natural nesting sites. Artificial nests can be used to provide alternative nest sites. Cape Parrots Poicephalus robustus are nationally endangered and nest in existing tree-cavities in... -
Temperature control of the distributional range of five C3 grass species in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Luke K Bentley --- South African Environmental Observation Network, South Africa Tim G O’Connor --- South African Environmental Observation Network, South AfricaGlobal climate change is expected to influence the distribution of global biodiversity. C4 and C3 perennial grasses co-occur in the fire-prone KwaZulu-Natal uKhahlamba-Drakensberg grasslands, with C3 grass species occurring at cooler locations in the mountain range and C4 grass species... -
A mammal survey of the Serra Jeci Mountain Range, Mozambique, with a review of records from northern Mozambique’s inselbergs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Tim van Berkel --- Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation (BINCO), Belgium Emidio Sumbane --- Natural History Museum, Praca Travessia do Zambeze, Mozambique Samuel EI Jones --- Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation (BINCO), Belgium Merlijn Jocque --- Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation (BINCO), BelgiumThe mountains of northern Mozambique have remained poorly studied biologically until recent years with surveys covering a variety of taxonomic groups highlighting their biological and conservation value. Even so, the medium and large mammal fauna remains poorly known and to... -
Frequent burning maintained a stable grassland over four decades in the Drakensberg, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Craig D Morris --- , South Africa Colin S Everson --- , South Africa Terry M Everson --- , South Africa Paul J Gordijn --- , South AfricaThe mesic montane grasslands of the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg, which produce cured flammable fuel, have evolved under and are sustained by recurrent fires. The Brotherton burning trial (12 replicated treatments) was established at Cathedral Peak (1 890 m asl) in 1980 to... -
Grass functional trait responses to experimental warming and fire in Afromontane grasslands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Mariska te Beest --- , The Netherlands Anne Kleinjan --- , The Netherlands Veerle Tuijnman --- , The Netherlands Nicky Findlay --- , The Netherlands Thembeka Mvelase --- , South Africa Elizabeth le Roux --- , United Kingdom Michelle Tedder --- , South Africa Paul Gordijn --- , South Africa Susan Janse van Rensburg --- , South AfricaClimate change is one of the main challenges facing humanity in the coming century. To understand the impact of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, we urgently require a better understanding of plant responses to climate change. To address... -
Long-term frequent fires do not decrease topsoil carbon and nitrogen in an Afromontane grassland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Nicola Findlay --- , The Netherlands Alan Manson --- , South Africa Joris PGM Cromsigt --- , The Netherlands Paul Gordijn --- , South Africa Cathy Nixon --- , South Africa Max Rietkerk --- , The Netherlands Guy Thibaud --- , South Africa Martin J Wassen --- , The Netherlands Mariska te Beest --- , The NetherlandsFire has been an integral evolutionary force shaping and maintaining grassy biomes, such as the Afromontane grasslands of South Africa. Afromontane grasslands represent a large carbon reservoir, but it is uncertain how fire affects their long-term C storage. We investigated... -
Assessment of plant species composition and natural regeneration in abandoned settlements in the lower montane forest of Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Imani Abinery Kikoti --- , Tanzania Cosmas Mligo --- , Tanzania Henry Joseph Ndangalasi --- , TanzaniaAnthropogenic modification of montane forests to other land uses has significant effects on native vegetation and the ecological functions of plant communities, such as in the forests of Mount Kilimanjaro. This study was carried out in Kilimanjaro National Park at... -
Evidence for an Afrotemperate amphibian fauna
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: JohnC. Poynton --- , UKLatitudinal and altitudinal changes in composition of the African amphibian fauna is analysed to test the standard zoogeographical division of the continent into Palaearctic and Afrotropical Regions. A comparably high faunal change north and south of the. tropical savannas suggests... -
Seasonal altitudinal migration of White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni in Tanzania documented with a barometric pressure logger
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Flemming P Jensen --- Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Chacha Werema --- University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaSeasonal altitudinal movements from breeding areas in montane forests to non-breeding or wintering areas at lower elevations, during the cool dry season from April–June to September–October, has long been suspected for several species of birds breeding in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc...