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A NOTE ON THE REINTRODUCTION OF BARBUS TREURENSIS GROENEWALD 1958 (PISCES: CYPRINIDAE) INTO TIIE TREUR RIVER, MPUMALANGA, SOUTH AFRICA.
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: J. S. Engelbrecht --- , South Africa F. Roux --- , South AfricaThe Treur River Barb (Barbus treurensis) was reintroduced into the Treur River after being extinct in this river for about twenty years. During March 1995, 504 individuals were released at a carefully selected site. Recent surveys have shown that, within... -
Developing a site selection tool to assist reintroduction efforts for the Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Dirk Cilliers --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa Steven Evans --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa Hendri Coetzee --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa Leon van Rensburg --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Potchefstroom Campus, South AfricaThe Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri (SGH) is regarded as Vulnerable globally and Endangered in South Africa as a result of losing close to 70% of its range and 50% of its historic population in the country. One of the conservation... -
Report of suspected kidnapping in cooperative breeding Southern Ground-Hornbill in South Africa with consequences for conservation reintroductions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Lucy V Kemp --- Mabula Ground Hornbill Project, South Africa Paige F Ezzey --- Mabula Ground Hornbill Project, South AfricaKidnapping in avian species is a rarely observed phenomenon and warrants greater investigation. Kidnapping, reported for some cooperative breeding birds and mammals, has now been confirmed for the Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri and has implications for management of reintroductions of...