Browsing Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "Conservation"
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Amphibian diversity and community-based ecotourism in Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2018)Amphibian diversity is declining at an alarming rate globally. Monitoring of amphibian communities is lax, yet vital to their conservation and understanding of their decline. Conservation areas often harbour rich ... -
Apicomplexan diversity of selected southern African snakes and terrapins
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)Southern Africa has the highest diversity of reptile fauna in Africa. Despite estimates that diversity of reptile associated haematozoans are higher compared to mammals and birds, there is a lack of research regarding ... -
Biodiversity offsets : investigating the perceived benefits for conservation in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)Biodiversity offsets can be defined as conservation actions that compensate for residual significant, adverse, and unavoidable impacts of proposed developments on biodiversity and have been widely applied in South Africa. ... -
Breeding biology and ecological niche of the Knysna leaf-folding frog (Afrixalus knysnae)
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Amphibians as a vertebrate class are under tremendous extinction risk. At the time of finalising this document, 41% of all amphibians worldwide face this prospect (IUCN, 2018). CHAPTER ONE discusses these threats and ... -
A comparative study of the Wet-Health tool and the citizen-science land-cover based wetland assessment method
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Citizen science approach has a role to play in the determination of the wetland condition in South Africa (SA). Public participation in wetland health assessment and monitoring can help them interact with authorities, and ... -
Disease dynamics in a metapopulation of Amietia hymenopus
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungal pathogen of amphibians capable of adversely affecting all levels of organisation up to community level. In South Africa B. dendrobatidis is widely distributed including in ... -
The evaluation and promotion of best practices for the restoration of arid- and semi-arid rangelands in southern Africa
(North-West University, 2007)Land degradation and desertification are threatening the livelihoods of millions of people all over the world, especially those living in sub-Saharan Africa. The problem is mainly ascribed to climatic factors, exacerbated ... -
The identification and verification of optimal reintroduction sites for the Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri in the Musina area of the Limpopo Province, South Africa
(North-West University, 2011)The Southern Ground Hornbill (SGH) (Bucorvus leadbeateri) has recently been listed globally by the IUCN Red list as Endangered or Critically Endangered. In South Africa, the declining population of the SGH has led it to ... -
Influence of the invasive fish, Gambusia affinis, on amphibians in the Western Cape
(North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2018)The worldwide dispersal and establishment of invasive fish is partly responsible for the global decline in amphibian species. Unfortunately, this is a significant problem in the Western Cape in South Africa, as the region ... -
Plantegroeistudies van die Klerksdorpse Munisipale gebied : 'n floristiese en fitososiologiese studie
(North-West University (South Africa), 1998)Vegetation studies in the Klerksdorp Municipal Area a Floristic and Phytosociological study. The aim of this study is to compile a complete classification of the vegetation of this area in terms of floristic and ...