• Wildness as a science-policy bridge for a better world 

  Child, Matthew (University of Pretoria, 2024-03-27)

  The world is losing its wildness – in the form of both wilderness areas and the ecological functioning of wildlife populations. While most literature investigates this loss as the negative consequences for biodiversity ...
• Implications of camera trap survey design and analytical methods for large carnivores estimates 

  Baird, Tristan Daniel (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  Globally, carnivores face countless threats; and in some cases, these threats are worsened by a lack of population data. In South Africa, conservation has become largely confined to small, fenced, protected areas. It is ...
• Influence of bushmeat poaching and pastoralism on African lion Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) ecology in rural Mozambique 

  Everatt, K.T. (Kristoffer) (University of Pretoria, 2013-10)

  The African lion, Panthera leo, has suffered dramatic population and range declines over the last few decades and is listed as Vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Quantification ...
• Veldtipes, verspreiding van die groter soogdiere, en enkele aspekte van die ekologie van Kaokoland 

  Viljoen, Philippus Jacobus (University of Pretoria, 1980)

  Initiated in 1975, the purpose of this study was to obtain basic ecological information needed for the conservation, management and utilization of the fauna and flora of Kaokoland, S.W.A. Accordingly the vegetation of ...
• Aspects of the syntaxonomy and synecology of the grasslands of southern KwaZulu-Natal 

  Perkins, Luke (University of Pretoria, 1997)

  The Grassland biome of South Africa is ofmajor importance to this country's agriculture, mining and conservation practices. The extent of urbanisation and economic activity within this biome has led to the destruction ...
• Viability, from a quality perspective on the reuse of wastewater effluents in the Southern Gauteng region, South Africa 

  Skosana, Gugulethu Given (University of Pretoria, 2016)

  Growing populations, urbanization, environmental awareness with resultant regulations and water scarcity have resulted in a search for alternative water sources. Municipal wastewater reclamation and reuse is a necessity ...
• Riglyne vir die bestuur van die natuurlewe in die bosveldgemeenskappe van die Atherstone Natuurreservaat in die Noordwes-Transvaal 

  Pauw, Johan C. (University of Pretoria, 1988)

  Philosophical, general, physiographical, climatological, biotic and plant ecological aspects as well as the availability of browse and the habitat preferences of the larger animals were investigated to serve as a basis ...
• Aspects of the feeding ecology and behaviour of female leopards (Panthera pardus) in the Waterberg Mountains, South Africa 

  Jooste, Esmarie (2012-12-14)

  Leopards (Panthera pardus) have the widest distribution of any of the large cats in Africa and are found in habitats including savannas, deserts, forests and, mountains. Although well studied in savanna habitats, their ...
• Biology and management affecting the decline of a black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis minor (Linnaeus, 1758), population in Ndumo Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 

  Van der Westhuizen, Rickert (University of Pretoria, 2012-08-14)

  Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) are classified as critically endangered on the IUCN red data list (IUCN 2010). In Ndumo Game Reserve in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, a black rhino population has seen a decline ...
• Behavioural ecology, genetics and success of African wild dogs Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 

  Spiering, Penny A. (University of Pretoria, 2011-05-25)

  The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) is one of Africa’s most endangered species, with fewer than 5,000 individuals surviving in the wild. Most of the remaining populations are increasingly fragmented and small, making ...
• An ecological study of the plant communities of Marakele National Park 

  Van Staden, Petrus Johannes (University of Pretoria, 2009-03-02)

  Please read the abstract in the section 06back of this document
• Ecology, conservation and management of the black lechwe (Kobus leche smithemani) in the Bangweulu Basin, Zambia 

  Kamweneshe, Bernard Mwila (University of Pretoria, 2007-02-22)

  The black lechwe Kobus leche smithemani) is an antelope that belongs to the family reduncinae. Its current population is confined to the Bangweulu Basin in the northern Zambia. This research was undertaken to assess its ...
• Habitat utilisation, activity patterns and management of Cape buffalo in the Willem Pretorius game reserve 

  Winterbach, Hanlie Evelyn Kathleen (University of Pretoria, 1999)

  The range use behaviour and activity patterns of a single herd of disease-free Cape buffalo Syncerus caffer in the Willem Pretorius Game Reserve, Free State, was investigated. This reserve falls outside the historical ...
• Ecological impact of large herbivores on woody vegetation at selected watering points in the Kruger National Park 

  Brits, Jacques (University of Pretoria, 2006-12-07)

  Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
• An ecological study of reintroduced Arabian oryx in the 'Uruq Bani Ma'arid protected area of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 

  Strauss, Willem Maartin (University of Pretoria, 2006-09-07)

  This study was conducted in the ‘Uruq Bani Ma’arid Protected Area, on the western edge of the ‘Rub al Khali of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The dispersal of different groups of Arabian oryx Oryx leucoryx (Pallas, 1777) was ...
• The ecology of reintroduced lions on the Welgevonden Private Game Reserve, Waterberg 

  Kilian, Petrus Johannes (University of Pretoria, 2006-09-07)

  Five lions were reintroduced to the Welgevonden Private Game Reserve in 1998. These lions were studied to increase the limited knowledge of the ecology of reintroduced lions on small wildlife reserves, and to provide ...
• An ecological assessment of the sustainable utilization of the woody vegetation in the Lowveld Bushveld, Mpumalanga Province 

  Rademan, Louise Katherine (University of Pretoria, 2007-02-01)

  This study was done in the communal area surrounding Makoko village and in the adjacent conservation area within the Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The structure of the woody vegetation within the ...
• Utilization of the vegetation on Gabbro by Burchell's zebra and blue wildebeest in the Timbavati area 

  Bodenstein, Vanessa (University of Pretoria, 2007-01-31)

  The food selection pattern of zebra and blue wildebeest in terms of quality and quantity was studied in the Northern Province Lowveld on a site originating from gabbro geological formations. At the same time a comparison ...
• The ecology of Chief’s Island and the adjacent floodplains of the Okavango Delta, Botswana 

  Biggs, Russell C. (University of Pretoria, 1979)

  The study area lies in the central Okavango Delta, Botswana, and was proclaimed a game reserve extension on 2nd July 1976. Peoples of Khoisanoid origin first colonized the area. Bantu speaking baYei followed in about 1750 ...
• The distribution, conservation status and blood biochemistry of Nile crocodiles in the Olifants river system, Mpumalanga, South Africa 

  Botha, Petrus Johannes (University of Pretoria, 2011-06-27)

  The outlook for Nile crocodiles in the Olifants River does not look optimistic. Since the increase in capacity of the Loskop and Flag Boshielo Dams, the crocodile population was left with no basking or nesting sites and ...

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