Browsing Research Articles (Paraclinical Sciences) by Author "Jordaan, Philip R."

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Fire associated exertion myopathy as a mechanism contributing to mortality in Chamaesaura macrolepis (Cope 1862)

Jordaan, Philip R.; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2021)

Following a fire event, an abnormally high number of Chamaesaura macrolepis (Cope 1862) road mortalities were observed on two sections of tar road south of Maputo Special Reserve, Maputo Province, Mozambique. Although most ...
Fire-associated reptile mortality in Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa

Jordaan, Philip R.; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham; Hanekom, Catharine C.; Combrink, Xander (SpringerOpen, 2020-01-21)

BACKGROUND : Even though fire has been used extensively as part of conservation management in South Africa, its impact on the life history and mortality of fossorial reptiles is poorly documented. We conducted post-fire ...
Fire-induced reptile mortality following a management burn on Lapalala Wilderness (Limpopo Province, South Africa) with notes on the mechanisms of mortality

Jordaan, Philip R.; Van der Goot, Annemieke C.; Muller, Hermann P.; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham (Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 2019-11-12)

Despite a well-practiced fire management paradigm within southern African conservation areas, little research has been conducted on the effect of fire on native reptile diversity (Parr and Chown, 2003; Branch, 2014) however ...

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