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(University of Pretoria, 2007-03-23)The present study compared Sand Forest bird assemblages found in a communal land area with that of the Tembe Elephant Park, and determined the habitat preference and status of selected herbivore species within the park. ...
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(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 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-06-13)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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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(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 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-12-07)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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(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 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-03-02)Please read the abstract in the section 06back of this document
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-04-02)The commercial harvesting of Phragmites australis reeds in the Tembe Elephant Park, Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal was investigated to determine the impact of reed use on the Muzi Swamp. The reed quality in the harvesting areas ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-02-28)Please read the abstract in section 11summary (pp 246-251) of this document
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(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 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-09-04)The “vulnerable” listing by IUCN of cheetah Acinonyx jubatus in Africa has caused urgency in the protection of their habitat and development of predator management strategies. By understanding the movement and home range ...
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