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Publikováno v:
Environmental Research Letters, Vol 19, Iss 12, p 124004 (2024)
Nature-based solutions for mitigating climate change focus largely on land management to reduce carbon emissions and enhance carbon sequestration. Tree planting, commonly advocated for carbon offset, threatens grassland biodiversity and may induce po
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https://doaj.org/article/6c38c7130f914b0ba8bb293db621a753
Autor:
G. I. H. Kerley, T. A. Milne
Publikováno v:
African Journal of Range & Forage Science. 26:107-110
There are few tests of the predicted decline of secondary productivity in desertified rangelands, despite this being one of the major concerns around desertification. Subtropical thicket, largely used for goat pastoralism, suffers extensive transform
Publikováno v:
Diversity and Distributions. 7:29-43
Conservation planning in the Cape Floristic Region, a recognized world plant diversity hotspot, required systematic information on the estimated distributions and spatial requirements of the medium- to large-sized mammals within each of 102 Broad Hab
Publikováno v:
South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 38:79-81
As predicted, based on the limitation of food quality for small body size ruminants, the Cape grysbok (Raphicerus melanotis) is a selective browser, with relatively few plant species eaten. The alien Australian acacia (Acacia cyclops) is, however, pr
Autor:
G. I. H. Kerley, S.L. Haschick
Publikováno v:
African Journal of Range & Forage Science. 14:49-55
Dietary preference of bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) and boer goats (Capra hircus) was determined for sixteen Subtropical Thicket plant species using cafeteria style selection trials. Principal components analysis was used to identify major axes of
Publikováno v:
Oecologia. 93:12-17
The hypothesis that cattle browsing on inflorescences of the soaptree Yucca elata reduces reproductive success was investigated by comparing recruitment and population structure in six populations protected from grazing, six grazed during the floweri
Autor:
G. I. H. Kerley, M. H. Knight
Publikováno v:
Africa Insight; Vol 39, No 3 (2009)
The responsibility for the conservation of the critically endangered Black Rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, lies within Africa. This species is managed at the subspecies level and we document nine international translocation case studies involving South
Publikováno v:
South African Journal of Marine Science. 11:573-577
The stomach contents of 36 South African fur seals beached over a 20 year period along the south-east coast of South Africa were examined. In all, 15 fish and nine cephalopod prey types were identified. Five species of fish (Merluccius capensis, Trac
Publikováno v:
African Journal of Range and Forage Science; Vol 23, No 1 (2006); 39-48
A substantial portion of the Thicket Biome in the Eastern Cape has been transformed by overgrazing. An experimental rehabilitation study of degraded succulent thicket was initiated to determine whether increasing the patchiness on the landscape would
Publikováno v:
Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, Vol 45, Iss 2, Pp 85-116 (2002)
The Greater Addo Elephant National Park project (GAENP) involves the establishment of a mega biodiversity reserve in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Conservation planning in the GAENP planning domain requires systematic information on the potential d