19 articles in this issue
Llewellyn C. Foxcroft,Marna Herbst
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Timothy J. Fullman,Gregory A. Kiker,Angela Gaylard,Jane Southworth,Peter Waylen,Graham I.H. Kerley
AbstractAnimals and humans regularly make trade-offs between competing objectives. In Addo Elephant National Park (AENP), elephants (Loxodonta africana) trade off selection of resources, while managers balance tourist desires with conservation of elephant... see more
Anna Spenceley,Andrew Rylance,Sadiki L. Laiser
AbstractUser fees charged by Tanzania’s Game Reserves (GR) and Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) have not changed since 2008. Although previous research has been done on visitors’ willingness-to-pay to enter national parks in Tanzania, none has been conduc... see more
Kudakwashe Musengi,Sally Archibald
AbstractAlien invasive species can have negative impacts on the functioning of ecosystems. Plantation species such as pines have become serious invaders in many parts of the world, but eucalypts have not been nearly as successful invaders. This is surpris... see more
Arne B.R. Witt,Sospeter Kiambi,Tim Beale,Brian W. Van Wilgen
AbstractThis article provides a preliminary list of alien plant species in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem in East Africa. The list is based on broad-scale roadside surveys in the area and is supplemented by more detailed surveys of tourist facilities in the... see more
Edmund February,Eleanor Shadwell,Storme Viljoen,Dawood Hattas
AbstractIn this article we determine the effect of an extralimital megaherbivore on the reproductive potential and vegetation structure of two keystone tree species in the Auob River in the south western Kalahari Desert of southern Africa. Using spoor and... see more
Carina Coetzer,Hindrik Bouwman
AbstractWith tourism in South Africa expanding, the number of avitourists increases. The increase in infrastructure and human activities in protected areas, if not managed properly, can be harmful to birds. Flight initiation distances (FID) can be used as... see more
Sam M. Ferreira,Charlene Bissett,Carly R. Cowell,Angela Gaylard,Cathy Greaver,Jessica Hayes,Markus Hofmeyr,Lizette Moolman-van der Vyver,David Zimmermann
AbstractAfrican rhinoceroses (rhinos) experienced a poaching onslaught since 2008 with the epicentre in South Africa where most of the world’s rhinos occur. South African national parks, under the management of South African National Parks (SANParks), are... see more
Zoliswa N. Nhleko,Dan M. Parker,Dave J. Druce
AbstractBlack rhinoceroses (Diceros bicornis) are endangered and the southern-central sub-species (Diceros bicornis minor) is considered critically endangered. We assessed the reproductive lifehistories of black rhinoceroses in Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park (HiP... see more
Leigh Combrink,Hendrik J. Combrink,André J. Botha,Colleen T. Downs
AbstractHabitat features can have a profound effect on the nesting success of birds. Savannas are often managed with predators and large herbivores as priority species, with little thought to the many bird species that management decisions could affect. U... see more
Adrian J. Armstrong,Andy Blackmore
AbstractThe proposal to eradicate tsetse flies from South Africa, including its protected areas, via the sequential aerosol technique combined with the sterile insect technique to reduce trypanosomiasis in cattle did not present an appropriate analysis of... see more
Kerry-Ann van der Walt,Ernst R. Swartz,Darragh Woodford,Olaf Weyl
AbstractSouth Africa has a relatively large number of threatened freshwater fish species and limited resources to implement conservation programs. Enteromius motebensis was regionally prioritised for action because of its conservation status and flagship ... see more
David A. Youldon,Jackie Abell,Joanne S. Briffitt,Lackson Chama,Michaela D. Channings,Anastasia Kilundo,Christine K. Larsen,Dabwiso Sakala,Bruce A. Schulte
AbstractWild elephants represent the biggest human–wildlife conflict issue in Livingstone, Zambia. However, little is known about their movements. This survey investigated elephants’ habitat use outside a core protected and fenced zone that forms part of ... see more
Jeremy M. Shelton,N. Dean Impson,Shaun Graham,Karen J. Esler
AbstractThe Berg–Breede River whitefish, Barbus andrewi, an endangered Cape Floristic Region endemic, was once widespread in both the Berg and Breede River catchments. However, its distribution has been strongly reduced, apparently by human-related activi... see more
Robin M. Petersen,Andries C. Hoffman,Pieter Kotze,Sean M. Marr
AbstractThe redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868), a robust freshwater crayfish native to Australia and Papua New Guinea, has now been recorded from the Kruger National Park (KNP). Previously absent from the Crocodile River, SAN Park... see more
Sam M. Ferreira,Cathy Greaver,Chenay Simms
AbstractSouth African National Parks (SANParks) manage landscapes rather than numbers of elephants (Loxodonta africana) to mitigate the effects that elephants may have on biodiversity, tourism and stakeholder conservation values associated with protected ... see more
Michelle L. Hamer,Rob Slotow
AbstractMkambati Nature Reserve (NR) falls within the Pondoland Centre of Endemism, which is part of the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany global biodiversity hotspot. The biodiversity status of this area is based largely on its flora, and the invertebrates are... see more
Kerry-Ann van der Walt,Ernst R. Swartz,Darragh J. Woodford,Olaf L.F. Weyl
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