13 articles in this issue
Eugene Moll
AbstractThe authors, I.P. Sonnekus and G.J Breytenbach, were responsible for facilitating students in the 'Team Building' module for the Long Course Diploma in February, and for some training in March and October 2000.
I.P. Sonnekus,G.J. Breytenbach
AbstractThe SAWC as an organisation has a laudable and major role to play on the African continent.
H. Bezuidenhout,Christine L. Jardine
AbstractIn the past, the alluvial floodplains of the Orange River were covered with riverine shrubland and woodland. However, there are indications that this has changed and that this vegetation and habitat has been influenced by a number of factors, name... see more
J. De Klerk,L.R. Brown,H. Bezuidenhout,G. Castley
AbstractThe application of fire as a management tool is often used to change the species composition of the vegetation and its cover to maintain plant communities in a specific successional stage. This study investigates the influence of two fire treatmen... see more
Helga Rosch
AbstractGoegap Nature Reserve, near Springbok, is situated in the floral paradise of Namaqualand. This 15 000 ha reserve falls within the Namaqualand Broken Veld and in the transition zone between this Veld type and the False Succulent Karoo. Otherwise, i... see more
M. Landman,G.I.H. Kerley
AbstractThe diet of buffalo (Syncerus coffer) and Burchell's zebra (Equus burchelli) was investigated in the Addo Elephant National Park to test the hypothesis that the shortage of grass associated with thicket vegetation results in grazers increasing the... see more
G.L. Heritage,B.P. Moon,G.P. Jewitt,A.R.G. Large,M. Rountree
AbstractThe floods that affected much of Southern Africa in February 2000 have been reported as the largest in living memory by many observers. However, the force of the floods damaged the majority of the gauging stations located on the affected rivers, m... see more
B.P. Moon,G.L. Heritage
AbstractThe Letaba River drains part of Northern Province in north-east South Africa. Its catchment has been modified significantly by human activity which has affected the flow regime; it experiences only ephemeral flows through the Kruger National Park ... see more
H.K. Mwima
AbstractThis paper presents the first documentation of the history of Zambia's oldest and largest national park: Kafue National Park. The movement of people out of the park is systematically presented. Furthermore, access and resource use and exploitation... see more
R.J. Scholes,N. Gureja,M. Giannecchinni,D. Dovie,B. Wilson,N. Davidson,K. Piggott,C. McLoughlin,K. van der Velde,A. Freeman,S. Bradley,R. Smart,S. Ndala
AbstractThe SAFARI-2000 intensive study site is located 13 km WSW of Skukuza. Detailed measurements of the exchanges of energy, water, carbon dioxide and other substances between the savanna and the atmosphere have been made there since April 2000. This p... see more
R. Slotow,G. van Dyk
AbstractWe describe white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) mortality at Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa, focussing on mortality caused by African elephant (Loxodonta africana). We reconstructed records from a range of historical sources, and estim... see more
A. Steyn,M. Stalmans
AbstractSince 1992, a total of 33 elephants have been reintroduced to a 31 000 ha game-fenced section of the Songimvelo Game Reserve in the Barberton Mountainland, South Africa. The impact from elephant was assessed on the attainment of the primary manage... see more
AbstractProtected areas in Africa are threatened by a lack of funds to conduct their work effectively and by extremely poor communities that surround their resource-rich areas. We believe that conservation staff suffer from mental blocks. They assume that... see more