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Fish communities of the Wilderness Lakes System in the southern Cape, South Africa
The Wilderness Lakes System, a temporarily open and closed estuary with three associated lakes situated in the southern Cape region …
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Nest sites selection by sympatric cavity-nesting birds in miombo woodlands
Deforestation and habitat fragmentation have long been known as drivers of wildlife depletion but information on their specific impacts on …
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Information and communication technologies and gender in climate change and green economy: Situating women’s opportunities and challenges in Zambian policies and strategies
Zambia's 2012 report on the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (RIO +20) identifies existing opportunities on the country's transitioning …
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Perception-based analysis of climate change effect on forest-based livelihood: The case of Vhembe District in South Africa
Forests are vulnerable to climate change and are also major sources of livelihood for many rural households in Africa. This …
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Competitive sorption of Cd2+ and Pb2+ from a binary aqueous solution by poly (methyl methacrylate)-grafted montmorillonite clay nanocomposite
Poly(methyl methacrylate)-grafted montmorillonite (PMMAgMMT) clay and sodium-exchanged montmorillonite (NaMMT) clay were prepared through in situ graft polymerisation and used to …
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Known from a handful of specimens: analyzing the worldwide patterns of occurrence and conservation of rodents and shrews recorded only from the type locality
Traditionally, conservation research has not focused on Rodentia and Soricomorpha, and many species are known from a handful of specimens …
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The use of fynbos fragments by birds: Stepping-stone habitats and resource refugia
Fynbos habitats are threatened by fragmentation through land use and anthropogenic changes in fire regimes, leading to a loss of …
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Viewshed and sense of place as conservation features: A case study and research agenda for South Africa's national parks
Sense of place (SoP) refers to the meanings and values that people attach to places. The concept can be used …
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Opposing Patterns of Seasonal Change in Functional and Phylogenetic Diversity of Tadpole Assemblages
Assemblages that are exposed to recurring temporal environmental changes can show changes in their ecological properties. These can be expressed …
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Decadal predictability of regional scale wind speed and wind energy potentials over Central Europe
Decadal predictions on timescales from one year to one decade are gaining importance since this time frame falls within the …
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Mainstreaming biodiversity and wildlife management into climate change policy frameworks in selected east and southern African countries
The Rio+20 outcomes document, the Future We Want, enshrines green economy as one of the platforms to attain sustainable development …
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Coastal erosion management in Accra: Combining local knowledge and empirical research
Coastal erosion along the Accra coast has become a chronic phenomenon that threatens both life and property. The issue has …
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Spatial and Temporal Variations in the Occurrence and Foraging Activity of Coastal Dolphins in Menai Bay, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Understanding temporal patterns in distribution, occurrence and behaviour is vital for the effective conservation of cetaceans. This study used cetacean …
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Modelling non-stationary annual maximum flood heights in the lower Limpopo River basin of Mozambique
In this article we fit a time-dependent generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution to annual maximum flood heights at three sites: …
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Cheating the Locals: Invasive Mussels Steal and Benefit from the Cooling Effect of Indigenous Mussels
The indigenous South African mussel Perna perna gapes during periods of aerial exposure to maintain aerobic respiration. This behaviour has …
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The role of communities in sustainable land and forest management: The case of Nyanga, Zvimba and Guruve districts of Zimbabwe
Forest benefit analysis is vital in ensuring sustainable community-based natural resources management. Forest depletion and degradation are key issues in …
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Turn It Off: An Action Research Study of Top Management Influence on Energy Conservation in the Workplace
This paper reports the results of an intervention study that aimed to encourage workplace energy conservation behavior by office-based employees. …
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Value chain analysis of grass seeds in the drylands of Baringo County, Kenya: A producers’ perspective
Pastoral households are increasingly practising fodder production in response to forage scarcity associated with land degradation, climate variability and change. …
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Exploring the environmental drivers of waterfowl movement in arid landscapes using first-passage time analysis
BACKGROUND: The movement patterns of many southern African waterfowl are typified by nomadism, which is thought to be a response …
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A Regional Model for Malaria Vector Developmental Habitats Evaluated Using Explicit, Pond-Resolving Surface Hydrology Simulations
Dynamical malaria models can relate precipitation to the availability of vector breeding sites using simple models of surface hydrology. Here, …