Browsing by Subject "Habitat"
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Assessment of organic pollutants in selected wild and domesticated bird eggs from Gauteng, South Africa
(North-West University, 2010)Polybrominated flame retardants (BFRs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were analysed in eggs of various wild bird species from industrialised areas in South Africa. Eggs were collected ... -
Breeding biology and ecological niche of the Knysna leaf-folding frog (Afrixalus knysnae)
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Amphibians as a vertebrate class are under tremendous extinction risk. At the time of finalising this document, 41% of all amphibians worldwide face this prospect (IUCN, 2018). CHAPTER ONE discusses these threats and ... -
Chytrid pathogen (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in African amphibians: a continental analysis of occurrences and modeling of its potential distribution
(Herpetologists' League, 2020)The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is implicated in global declines of amphibian populations and has been documented in African specimens originally collected as far back as the 1930s. Numerous recent ... -
Classification of water resources within Quaternary Catchment C22K
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)The Vaal Barrage was built by Rand Water downstream of the Vaal Dam. The Vaal River Scheme, in many respects, brought about a change in the environment along the Vaal River between the Barrage and Vereeniging. Vereeniging ... -
Current distribution and population size of the Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea in the southern Tanzanian highlands
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Two surveys of Blue Swallows were conducted in the southern Tanzanian highland grasslands in order to determine the habitat preferences and estimate the size of this subpopulation. During the 2008/09 and 2012 surveys, a ... -
Spatial practices in Lowliebenhof: the case of Maphango v Aengus Lifestyle Properties (Pty) Ltd
(2014)In Maphango v Aengus Lifestyle Properties (Pty) Ltd 2012 5 BCLR 449 (CC) the question before the Constitutional Court was when a landlord may legally cancel contracts of lease and evict tenants. In answering this question ...