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    Conservation in human-influenced areas : epigaeic arthropods in the Cape Floristic Region Lowlands 

    Boonzaaier, Carmen (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006-12)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The conservation of biodiversity is becoming increasingly challenging as habitats are disturbed, fragmented or destroyed. Although nature reserves now cover more than 10 % of the earths’ surface it has ...
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    Spatial patterns in the microarthropod community associated with Azorella selago (Apiaceae) on the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands 

    Hugo, Elizabeth Aletta (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006-12)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The spatial distribution of animals and plants at different scales is a central theme in ecology. Knowledge of biodiversity distribution is essential, especially with the current threat of climate change ...
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    Small mammal communities in the transformed landscapes of the Western Cape lowlands and their role in alien invasion into fynbos remnants 

    Mugabe, Chapangara James (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)
    The fynbos eco-region in the Western Cape lowlands has been extensively transformed by anthropogenic activities such as agriculture and urban development, as well as invasive alien plants. Elandsberg Private Nature Reserve ...
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    The interaction between a keystone plant species and its dominant epiphyte on Marion Island : climate change implications 

    Buwa, Ziphokazi Siyasanga (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007-12)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Climate has shown some remarkable changes over the past century, especially at the polar and sub-polar regions. Southern Ocean Islands provide good models for studies related to climate change effects, ...
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    Models of Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus, Pallas 1766) habitat preferences in the Bontebok National Park and sustainable stocking rates 

    Luyt, Eustatius du Chavoux (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005-12)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT:This study concentrates on the Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus Pallas 1766) population of the Bontebok National Park. Using a combination of literature research, field observations, satellite ...
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    Patterns of variability in Azorella selago Hook. (Apiaceae) on sub-Antarctic Marion Island : climate change implications 

    Nyakatya, Mawethu Justice (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006-12)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Understanding the responses of species to climate change is a scientific problem that requires urgent attention, especially under current conditions of global climate change. The large and rapid rates ...
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    Disturbance factors related to conservation of biodiversity in large-scale ecological networks 

    Joubert, Lize (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Globally, habitat transformation causes biodiversity loss, with the transformed matrix often affecting the disturbance regime in remnant natural patches. In South Africa, significant parts of the Indian ...
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    An investigation of the evolutionary diversification of a recent radiation of dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion) from KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa 

    Da Silva, Jessica Marie (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: An important prerequisite for evolutionary change is variability in natural populations; however, when phenotypic and molecular rates of change differ, species delimitation is problematic. Such discordance ...
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    Locust and grasshopper outbreaks in Zululand sugarcane, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa 

    Bam, Adrian Jock (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of the research presented in this dissertation was to investigate localised acridid outbreaks causing damage to sugarcane in Empangeni, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Reports of outbreaks with ...
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    Exploring meaningful nature experience, connectedness with nature and the revitalization of transformative education for sustainability 

    Zylstra, Matthew J. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Humanity‘s growing separation from nature is central to the convergent social and ecological crises facing earth. This is both a psychological (e.g. perceptual, emotional) and physical (e.g. experiential) ...
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