Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
A comparative study of rodent and shrew diversity and abundance in and outside the N’washitshumbe enclosure site in the Kruger National Park
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2009.
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis |
| Published: |
University of Pretoria
2013
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613447015890944 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author2 | Van der Merwe, Mac |
| author_browse | Van der Merwe, Mac |
| author_facet | Van der Merwe, Mac |
| collection | Thesis |
| dc_rights_str_mv | © 2007, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. |
| description | Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2009. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27217 |
| institution | University of Pretoria (South Africa) |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:36:17.390Z |
| license_str | Other — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| publishDate | 2013 |
| publishDateRange | 2013 |
| publishDateSort | 2013 |
| publisher | University of Pretoria |
| publisherStr | University of Pretoria |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27217 A comparative study of rodent and shrew diversity and abundance in and outside the N’washitshumbe enclosure site in the Kruger National Park Van der Merwe, Mac Bredenkamp, George J. upetd@up.ac.za MacFadyen, Duncan Neil Kruger National Park (South Africa) Mammals South Africa (SA) N’washitshumbe UCTD Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2009. Understanding the extent and cause of small mammal diversity and movement in an area is one of the major challenges in modern ecology. Rodents are a very successful group forming the largest Order of mammals, but monitoring trends in populations remains complicated, especially when populations are influenced by changes in vegetation structure, seasonal climate fluctuations and different management practices. This project aims to determine the biodiversity of rodent populations in the northern plains of the Kruger National Park and to investigate the possible role they may play as bio-indicators for different management practices. Movement of rodents from one area to the next is expected to be restricted due to changes in the habitat structure. This study describes the results of small mammal trapping in, surrounding and outside the N’washitshumbe enclosure site, an area enclosed since 1968 for the protection of endangered antelope species in the northern plains of the Kruger National Park, South Africa. The study refers to plant association, seasonal change, management practices (e.g. presence or absence of fire and elephant impact) and community dynamics of rodents. It is argued that progress in estimating rodent diversity to develop an understanding of small mammal community dynamics will be enhanced by building local inventories of fluctuations of species diversity and abundance, and in descriptive and experimental studies of the structure of the communities. Zoology and Entomology unrestricted 2013-09-07T10:57:33Z 2008-08-15 2013-09-07T10:57:33Z 2007-09-07 2009-08-15 2008-08-13 Dissertation Macfadyen, DN 2007, A comparative study of rodent and shrew diversity and abundance in and outside the N’washitshumbe enclosure site in the Kruger National Park, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27217 > E838/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27217 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08132008-073500/ © 2007, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Kruger National Park (South Africa) Mammals South Africa (SA) N’washitshumbe UCTD A comparative study of rodent and shrew diversity and abundance in and outside the N’washitshumbe enclosure site in the Kruger National Park |
| title | A comparative study of rodent and shrew diversity and abundance in and outside the N’washitshumbe enclosure site in the Kruger National Park |
| title_full | A comparative study of rodent and shrew diversity and abundance in and outside the N’washitshumbe enclosure site in the Kruger National Park |
| title_fullStr | A comparative study of rodent and shrew diversity and abundance in and outside the N’washitshumbe enclosure site in the Kruger National Park |
| title_full_unstemmed | A comparative study of rodent and shrew diversity and abundance in and outside the N’washitshumbe enclosure site in the Kruger National Park |
| title_short | A comparative study of rodent and shrew diversity and abundance in and outside the N’washitshumbe enclosure site in the Kruger National Park |
| title_sort | comparative study of rodent and shrew diversity and abundance in and outside the n washitshumbe enclosure site in the kruger national park |
| topic | Kruger National Park (South Africa) Mammals South Africa (SA) N’washitshumbe UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27217 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08132008-073500/ |