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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Table Mountain National Park"”.
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Retrospective analysis of deaths in the Table Mountain National Park 2000-2011
… fauna, biodiverse habitats and the spectacular Table Mountain. Despite its seemingly safe infrastructure, there have been media reports of accidents and deaths that have occurred in the TMNP and on Table Mountain. Aim: To determine the number and types of fatalities in the TMNP from 2000-2011. …
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Changes in distribution of indigenous forest in Table Mountain National Park from 1880-2012
… Forest and Western Cape Milkwood Forest in Table Mountain National Park. Forest – Fynbos spatial ecotonal change and forest patch count was mapped from 1944 to 2008 using aerial photographs in ArcGIS 10. A full survey of species composition was undertaken and this dataset was used to produce …
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Assessing the climate change vulnerability of reptile and amphibian species found in Table Mountain National Park
… a trait-based approach at the scale of a single national park, focusing on the climate change vulnerability of reptile and amphibian species found in Table Mountain National Park (including historically present species). The park and its immediate surrounding areas are home to a rich diversity of …
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The effectiveness of Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area in the conservation of rocky shore biodiversity
… of no-take (‘restricted') sections of the Table Mountain National Park MPA (TMNP MPA), relative to zones that are designated as ‘controlled', where harvesting can take place under national regulations. Chapter 2 compares the effectiveness of no-take versus harvested areas in the TMNP MPA in …
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The impact of pine plantations and alien invertebrates on native forest and fynbos invertebrate communities in Table Mountain National Park
… impacts of non-ant alien invertebrates in Table Mountain National Park. The entire ground-dwelling invertebrate community was sampled at 31 sites in summer 2008/2009, using soil cores, leaf litter samples, pitfall traps, sugar-baited ant traps and decayed logs. A total of 112 404 …
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Effects of protection and environmental factors on rock lobster, abalone, and giant periwinkle abundances in the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area
The Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area (TMNP-MPA) was established in 2004 to restore and protect the Cape Peninsula's biodiversity, including the populations of exploited macro-invertebrate species. Scientific publications on MPAs support the idea that biodiversity protection is …
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Long-term vegetation change in the Cape of Good Hope section of Table Mountain National Park, in response to climate, fire and land use
… vegetation of the Cape of Good Hope Section of Table Mountain National Park in response to 20th century changes in climate, fire and land use. Climate variables and fire history were assessed over the last 100 years using linear regression, segmented regression and GIS analyses. Seventy eight …
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Insect succession and changes in the soil pH and electrical conductivity associated with decomposing pig carcasses on the Table Mountain National Park of the Western Cape Province of South Africa
… Province of South Africa, and specifically, the Table Mountain region, no studies on carrion-associated entomofauna have been published. Also, no studies in South Africa have investigated how the changes in carrion-impacted soil chemistry can be used in post-mortem interval estimations. …
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Testing the water: How communities value, use, impact and manage water-related ecosystem services originating in an urban protected area
… study. This work was primarily undertaken in Table Mountain National Park and in Cape Town, South Africa. A comparative analysis of the perceptions of park managers toward ecosystem service governance and management was undertaken in Table Mountain National Park and in Tijuca National Park, in …
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Weathering the edge: rescripting the industrial artfacts of the Vredehoek Tin Mine
… urban edge, marking the protected boundaries of Table Mountain National park. It is within these boarders that a forgotten landscape remains as a marker of a time and its processes. This artefact serves as the point of departure for my dissertation, ground in an interest in the relationship …
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Searching for answers to the silent decline: first estimates of survival and recruitment for the critically endangered Rose's mountain toadlet, Capensibufo rosei
… critically endangered bufonid found only within Table Mountain National Park, has shown a silent decline over recent decades, despite being found within a protected area with apparently pristine habitat. I estimated the first survival and recruitment rates for the species, using …
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Patterns in reef fish assemblages as determined by baited remote underwater video (BRUV) along the western side of False Bay: effects of site, depth and protection status
… abundance of temperate reef fish within the Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) Marine Protected Area (MPA). Four notake zones and adjacent exploited areas, subject to conventional management restrictions, were sampled monthly over a four-month period. A total of 36 species from three marine …
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Cultural ecosystem services of the Diep River corridor: community perceptions
… of the Diep River Corridor that connects the Table Mountain National Park, Little Princess Vlei, Zandvlei Estuary, and finally feeds to the sea of the Atlantic Ocean. Constructed interview questions were used to assess the cultural ecosystem activities occurring along the Diep River corridor. …
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The Peninsula Shale Renosterveld of Devil's Peak: phytosociology, system drivers and restoration potential
… Schuur Estate, currently conserved within the Table Mountain National Park. Due to a history of diverse land-use impacts, what remains today is a complex mosaic of alien invasive species and indigenous vegetation in various states of degradation. As a result of the substantial transformation, …
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Geological mapping of the inner shelf off Cape Town's Atlantic Seaboard, South Africa
… seaside neighbourhoods and is part of the Table Mountain National Park. The predominantly rocky coastline has a northeast–southwest orientation with interspersed sandy pocket beaches. A narrow, low-lying coastal plain (marine terrace) in the north merges with coastal cliffs further south. …
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How land use influences wildlife occupancy and species richness in the City of Cape Town
… any, are living in unprotected green belts and parks in suburban and urban areas of the city. In this study I follow the approach of the Urban Wildlife Information Network by establishing multiple (n=4) transects (ca. 13km long) that extend from natural to suburban and urban land–use in the City …
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Analysis of actinobacterial biodiversity in reservoir sediment and cave soil and screening of isolates for antimycobacterial activity
… taken from the Silvermine Nature Reserve (Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town), namely, cave soil, the wall of the cave and sediment from the shallow waters of a reservoir. Twenty nine (29) isolates were successfully identified to the genus level by 16S-rRNA gene analysis: one …
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Conservation ecology of the Cape clawless otter, Aonyx capensis, in an urban environment
… with large expanses of natural habitat (Table Mountain National Park) in the south. In this thesis, I investigate the distribution, diet and threats to otters living on the Cape Peninsula. I use sign-based occupancy surveys to determine both broad and fine scale drivers of otter presence …
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Exploring the past and the present in order to predict the future: herbarium specimens, field data and extinction probability for conservation managers
… within protected areas. Work was carried out in national parks in the Fynbos Biome, a biodiversity hotspot in the Cape Province of South Africa, using herbarium and botanical survey data. I draw on historical views to understand the contribution of herbarium specimens to botany. I explore …