Assessing the conservation value of wetlands and waterbirds with a focus on the winter rainfall region of South Africa

This thesis deals with the development and application of a new tool to assess the conservation significance of wetland avifauna. Termed the Waterbird Conservation Value (WCV) score, this method sums the proportion of each species' count relative to the global 1% threshold level for each species; the value obtained measures the overall conservation importance of the wetland to waterbirds.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Biological Sciences

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Harebottle, Douglas Michael

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Underhill, Les

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10665

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10665