Search Results - "Fairbanks, DHK"

Shaping the landscape: fire-grazer interactions in an African savanna by Archibald, S, Bond, W.J, Stock, W.D, Fairbanks, D.H.K

“…The effects of fire-grazing interactions on grass communities are difficult to identify because fire and grazing influence each other on a landscape scale…”
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Patterns of floristic richness in vegetation communities of California: regional scale analysis with multi-temporal NDVI by Fairbanks, Dean H. K., McGwire, Kenneth C.

“…Aim: Applying water-energy dynamics and heterogeneity theory to explain species richness via remote sensing could allow for the regional characterization and…”
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Regional land-use impacts affecting avian richness patterns in Southern Africa-insights from historical avian atlas data by Fairbanks, Dean H.K

“…Biodiversity conservation is a challenge within developing regions of the world. Landscape heterogeneity is largely directed by interconnected economic and…”
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Trends in fire patterns in a southern African savanna under alternative land use practices by Hudak, Andrew T., Fairbanks, Dean H.K., Brockett, Bruce H.

“…Climate, topography, vegetation and land use interact to influence fire regimes. Variable fire regimes may promote landscape heterogeneity, diversification in…”
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Potential impact of viticulture expansion on habitat types in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa by Fairbanks, Dean H.K., Hughes, Catherine J., Turpie, Jane K.

“…The wine industry in the Western Cape, South Africa has expanded over the past decade, particularly since the lifting of trade sanctions in 1992. Wine grapes…”
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Identifying regional landscapes for conservation planning: a case study from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Fairbanks, Dean H.K., Benn, Grant A.

“…The application of landscape ecology in conservation biology has rarely occurred in the context of defined landscapes. Conservation planning has focussed on…”
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Use patterns and value of savanna resources in three rural villages in South Africa by Shackleton, S.E, Shackleton, C.M, Netshiluvhi, T.R, Geach, B.S, Ballance, A, Fairbanks, D.H.K

“…Rural communities in South Africa harvest a diversity of wild resources from communal woodlands for home consumption and sale. The contribution these resources…”
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Species and environment representation: selecting reserves for the retention of avian diversity in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Fairbanks, Dean H.K, Reyers, Belinda, van Jaarsveld, Albert S

“…Multivariate analyses and complementarity-based reserve selection algorithms were used as tools for delimiting representative conservation areas in…”
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A multicriteria approach to reserve selection: addressing long-term biodiversity maintenance by Reyers, B, Fairbanks, DHK, Wessels, K J, Van Jaarsveld, AS

“…Existing complementarity-based reserve selection techniquesconcerned with maximal biodiversity representation within minimum landarea do not necessarily ensure…”
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Hierarchical processes define spatial pattern of avian assemblages restricted and endemic to the arid Karoo, South Africa by Githaiga-Mwicigi, Jean M. W., Fairbanks, Dean H. K., Midgley, Guy

“…Aim To identify and quantify biotic and abiotic factors associated with the regional gradients in the distribution and abundance of bird communities restricted…”
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Physio-Climatic Classification of South Africa's Woodland Biome by Fairbanks, Dean H. K.

“…In an effort to develop more holistic ecosystem approaches to resource assessment and management, landscapes need to be stratified into homogeneous geographic…”
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Scales and consequences of human land transformation on South African avian diversity and structure by Fairbanks, D. H. K., Kshatriya, M., van Jaarsveld, A. S., Underhill, L. G.

“…Species diversity and community structure indices (richness, diversity and evenness) are typically derived from contemporary biological survey atlases to…”
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Socio-economic differentiation in the trade of wildlife species for traditional medicines in the Lowveld, South Africa: Implications for resource management initiatives by Botha, Jenny, Witkowski, T. F., Shackleton, Charlie M., Fairbanks, H. K.

“…Surveys of trade in wildlife products utilised in traditional medicine were conducted between 1997 and 1999 on the western boundary of the Kruger National…”
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