Search Results - "Klerk, Helen M."

Framing the concept of satellite remote sensing essential biodiversity variables: challenges and future directions by Pettorelli, Nathalie, Wegmann, Martin, Skidmore, Andrew, Mücher, Sander, Dawson, Terence P., Fernandez, Miguel, Lucas, Richard, Schaepman, Michael E., Wang, Tiejun, O'Connor, Brian, Jongman, Robert H.G., Kempeneers, Pieter, Sonnenschein, Ruth, Leidner, Allison K., Böhm, Monika, He, Kate S., Nagendra, Harini, Dubois, Grégoire, Fatoyinbo, Temilola, Hansen, Matthew C., Paganini, Marc, Klerk, Helen M., Asner, Gregory P., Kerr, Jeremy T., Estes, Anna B., Schmeller, Dirk S., Heiden, Uta, Rocchini, Duccio, Pereira, Henrique M., Turak, Eren, Fernandez, Nestor, Lausch, Angela, Cho, Moses A., Alcaraz‐Segura, Domingo, McGeoch, Mélodie A., Turner, Woody, Mueller, Andreas, St‐Louis, Véronique, Penner, Johannes, Vihervaara, Petteri, Belward, Alan, Reyers, Belinda, Geller, Gary N., Boyd, Doreen

“…Although satellite‐based variables have for long been expected to be key components to a unified and global biodiversity monitoring strategy, a definitive and…”
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Fire and life history affect the distribution of plant species in a biodiversity hotspot by Magadzire, Nyasha, de Klerk, Helen M., Esler, Karen J., Slingsby, Jasper A.

“…Aim Species distribution models (SDMs) provide valuable insights into species–environment relationships and potential climate change impacts on diversity. Most…”
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partitioning of Africa: statistically defined biogeographical regions in sub‐Saharan Africa by Linder, H. Peter, de Klerk, Helen M, Born, Julia, Burgess, Neil D, Fjeldså, Jon, Rahbek, Carsten

“…Aim To test whether it is possible to establish a common biogeographical regionalization for plants and vertebrates in sub‐Saharan Africa (the Afrotropical…”
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Fire-mediated disruptive selection can explain the reseeder–resprouter dichotomy in Mediterranean-type vegetation by Altwegg, Res, De Klerk, Helen M, Midgley, Guy F

“…Crown fire is a key selective pressure in Mediterranean-type plant communities. Adaptive responses to fire regimes involve trade-offs between investment for…”
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An analysis of the recent fire regimes in the Angolan catchment of the Okavango Delta, Central Africa by van Wilgen, Brian W., de Klerk, Helen M., Stellmes, Marion, Archibald, Sally

“…Background This paper presents an analysis of fire regimes in the poorly studied Angolan catchment of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. We used MODIS data to…”
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Using remote sensing in support of environmental management: A framework for selecting products, algorithms and methods by de Klerk, Helen M., Gilbertson, Jason, Lück-Vogel, Melanie, Kemp, Jaco, Munch, Zahn

“…Traditionally, to map environmental features using remote sensing, practitioners will use training data to develop models on various satellite data sets using…”
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Interpreting biogeographical boundaries among Afrotropical birds: spatial patterns in richness gradients and species replacement by Williams, Paul H., de Klerk, Helen M., Crowe, Timothy M.

“…Aim We analyse the geographical distribution of 1911 Afrotropical bird species using indices of three simple biogeographic patterns. The first index, the…”
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Patterns of species richness and narrow endemism of terrestrial bird species in the Afrotropical region by de Klerk, Helen M., Crowe, Tim M., Fjeldså, Jon, Burgess, Neil D.

“…Geographical patterns and peaks of species richness and narrow endemism (defined by range-restrictedness and range-size rarity) are described for terrestrial…”
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Fynbos (fine bush) vegetation and the supply of water: a comparison of multi-criteria decision analysis and cost-benefit analysis by Joubert, Alison R, Leiman, Anthony, de Klerk, Helen M, Katua, Stephen, Aggenbach, J.Coenrad

“…This paper examines the advantages and disadvantages of a multi-criteria decision analysis approach to public sector decision making as opposed to cost-benefit…”
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Fire-mediated disruptive selection can explain the reseederresprouter dichotomy in Mediterranean-type vegetation by Altwegg, Res, De Klerk, Helen M., Midgley, Guy F.

“…Crown fire is a key selective pressure in Mediterranean-type plant communities. Adaptive responses to fire regimes involve trade-offs between investment for…”
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Using patterns of distribution and diversity of Kenyan birds to select and prioritize areas for conservation by Muriuki, J.N, De Klerk, H.M, Williams, P.H, Bennun, L.A, Crowe, T.M, Vanden Berge, E

“…Patterns and environmental correlates of species distributions and richness are identified for Kenyan birds at a quarter degree-square scale. This information…”
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