Impacts of environmental change on large terrestrial bird species in South Africa: insights from citizen science data

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dc.contributor.advisorUnderhill, Leslie Gen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorBarnard, Pen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHofmeyr, Sally Den_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-27T09:25:02Z
dc.date.available2015-01-27T09:25:02Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractLarge terrestrial bird species, especially cranes and bustards, have adapted to low intensity agriculture to varying degrees, but large-scale industrial agriculture is in general inimical to these species. Cranes are charismatic and well studied, but bustards are retiring and in general cryptically coloured, and little is known of most species. Of South Africa's 10 bustard species, two are endemic and three subspecies are endemic or near-endemic. Six species are threatened or near-threatened. Three crane species occur in South Africa, one of which is near-endemic; all are threatened. This thesis used data from two long-term public participation bird monitoring projects to improve our understanding of six of these 13 species. The first and second Southern African Bird Atlas Projects (SABAP1, 1987-1992, and SABAP2, 2007-) provide two sets of presence/absence data which can be compared. The Coordinated Avifaunal Roadcounts (CAR; 1993-) project provides roadcount data spanning a similar period.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHofmeyr, S. D. (2012). <i>Impacts of environmental change on large terrestrial bird species in South Africa: insights from citizen science data</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12306en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHofmeyr, Sally D. <i>"Impacts of environmental change on large terrestrial bird species in South Africa: insights from citizen science data."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12306en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHofmeyr, S. 2012. Impacts of environmental change on large terrestrial bird species in South Africa: insights from citizen science data. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Hofmeyr, Sally D AB - Large terrestrial bird species, especially cranes and bustards, have adapted to low intensity agriculture to varying degrees, but large-scale industrial agriculture is in general inimical to these species. Cranes are charismatic and well studied, but bustards are retiring and in general cryptically coloured, and little is known of most species. Of South Africa's 10 bustard species, two are endemic and three subspecies are endemic or near-endemic. Six species are threatened or near-threatened. Three crane species occur in South Africa, one of which is near-endemic; all are threatened. This thesis used data from two long-term public participation bird monitoring projects to improve our understanding of six of these 13 species. The first and second Southern African Bird Atlas Projects (SABAP1, 1987-1992, and SABAP2, 2007-) provide two sets of presence/absence data which can be compared. The Coordinated Avifaunal Roadcounts (CAR; 1993-) project provides roadcount data spanning a similar period. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Impacts of environmental change on large terrestrial bird species in South Africa: insights from citizen science data TI - Impacts of environmental change on large terrestrial bird species in South Africa: insights from citizen science data UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12306 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12306
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHofmeyr SD. Impacts of environmental change on large terrestrial bird species in South Africa: insights from citizen science data. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12306en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentPercy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherOrnithologyen_ZA
dc.titleImpacts of environmental change on large terrestrial bird species in South Africa: insights from citizen science dataen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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