Assessing the conservation value of wetlands and waterbirds with a focus on the winter rainfall region of South Africa
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2012
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University of Cape Town
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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.
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Harebottle, D. 2012. Assessing the conservation value of wetlands and waterbirds with a focus on the winter rainfall region of South Africa. University of Cape Town.