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Use of landscape-level river signatures in conservation planning: a South African case study

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dc.contributor.author Roux, D
dc.contributor.author De Moor, F
dc.contributor.author Cambray, J
dc.contributor.author Barber-James, H
dc.date.accessioned 2007-06-12T07:15:45Z
dc.date.available 2007-06-12T07:15:45Z
dc.date.issued 2002-12
dc.identifier.citation Roux, D, et al. 2002. Use of landscape-level river signatures in conservation planning: a South African case study. Conservation Ecology, vol. 6(2) en
dc.identifier.issn 1195-5449
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/520
dc.description Copyright: 2002 Resilience Alliance en
dc.description.abstract A strategy for assigning priorities in biodiversity conservation was developed for the rivers of the proposed Greater Addo Elephant National Park (GAENP) in South Africa. Due to the limited availability of biological information on the freshwater ecosystems of this area, a desktop approach, supplemented by aerial and land surveys, was used to devise a new river classification typology. This typology incorporated landscape attributes as surrogates for biodiversity patterns, resulting in defined physical "signatures" for each river type. Riverine biodiversity is considered to be conserved by including rivers of each type as defined by the respective signatures. Where options existed, and two or more rivers shared the same signature, a simple procedure was used to assign priorities to "similar" rivers for conservation. This procedure considered the extent of transformation, degree of inclusion within the park, irreplaceability or uniqueness, and geomorphological diversity of each river. The outcome of the study was that 18 of the 31 rivers within the GAENP must be conserved to achieve representation of all of the biodiversity patterns identified. It is concluded that, given further development and testing, the river signature concept holds promise for elevating the river focus in general conservation planning exercises. en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Resilience Alliance en
dc.subject Conservation planning en
dc.subject Biodiversity patterns en
dc.subject Landscape patterns en
dc.subject River flow patterns en
dc.subject Longitudinal patterns en
dc.subject Ecosystem processes en
dc.subject Quantitative conservation targets en
dc.subject River signatures en
dc.subject Ecology en
dc.title Use of landscape-level river signatures in conservation planning: a South African case study en
dc.type Article en
dc.identifier.apacitation Roux, D., De Moor, F., Cambray, J., & Barber-James, H. (2002). Use of landscape-level river signatures in conservation planning: a South African case study. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/520 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Roux, D, F De Moor, J Cambray, and H Barber-James "Use of landscape-level river signatures in conservation planning: a South African case study." (2002) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/520 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Roux D, De Moor F, Cambray J, Barber-James H. Use of landscape-level river signatures in conservation planning: a South African case study. 2002; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/520. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Article AU - Roux, D AU - De Moor, F AU - Cambray, J AU - Barber-James, H AB - A strategy for assigning priorities in biodiversity conservation was developed for the rivers of the proposed Greater Addo Elephant National Park (GAENP) in South Africa. Due to the limited availability of biological information on the freshwater ecosystems of this area, a desktop approach, supplemented by aerial and land surveys, was used to devise a new river classification typology. This typology incorporated landscape attributes as surrogates for biodiversity patterns, resulting in defined physical "signatures" for each river type. Riverine biodiversity is considered to be conserved by including rivers of each type as defined by the respective signatures. Where options existed, and two or more rivers shared the same signature, a simple procedure was used to assign priorities to "similar" rivers for conservation. This procedure considered the extent of transformation, degree of inclusion within the park, irreplaceability or uniqueness, and geomorphological diversity of each river. The outcome of the study was that 18 of the 31 rivers within the GAENP must be conserved to achieve representation of all of the biodiversity patterns identified. It is concluded that, given further development and testing, the river signature concept holds promise for elevating the river focus in general conservation planning exercises. DA - 2002-12 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Conservation planning KW - Biodiversity patterns KW - Landscape patterns KW - River flow patterns KW - Longitudinal patterns KW - Ecosystem processes KW - Quantitative conservation targets KW - River signatures KW - Ecology LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2002 SM - 1195-5449 T1 - Use of landscape-level river signatures in conservation planning: a South African case study TI - Use of landscape-level river signatures in conservation planning: a South African case study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/520 ER - en_ZA


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