Stability,recovery and resilience in piosphere systems in the Kruger National Park
The study aimed to resurvey herbivore utilisation gradients around artificial waterholes ( piospheres) described in an earlier study ( Thrash 1993 ) against a backdrop of waterhole closure and biodiversity management in the Kruger National Park (KNP), to contribute to an understanding of factors governing recovery and resilience in protected areas.Key issues addressed include the response of the plant community and soil parameters to a relaxation of herbivore utilisation pressure at closed waterholes and changes in the same parameters at sites which have remained open.These ecosystem properties were considered in relation to structural and functional ecosystem thresholds (Briske et al.2006)
grazing gradients ecological thresholds
Katherine J.Matchett Kevin P.Kirkman Craig D.Morris Mike J.Peel
Discip line of Grassland Science,School of Biological and Conservation Sciences,University of KwaZul Discip line of Grassland Science,School of Biological and Conservation Sciences,University of KwaZul Dept.Range and Forage,ARC.
国际会议
呼和浩特
英文
2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）