KNP 15/1/2 - 06 Project Reports 2006 Scientific Reports on Research Projects undertaken in the Kruger National Park during 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS FELINE LENTIVIRUS: MOLECULAR ANALYSIS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY IN SOUTHERN AFRICAN LIONS ................................................................................. 13 Adams H .....................................................................................................................13 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION THROUGH PEOPLE CENTRED APPROACHES TO NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND THE CONTROL OF WILDLIFE EXPLOITATION........................................................................................................ 14 Algotsson EM ..............................................................................................................14 A REGIONAL SCALE PASSIVE MONITORING STUDY OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE (SO2), NITROGEN OXIDES (NOX) AND OZONE (O3) ........................................................ 15 Annegarn HJ ...............................................................................................................15 METAL ANALYSIS AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FOUR MAJOR RIVER SYSTEMS THAT TRANSECT THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK (SOUTH AFRICA)..................................................................................................... 16 Barker HJ ....................................................................................................................16 TOWARDS A SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS VIEW OF THE SAND RIVER CATCHMENT, SOUTH AFRICA: A RESILIENCE ANALYSIS OF THE SOCIO- ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM IN THE SAND RIVER CATCHMENT, SOUTH AFRICA... 17 Biggs HC .....................................................................................................................17 SYSTEMIC LINKS BETWEEN SOCIETY, WETLANDS AND WOODLANDS - THE BUSHBUCKRIDGE CASE........................................................................................ 18 Biggs HC .....................................................................................................................18 INFLUENCE OF BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS) ON CONDITION AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF FEMALE AFRICAN BUFFALO (SYNCERUS CAFFER) IN KRUGER NATIONAL PARK.......................................... 19 Bird TLF ......................................................................................................................19 INTRA-SPECIFIC COMPETITION WITHIN BUFFALO MIXED SEX HERDS: ASSESSING THE DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN FORAGE SELECTION IN BUFFALO HERDS.................................................................................................... 20 Bowers JA ...................................................................................................................20 BIOCOMPLEXITY IN AFRICAN SAVANNAS: PATTERN AND PROCESS OF WOODY COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK.......................... 21 Bucini G.......................................................................................................................21 2 IMPROVING CARDIO-PULMONARY FUNCTION FOR A SAFER FIELD ANESTHESIA OF WHITE RHINOCEROS ....................................................................................... 22 Bush M ........................................................................................................................22 MONITORING A WATER HYACINTH INFESTATION ON ENGELHARDT DAM AS PART OF AN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR WATER HYACINTH CONTROL IN SOUTH AFRICA ................................................................................ 23 Byrne M.......................................................................................................................23 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF RIPARIAN UPLAND BOUNDARIES ............... 24 Cadenasso ML ............................................................................................................24 COLLECTION OF INSECTS FOR EVOLUTIONARY STUDIES OF THEIR RELATIONSHIPS ..................................................................................................... 25 Cameron S ..................................................................................................................25 HABITAT SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR SABLE ANTELOPE ......................... 26 Chirima GJ ..................................................................................................................26 FIRE MONITORING IN SAVANNA ECOSYSTEMS USING MODIS-NDVI AND SPOT- NDVI: A CASE STUDY OF KRUGER NATIONAL PARK ......................................... 27 Chongo DA..................................................................................................................27 SEASONALITY AND 20TH CENTURY CHANGE IN THE FEEDING ECOLOGY OF HERBIVORE COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTHERN BASALT PLAINS OF THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA......................................................................... 28 Codron D.....................................................................................................................28 THE SAMPLING METHOD OF ELEPHANT (LOXODONTA AFRICANA) TUSKS... 29 Codron J......................................................................................................................29 ECOSYSTEM MODELING TO UNDERSTAND SAVANNA BIOCOMPLEXITY AND INTERACTIONS BETWEEN VEGETATION, ELEPHANTS, AND HUMANS IN KRUGER NATIONAL PARK ..................................................................................................... 30 Coughenour MB ..........................................................................................................30 BELOW GROUND PROCESSES EXPERIMENTS .................................................. 31 Craine J.......................................................................................................................31 MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION: ANALYSIS OF GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN A POLYPHENIC BUTTERFLY (BICYCLUS ANYNANA) ............................................. 32 De Jong MA ................................................................................................................32 THE ECOLOGY OF ANTHRAX IN THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK ..................... 33 De Vos V .....................................................................................................................33 3 VARROA MITE INFESTATIONS AND THE POPULATION GENETICS OF HONEYBEES IN THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK................................................. 34 Dietemann VM ............................................................................................................34 SURVEY OF ARACHNIDA OF THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK WITH EMPHASIS ON SPIDERS (EXCLUDING MITES AND TICKS).......................................................... 35 Dippenaar-Schoeman AS ...........................................................................................35 BREONADIA SALICINA RESPONSE TO THE 2000 FLOOD, SABIE RIVER, KRUGER NATIONAL PARK: IMPLICATIONS FOR RULE BASED MODELLING AND MONITORING........................................................................................................... 36 Dowson LM .................................................................................................................36 WATER USE IN RELATION TO BIOMASS OF INDIGENOUS TREE SPECIES IN WOODLAND, FOREST AND PLANTATION CONDITIONS..................................... 37 Dye PJ.........................................................................................................................37 DEVELOPMENT OF A CLEARING PROTOCOL BASED ON ECOLOGICAL CRITERIA FOR MESIC SAVANNAS AND SWEET GRASSVELD FOR THE WORKING FOR WATER PROGRAMME ............................................................................................ 38 Euston-Brown D ..........................................................................................................38 MECHANISMS OF GRASS/TREE INTERACTIONS IN SAVANNAS....................... 39 February EC................................................................................................................39 DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING THE RISK OF INVASION IN THE CATCHMENTS SURROUNDING THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK....................... 40 Foxcroft LC..................................................................................................................40 BEYOND FILLING THE GAPS: ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF INVASION ECOLOGY USING A NEW CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK........................................................ 41 Foxcroft LC..................................................................................................................41 THE IMPACT OF AGE AND CLIMATE ON REPRODUCTIVE RATES OF AFRICAN ELEPHANTS (LOXODONTA AFRICANA) IN KRUGER NATIONAL PARK............. 42 Freeman EW ...............................................................................................................42 TREEHOUSE RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE AND CONSERVATION..... 43 Freimund W.................................................................................................................43 ASSESSMENT OF LION POPULATION DEMOGRAPHY AND ABUNDANCE IN THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK..................................................................................... 44 Funston PJ ..................................................................................................................44 FIRE HISTORY AND LONG TERM VEGETATION DYNAMICS IN SOUTHEASTERN KRUGER NATIONAL PARK..................................................................................... 45 4 Gillson L ......................................................................................................................45
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