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CURRENT PROJECTS Researcher name Title Home range analysis of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer): test of a new method Comparing grass biomass production between sodic sites and crests in the Alard GF semi-arid granitic savannas of the lowveld A comparison of community dynamics Andelman SJ in North American and South African savannas and grasslands The potential for community-based conservation in promoting biological Anthony BP conservation and human rural development Vegetation monitoring in the Kruger Aplin P National Park using multiscale remote sensing analysis Abeare SM Basson S Bermeister O Bird TLF Objectives Status To investigate the spatial distribution of buffalo relative to vegetation variables, distance to Current water, topography and visibility. Hypothesis: Grass biomass production is higher on sodic sites than on the crests. To explore scale-dependence in the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function. To examine the nature of the relationship between Hlanganani communities and the Kruger National Park. Knowledge of vegetation distribution is crucial to facilitate our understanding and management of the environment. [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] To gauge different applications of a natural substance, gypsum (CaSO4) to the soil in Unnaturally eroded sodic soils order to verify its potential to be used for Current rehabilitation report reclamation and stabilisation of sensitive sodic soild in localities where anthropogenic soil erosion occurs. The investigation is primarily concerned with An examination into nutrient looking into the nutrient contents of soils distribution in soils around artificial Current watering sites on the northern plains around open and closed artificial watering points in the northern plains of the KNP. of Kruger National Park Transmission of bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in Kruger National Park E-mail To investigate some of the aspects of transmission of bovine tuberculosis (BTb) in Current African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Kruger National Park (KNP [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Researcher name Bond WJ Title Forest Colonization od savannas: Pattern and Process Objectives To determine how broad-leaved forest species invade savannas and what limits, and what Current promotes the invasion process. The main objective is to develop a methodology to monitor the recovery process Assessment of the influence of woody of vegetation by comparison of time series and grass vegetation in the regrowth Boonen M information derived from coarse resolution process image sequences instead of analyzing it as single change events. The water requirements for seedling To determine if rainfall variability limits Botha S establishment of savanna woody seedling survival of different tree species species in the Kruger National Park during certain years. Aim is to ascertain if common habitat Habitat patch selection of breeding preferences exist between mixed herds across herds of African buffalo (Syncerus Bowers J different substrates and to ascertain buffalo caffer caffer) in the Satara region of utilisation and prioritisation of seasonal the Kruger National Park. resources To document and develop a tourism product San rock art in the Kruger National Braack LEO around San rock art in the Kruger National Park Park. Studies of stick insects (Phasmida) of To identify Phasmid species present in the Brock P Kruger National Park, including the Kruger National Park's fauna. description of new species Population dynamics models will be developed Modelling the declines of large Buckland ST for the main ungulate species of Kruger ungulates in Kruger National Park National Park. Improving cardio-pulmonary function To develop safer field anesthesia for white Bush M for a safer field anesthesia of white rhinoceros. rhinoceros Monitoring a water hyacinth The development of an intergrated infestation on Engelhardt Dam as part management plan for water hyacinth control, Byrne M of an ntergrated management plan combining biological control, herbicidal control for water hyacinth control in South and nutrient control tailored to the climatic Africa regions of South Africa. Current / Monitoring Projects Status E-mail [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Page 2 of 2 Researcher name Cadenasso ML Cameron S Carlens H Citino SB Title Structure and function of riparian upland boundaries Collection of insects for evolutionary studies of their relationships The optimization and validation of climate and remote sensing data based fire risk assessment with fire occurrence data Developing a safe, effective anaesthesia protocol for rapid anaesthesia of free-ranging giraffes Objectives To characterize and quantify the three dimensional structure of boundaries between riparian and upland vegetation in Kruger National Park. To collect insects of different genera for evolutionary studies of their relationships. To link the fire risk models and drought indices, derived from meteorological data, obtained from the local weather stations, with the fire history records. To develop a safe, effective anaesthetic protocol for the rapid induction of anaesthesia in free-ranging giraffe. Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] [email protected] Current [email protected] To determine seasonal and spatial differences in diets and habitat use of Kruger National Park Current elephant. [email protected] Codron D Codron J The sampling method of elephant (Loxodonta africana) tusks Colvin C E-mail Current Seasonality and change in the feeding To investigate seasonality in the quality of ecology of herbivore communities in forage available to herbivorous mammal communities living in the Northern Basalt the Northern Basalt Plains of the Plains of the Kruger National Park. Kruger National Park Coetsee C Status Study of the interactions between Investigate the role of fire on nutrient cycling. fire, vegetation and nitrogen Current dynamics in the Kruger National Park To produce on a national scale a summary of Investigation of the ecological role of known and probable groundwater dependent Current aquifers at Shingwedzi research site, ecosystems in South Africa, based on Kruger National Park geohydrological-type settings. [email protected] [email protected] Craine J To determine the nature of nutrient limitation Below ground processes experiments in restructuring ecosystem processes across different soil types and climates. Current [email protected] Cross PC Longitudinal studies of bovine Understanding the dynamics of BTB in the tuberculosis in the buffalo population buffalo population. of the Kruger National Park Current [email protected] Current / Monitoring Projects Page 3 of 3 Researcher name Title The geochemistry and isotopic relations of the Mashikiri formation in de Bruiyn H the Kruger National Park, Sabi and Zimbabwe Development of a methodology to monitor fire fuel status and identity Deman K optimal fuel models using high resolution multi-spectral satellite imagery Why do giraffes occur in aggregated Doherty JB dispersion patterns? Breonadia salicina response to the 2000 flood, Sabie River, Kruger Dowson LM National Park: Implications for rule based modelling and monitoring. Ungulate browsing as an ecosystem process: An investigation into Du Toit J browser plant-soil interactions in a southern african savanna Objectives Status The significance of the project lies in determining the composition and evolution of Current [email protected] the mantle or crustal sources of these volcanics. To improve and develop high spatial resolution earth observation based parameters to estimate fire probability. Current [email protected] To have an improved understanding of giraffe Current social biology To examine the response of Breonadia salicina to the 2000 flood in the different Current geomorphological channel types of the Sabie River. Determination of the effects of browsing on the savanna woody vegetation. Current To investigate rates of growth and water use patterns of a wide selection of indigenous tree Water use in relation to biomass of production systems, and to make economic Dye P indigenous tree species in woodland, Current and hydrological comparisons to current forest and plantation conditions commercial forestry systems (and other potential land uses). Development of an alien vegetation To provide an overview of the effectiveness of clearing protocol based on ecological existing clearing methods for major invasive Eustoncriteria for mesic savannas and sweet species in South African mesic savanna and Current Brown D grassveld for the Working for Water sweet grassveld ecosystems. Programme To determine what value tourists place on Tourist willingness to pay for Fannin TGD Current biodiversity. Biodiversity Conservation Mechanism of grass/tree interactions Explaining tree/grass coexistence within February EC Current savanna ecosystems. in savannas Current / Monitoring Projects E-mail [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Page 4 of 4 Researcher name Title Objectives Status The genetic structure, physiology and To investigate the possibility of genetic differences between tall and stunted Mopane in Current February EC phenology of tall and stunted C15 riparian and upland zones. growth forms The availability of nutrients is an important The effect of the free regime on plant determining factor in the distribution of plant carbon allocation and associated soil species and hence affecting the distribution Feig G Current microbial community composition movement and the carrying capacity of an area on animal species. Using hyperspectral remote sensing To determine the relationship between of plant chemicals to explain the browsing, soil properties and vegetation quality Ferwerda J Current interaction between secondary plant using spatial statistics and linear modelling. compounds and herbivores An investigation of the status of To investigate the status of the particular fish Gagiano CL Chiloglanus engiops in the Letaba species in the Letaba River after the 2000 Current river after the 2000 floods floods. To record all Earlier Stone Age artefact Investigation into the earlier stone locations and landscape types, to understand Gibbon RJ Current age (ESA) of the northern Kruger their relationship with the landscape, past and National Park present. The aim of this study would therefore be to Feeding status and habitat selection reveal baseline quantitative nutrient values for roan antelope populations in South Africa with Current Grant CC of the roan antelope Hippotragus which any population could be compared with equinus should a nutrient deficiency be expected. Greeff JM To understand the relationship between permanent water sources (including subThe influence of additional permanent surface water) and local and regional water on the resilience of a complex Current biodiversity and ecosystem function with adaptive ecosystem specific emphasis on the antelope that are rare in the KNP (selective herbivores) The present status and future To understand the sustainability of the sustainability of the pollination pollination system of Ficus sycomorus in the Current face of climatic and habitat changes. system of Ficus sycomorus in the Kruger National Park Current / Monitoring Projects E-mail [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Page 5 of 5 Researcher name Greyling M Grobler J Hanan N Hanan N Hanan N Hay TC Henley S Title Population dynamics and movements of elephants in the associated Private Nature Reserves adjoining the Kruger National Park Rule based modelling of sediment/water and vegetation interaction in the instream environment Objectives Status To provide data on emigration/immigration patterns, birth and mortality rates of elephants Current within the associated Private Nature Reserves. To develop knowledge and ability to model the sediment, water and vegetation interaction and Current the associated morphological change in semi arid rivers. To investigate ecological complexity in the Biocomplexity in African savannas Current context of African savannas To provide a better understanding of the Biocomplexity in African Savannas: complex relationships and feedbacks between Nutrient Stoichiometry of soils, trees soil and vegetation nutrient dynamics, and and grasses and implications for Current their interactions with herbivores, fire and savanna structure and function in the woody community dynamics in savanna Kruger National Park systems. To provide a better understanding of woody community dynamics in savanna systems, Biocomplexity in African Savannas: including interactions with herbivores and fire. Ecological self-thinning in the Kruger Current Specifically, we plan to examine the role of National Park as a measure of tree on tree on tree competition in structuring savanna tree competition plant communities through use of the ecological self-thinning concept. The predation risk hypothesis predicts that Movements, activity patterns and males will exploit areas of abundant, high choice of social environment in the male buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the quality food to maximize size and strength for Current central region of the Kruger National competitive interactions with other males, but at an expense of an increased predation risk. Park Habitat dependency and nutriotional ecology of sable antelope in two regions of the Kruger National Park Current / Monitoring Projects Understanding the processes underlying the observed decline in sable antelope. Current E-mail [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Page 6 of 6 Researcher name Title SynBioSys Kruger - An information system for the evaluation and Hennekens supporting the management of SM biodiversity among plant species, vegetation types and landscapes in the Kruger National Park Spatial demography of selected tree Hofmeyr MV species in the Kruger National Park in relation to elephant impacts Inward D Jackson CR Jacob S Joubert RE Keet DF Kemp LV Global soil macrofauna diversity and ecosystem function: Baseline data from South Africa Habitat preferences, home range and general biology of the critically endangered Juliana's golden mole (Neamblysomus julianae) in Kruger National Park Biogeochemistry, herbivory and plant productivity in riparian ecotones and associated savanna upland ecosystems Filling gaps in vegetation data south of the Sabie River in the Kruger National Park The impact of tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis on lions in the Kruger National Park The fourth wild dog and the second cheetah photographic censusus in the Kruger National Park and neighbouring reserves Current / Monitoring Projects Objectives To enhance safeguarding of data and further data collation using Kruger developed software, SynBioSys Kruger. Status E-mail Current [email protected] To identify factors influencing selected tree species population dynamics and demography Current in the Kruger National Park. To survey the soil macrofauna community in the Kruger National Park as part of the global soil macrofauna sampling programme. Current To determine physical, chemical and biological correlates of habitat variables associated with Current the presence of Juliana's golden mole. Nutrient availability will increase with decreasing distance to the river. To process the floristic data and interpret the vegetation types by means of the environmental data collected. [email protected] [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] To monitor the impact of Mycobacterium bovis on lion population. Current The fourth wild dog and the second cheetah photographic censuses in the Kruger National Park and neighbouring reserves [email protected] Current [email protected] [email protected] Page 7 of 7 Researcher name Title Kryger P Ecology of the honey bees (Apis mellifera scutellata) in the Kruger National Park, South Africa Kutsch W Analyses of the carbon balance of a savanna ecosystem in Skukuza, South Africa Langbauer W Leslie BJ Objectives To predict Varroa destructor impact using molecular techniques. Status E-mail Current [email protected] To analyse the influence of climatic factors on the regulation of carbon dioxide, water vapour Current and sensible heat fluxes between savanna ecosystems and the atmosphere. The effects of translocation of African To study the effects of translocation on a Current breeding herd of elephants elephant vocal and social behaviour To develop an understanding of migration and Migration and habitat selection of Luvuvhu river tigerfish (Hydrocynus movement of tigerfish and the environmental Current cues involved in the regulation of this vittatus) population in the Kruger behaviour in the Luvuvhu river. National Park A study of the habitat requirements The main aim of this project is to contribute and movements of Large Scale Yellow towards developing a more comprehensive fish, Labeobarbus marequensis, in the understanding of the ecological aspects of the Leslie BJ Crocodile River System in the Kruger Large Scale Yellow Fish National Park, to contribute towards management guidelines, using telemetry To develop a sound understanding of the A scaled perspective of the context, spatial and temporal dynamics of vegetation structure and dynamics of patch mosaics in a manner which contributes Levick SR riparian/savanna to both the theory of landscape ecology and boundary vegetation patch mosaics vegetation/landscape mosaic management within the Kruger Park. To develop a remote sensing based regreening Development of a regreening index index that can be used for identifying the Lhermitte S for monitoring vegetation regrowth spatial and temporal variability of vegetation after fires throughout the park. To reconstruct past environmental change for High resolution stable the sub-Saharan region of Africa using carbon Loader N dendroclimatology of the African isotope analysis of Adansonia digitata. boabab Current / Monitoring Projects [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Current Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Page 8 of 8 Researcher name Title Objectives A comparative study of rodent and To investigate the possible role that rodents shrew diversity and abundance in and and shrews play as bio-indicators of habitat outside the Nwashitshumbe enclosure destruction. site in the Kruger National Park A systematic review of the To determine the intergeneric and interspecific Chrysochloridae based on molecular phylogenetic relationships within the family: data with emphasis on the population Chrysochloridae based on sequences from the Maree S genetics, intraspecific phylogeography cytochrome b, 16S rRNA and 12S rRNA in an endemic, insectivorous, mitochondrial genes and a suite of nuclear subterranean golden mole species of genes. South Africa, Neamblysomus julianae Documentation, visualization and To document, present and interpret targeted interpretation of archaeological sites archaeological and cultural heritage of Kruger Meskell L in Kruger National Park: The National Park. Thulamela Case Study The purpose is to describe a sense of the social Human Habitation pre-Kruger history of the area under investigation and National Park: Overview of a Social Miller SJ provide comment on the implications of this History North of the Shingwedzi, towards a more inclusive tourism package for Woodlands and Shangoni Ranger the KNP. Sections. To develop an assay that will effectively solve The development of an Interferonthe diagnosis of BTB and provide the solution Morar D Gamma (IFNg) assay for the to a rapid test for the diagnosis of TB in live diagnosis of tuberculosis in rhinoceros rhinos. The effect of woody plant clearing Clearing of vegetation along road verges will along road verges on grass species alter grass species composition and Mugwabana composition and productivity in the productivity. FH Northern region of the Kruger National Park To develop techniques for monitoring Predicting and monitoring of vegetation growth so as to map fuel type, load Nackaerts K ecosystem disturbance by fire and status (moisture content) for fires. MacFadyen DN Current / Monitoring Projects Status E-mail Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Page 9 of 9 Researcher name Nortje G Title The impacts of off-road driving and other concessionaire activities on physical soil degradation A survey of the composting fungi in a Mopani landscape and the effect of O'Brien OM different fire regimes on their species composition Rule based modelling of fish facilitating strategic adaptive O'Keeffe JH management of the Kruger National Park rivers through model development and technology transfer O'Neill FH Otte D Panagos M Parsons M Parsons M The plasma lipids, lipoproteins and plant sterols of South Africa Objectives Status To quantify the impacts of off-road driving and other concessionaire activities on soils, soil Current erosion and soil compaction. [email protected] The main aim of this project is to determine the effect of different fire regimes on the diversity of composting fungi present in plant litter and soil fungi under mopani trees. Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] To enhance aquatic ecosystem management through the further development and transfer to management of qualitative rule-based models (QRBM). It is generally recognized that human lipoprotein metabolism is very different from that of other animals. To provide biologists in South Africa with a tool which they can use to identify all known Overview and review of South African Orthoptera (jumping insects such as Current Orthoptera grasshoppers, crickets, bush crickets, cave crickets etc). To determine which vegetation monitoring The measurement of herbaceous technique/s best reflect reality in terms of the layer dynamics of three Lowveld Current herbaceous layer species composition and savanna types density at three sites. Post flood response of the Sabie River, 2000-2003: Re-survey of riparian vegetation transects Patterns of post-flood riparian vegetation response in the Sabie River Current / Monitoring Projects E-mail To examine the response of the Sabie river to the 2000 flood, as it stands 3 years after the Current event. To examine the influence of hydrology, riverscape heterogeneity and channel Current morphology on post-flood vegetation response. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Page 10 of 10 Researcher name Title Objectives To determine the role of the woody debris piles The function of woody debris and herbivory in succession of the riparian deposited during the floods in regeneration of Pettit N vegetation community after a large- the riparian vegetation community. scale flood in the Kruger National Park An Investigation into the use of Bat To find a viable economic and ecological Houses as a method of bat control in solution for the problem of bats living within Pollard IH the Letaba Rest Camp, Kruger the tourist facilities of the Letaba Rest Camp. National Park Towards catchment water security To pilot the Socio-ecological Systems approach through linking water and livelihoods: in understanding the relationship between Pollard S Contributions towards constructing a catchment water security and livelihoods. socio-ecological system (SES) of the Sand River Catchment TEMBO, the elephant movements ans To develop and optimize management Prins HHT bio-economic optimality program techniques that can be used by park (South Africa) managers. To investigate the process for the The Phabeni gate project in the establishment of the Phabeni gate in the Prinsloo CL Kruger National Park: A case study of Kruger National Park as an example of a community-based conservation community-based conservation project. Interference potential of the alien To determine the allelopathic potential of invasive plant Parthenium Parthenium. Reinhardt CF hysterophorus with indigenous plant species in the Kruger National Park To improve and develop high spatial resolution Development of a remote sensing earth observation based parameters for Rommens R based index for monitoring vegetation monitoring parameters describing vegetation structure parameters structure. The aim of this proposed project is to identify A study of fungal pathogens on native tree pathogens and potential tree pathogens in Roux J tree species in Kruger National Park the Kruger National Park. Current / Monitoring Projects Status E-mail Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Page 11 of 11 Researcher name Ryan SJ Sanson G Schmidt S Scholtz CH Smith M Title Objectives Status A GIS model of bovine tuberculosis in To elucidate the spatial characteristics of the the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) BTB epidemic through a rule-driven cell based Current population of the Kruger National model. Park, South Africa The demography of a culled sample of To age buffalo with tooth cementum rings and African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in to compare tooth cementum rings (age) with the Kruger National Park with the degree of tooth wear in buffalo from Current particular emphasis on correlating different soil types. age with tooth wear and habitat To determine whether there are structural A morphological study of the placenta differences between the placenta of the African Current of the African buffalo buffalo and that of the domestic cow. Dung beetle richness, dung preference and assemblage structure in the Kruger National Park, South Africa Habitat features that determine the presence of rodents along a catena Using isotopic evidence of large Sponheimer mammal nutritional ecology to track M vegetation change through time Global climate change and primary production: The effect of inter-rainfall interval on grass growth Modelling buffalo-lion interactions and implications for the spread of bovine Tambling CJ btuberculosis in the Kruger National Park Swemmer AM Current / Monitoring Projects To assess the diversity of dung scarabs in the Kruger National Park To understand what environmental attributes affect rodent distribution. To study vegetation changes in the Kruger National Park using stable isotope analysis of large bodied mammals. [email protected] [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] To determine the effects of the length of interrainfall intervals on the productivity and Current composition of local grass communities. To determine how the interactions between lion and African buffalo impact on the spread of BTB in Kruger National Park. E-mail Current [email protected] [email protected] Page 12 of 12 Researcher name Title Proposed pilot study to test telemetry innovations, with applications for further studies on lion (Panthera leo)Tambling CJ buffalo (Syncerus caffer)-bovine tuberculosis (BTB) interactions in Kruger National Park Objectives The primary objective is to test telemetry technology that could assist in the investigation of species interactions (in particular predator-prey dynamics). Status Current To determine the processes between the edaphic pattern in these sodic sites; the Salvadora australis as an ecosystem vegetation response through the halophyte Teren G Current engineer of alluvial sodic sites in the Salvadora australis; the animal response in northern Kruger National Park terms of herbivory; and the eventual feedback to the soil and vegetation in this dynamic system. Harvesting, rearing and To apply skills and knowledge to assist further reintroduction of the second-hatched re-introduction of Ground Hornbills into other Turner AMS Current chicks of the Southern ground parts of their historical range. hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) To obtain age specific population parameters Rapid assessment of the population Van Aarde from which to derive population statistics Current demography of elephants in the RJ independently from population counts. Kruger National Park Van der Merwe FC Van Schalkwyk OL To create an ACCESS database which The digital capturing of data in official corresponds to the one that will be used for Current diaries of selected game rangers in the new rangers diaries in which to capture the the Kruger National Park data. To determine if the giraffe's skeleton differs in Bone density and calcium and calcium and phosphorus content and bone phosphorus content of the giraffe Current density from other ruminants. (Giraffa camelopardalis) skeleton Assessing and monitoring local scale To investigate the degree of change in Van impacts of invasive alien plant species invertebrate assemblages as a result of alien Rensburg BJ n invertebrate assemblages in the plant species invasion in KNP. Kruger National Park, South Africa Current / Monitoring Projects E-mail Current [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Page 13 of 13 Researcher name Title Van Vuuren The identification of influentials: D validation of the questionnaire Objectives To validate the scale developed by the Institute fur Demoscopie, Allensbach, Germany Current for South African conditions. Improve and develop new low spatial Fire risk assessment by fuel status resolution EO based parameters towards Verbesselt J assessment using low resolution earth classification of fuel amount and monitoring of observation fuel status. To study the characteristics of Nothobranchius fish habitats in the Great Limpopo A study of the characteristics of Transfrontier Park with an emphasis on the Nothobranchius fish habitats in the Watters B geological characteristics of the habitat Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park substrates and the geomorphological factors controlling their distribution. Assessing the relationship between The main objective of the proposed research is Vegetation Condition Assessment to test the correlation between VCA biomass Wessels K (VCA) biomass estimates in Kruger estimates and growth season sum of 1km National Park with growth season AVHRR NDVI satellite data (hereafter referred integrated NDVI of 1km AVHRR data to as ΣNDVI). Population dynamics and the effects To contribute to a better understanding of of herbivory and fire on the savanna woodland regeneration dynamics, regeneration ecology of Acacia through an investigation of the effects of Wilson B nigrescens and Dichrostachys cinerea herbivory and fire on the population dynamics in the Kruger National Park, South and regeneration ecology of the two species Africa Movements and feeding behavior of To locate and monitor roosts of epauletted fruit Winkelmann Epauletted fruit bats and their impact bats in order to determine home range, and J spatio-temporal patterns of foraging on the regeneration of fig trees Zituta MN Mayfly communities, water quality, SASS 5 method Current / Monitoring Projects Status To identify and describe mayfly communities found in the selected river sites. E-mail [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Current [email protected] Page 14 of 14 MONITORING PROJECTS Researcher name Bengis RG Title Tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans) surveillance in the Kruger National Park Bertschinger Non-lethal control of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) HJ populations by means of immunocontraception De Vos V The ecology of anthrax in the Kruger National Park Eckhardt HC Fixed-point photography as an aid for long-term vegetation monitoring in the Kruger National Park Objectives To institute an early warning system to monitor the possible incursion of Tsetse flies into the Limpopo/Luvuvhu drainage system. Contraception of African elephant with porcine zona pellucida (pZP) vaccine. Anthrax has emerged as a formidable weapon in bio-warfare and bio-terrorism. To use fixed point photographs to demonstrate vegetation changes over time in an objective visual way To use these photographs as a tool for ecological monitoring, especially changes in vegetation cover and species composition. To establish whether seedlings of Regeneration of riparian vegetation on the Sabie river in the riparian species differentially utilize Kruger National Park regeneration of riparian vegetation on geomorphic sites during the Sabie river in the Kruger National Park regeneration processes. To understand and map earthquake Seismic monitoring of Southern Africa and the Mozambique Graham G in South Africa. channel To quantify the extent of the Evaluation of biological control of Opuntia stricta in the Hoffmann JH damage caused by Cactoblastis Kruger National Park cactorum on Opuntia stricta. Out of 1000 indegenous edible wild Holtzhausen Ennobling the wild African marula (Sclerocarya birrea subsp. fruits, marula will be the first to be LC Caffra Sond.) commercialised. Vertical aerial photography as an aid for ecological monitoring in the Kruger National Park Current / Monitoring Projects Status E-mail On going [email protected] On [email protected] going On going [email protected] On going [email protected] On going On going On [email protected] going On going [email protected] On going [email protected] Page 15 of 15 Researcher name Title Mansell MW Collection and study of insects in the Kruger National Park Mills MGL Pack dynamics and movement patterns of wild dogs in the Kruger National Park Peel MJS Towards a predictive understanding of savanna ecosystem dynamics in the Eastern Traansval Lowveld Vosloo W The role of cloven-hoofed animals in the epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease Whyte IJ Aspects of the ecology of elephant (Loxodonta africana) relevant to the management of the Kruger National Park population Hippopotamus population monitoring in the Kruger National Park Censusing and monitoring the herbivorous large mammal population of the Kruger National Park using aerial transects surveys (ALT's) Aspects of the ecology of buffalo (Syncerus caffer) relevant to the management of the Kruger National Park population Current / Monitoring Projects Objectives To establish reference collections and an electronic database of insects (specifically mayflies) from different biotopes of the Park. To obtain a better understanding of the manner in which the wild dog population fluctuates and is regulated by documenting changes in pack composition and reproductive success. To investigate the potential of the natural resources of the Lowveld to contribute to the economy and development of the region in harmony with social and environmental needs. To implement measures to prevent the escape of foot-and-mouth disease virus to adjacent domestic animal populations. To monitor by means of radio telemetry, the movements of various selected clans in the population. To monitor hippos and other riverine species which may act as ecological indicators. To monitor population trends of more abundant large ungulates in the Kruger National Park. Status E-mail On going [email protected] On going [email protected] On going [email protected] On going [email protected] On going [email protected] On going On going To assess the impact of buffalo On herds on the habitat as well as the effect of deteriorating habitat on the going population. Page 16 of 16 Researcher name Title The current living tuskers Zambatis N Monitoring the climate in the Kruger National Park Field layer dynamics of the Kruger National Park Current / Monitoring Projects Objectives To identify and catalogue the current large tuskers of the Kruger National Park through photographic material submitted by staff and tourists. To monitor the KNP climate daily according to the Weather Bureau standards. To monitor both the woody and the herbaceous cover of the Kruger National Park's vegetation Status E-mail On going On going [email protected] On going Page 17 of 17