A patch mosaic burning system for conservation areas in southern African savannas

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-183

  Brocket, B H ^a   Biggs, H C ^b   Van Wilgen, B W ^c  

^a Pilanesberg National Park   (South Africa)

^b KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Fire; Kruger National Park; Management; Mosaic; Pilanesberg National Park; South Africa; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035623022     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF01024     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Acocks JPH (1975) 'Veld types of South Africa.' (2nd edn). Memoirs of a Botanical Survey of South Africa, Vol. 40.
2. Bailey AW, Brockett BH, Mentis MT (1993) Fire management in Pilanesberg National Park, Bophuthatswana, using expert systems as aids to decision making. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 10, 25-30.
3. Deshmukh IK (1984) A common relationship between precipitation and grassland peak biomass for East and southern Africa. African Journal of Ecology 22, 181-186.
4. du Plessis WP (1997) Refinements to the burning strategy in the Etosha National Park, Namibia. Koedoe 40, 63-76.
5. Dublin HT, Sinclair ARE, McGlade J (1990) Elephants and fire as causes of multiple stable states in the Serengeti-Mara woodlands. Journal of Animal Ecology 59, 1147-1164.
6. Frost P, Menaut J-C, Walker BH, Medina E, Solbrig O, Swift M (1986) Responses of savannas to stress and disturbance. Biology International Special Issue No. 10. (International Union of Biological Sciences: Paris)
7. Illius AW, O'Connor TG (1999) On the relevance of nonequilibrium concepts to arid and semi-arid grazing systems. Ecological Applications 9, 798-813.
8. Law BS, Dickman CR (1998) The use of habitat mosaics by terrestrial vertebrate fauna: implications for conservation and management. Biodiversity and Conservation 1, 323-333.
9. Magome DT (1991) 'Habitat selection and the feeding ecology of the sable antelope, Hippotragus niger (Harris 1838), in Pilanesberg National Park, Bophuthatswana.' MSc Thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
10. May RM (1977) Thresholds and breakpoints in ecosystems with a multiplicity of stable states. Nature 269, 471-477.
11. Mentis MT (1978) Population limitation in grey rhebuck and oribi in the Natal Drakensberg. The Lammergeyer 26, 19-28.
12. Mentis MT, Bailey AW (1990) Changing perceptions of fire management in savanna parks. Proceedings of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa 7, 81-85.
13. Mentis MT, Bigalke RC (1981) The effect of scale of burn on the densities of grassland francolins in the Natal Drakensberg. Biological Conservation 21, 247-261.
14. Mentis MT, Rowe-Rowe DT (1979) Fire and faunal abundance and diversity in the Natal Drakensberg. Proceedings of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa 14, 75-77.
15. Minnich RA (1983) Fire mosaics in southern California and northern Baja California. Science 219, 1287-1294.
16. Parr CL, Brockett BH (1999) Patch-mosaic burning: a new paradigm for savanna fire management in protected areas? Koedoe 42, 117-130.
17. Pickett STA, Thomson JN (1978) Patch dynamics and the design of nature reserves. Biological Conservation 13, 27-37.
18. Rowe-Rowe DT, Lowry PB (1982) Influence of fire on small-mammal populations in the Natal Drakensberg. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 16, 32-35.
19. Russell-Smith J (1994) Fire management in Kakadu National Park: an overview. In 'Workshop proceedings on fire management on conservation reserves in tropical Australia'. (Eds KR McDonald and D Batt) pp. 89-94. (Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage: Brisbane)
20. Russell-Smith J, Ryan PG, Durieu R (1997) A LANDSAT MSS-derived fire history of Kakadu National Park, monsoonal northern Australia, 1980-94: seasonal extent, frequency and patchiness. Journal of Applied Ecology 34, 748-766.
21. Saxon EC (1984) Anticipating the inevitable: a patch-burn strategy for fire management at Uluru (Ayers Rock-Mt Olga) National Park. (CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Rangelands Research: Melbourne)
22. Scholes RJ, Walker BH (1993) 'An African savanna: Synthesis of the Nylsvley study.' (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge)
23. Snyman HA (1994) Evapotranspiration, water-use efficiency and quality of six dryland planted pasture species and natural vegetation in a semi-arid rangeland. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 11, 82-88.
24. Snyman HA, Fouche HJ (1993) Estimating seasonal herbage production of a semi-arid grassland based on veld condition, rainfall and evaporation. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 10, 21-24.
25. Stander PE, Nott TB, Mentis MT (1993) Proposed burning strategy for a semi-arid African savanna. African Journal of Ecology 31, 282-289.
26. Tomlin CD (1990) 'Geographic information systems and cartographic modelling.' (Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey)
27. van Wilgen BW, Scholes RJ (1997) The vegetation and fire regimes of southern-hemisphere Africa. In 'Fire in southern African savannas: ecological and atmospheric perspectives'. (Eds BW van Wilgen, MO Andreae, JG Goldammer and JA Lindesay) pp. 27-46. (Witwatersrand University Press: Johannesburg)
28. van Wilgen BW, Biggs HC, Potgieter ALF (1998) Fire management and research in the Kruger National Park, with suggestions on the detection of thresholds of potential concern. Koedoe 41, 69-87.
29. van Wilgen BW, Biggs HC, O'Regan SP, Maré N (2000) A fire history of the savanna ecosystems in the Kruger National Park, South Africa between 1941 and 1996. South African Journal of Science 96, 167-178.
30. Venter FJ (1990) 'A classification of land for management planning in the Kruger National Park.' PhD Thesis, University of South Africa.
31. Walker BH, Matthews DA, Dye PJ (1986) Management of grazing systems - existing versus an event-orientated approach. South African Journal of Science 82, 172.
32. Westoby M, Walker BH, Noy-Meir I (1989) Opportunistic management for rangelands not at equilibrium. Journal of Range Management 42, 266-274.