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KING, RACHEL, and SAM CHALLIS. "THE ‘INTERIOR WORLD’ OF THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY MALOTI-DRAKENSBERG MOUNTAINS." Journal of African History 58, no. 2 (June 7, 2017): 213–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021853716000700.

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AbstractOver the last four decades researchers have cast the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains as a marginal refuge for ‘Bushmen’ amidst constricting nineteenth-century frontiers. Rock art scholarship has expanded on this characterisation of mountains as refugia, focusing on heterogeneous raiding bands forging new cultural identities. Here, we propose another view of the Maloti-Drakensberg: a dynamic political theatre in which polities that engaged in illicit or ‘heterodox’ activities like cattle raiding and hunter-gatherer lifeways set the terms of colonial encounters. We employ the concept of the ‘interior world’ to refigure the region as one fostering subsistence and political behaviours that did not conform to the expectations of colonial authority. Paradoxically, such heterodoxies over time constituted widespread social logics within the Maloti-Drakensberg, and thus became commonplace and meaningful. We synthesise historical and archaeological evidence (new and existing) to illustrate the significance of the nineteenth-century Maloti-Drakensberg, offering a revised southeast-African colonial landscape and directions for future research.
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PERKINS, PHILIP D. "A revision of the African hygropetric genus Coelometopon Janssens, and description of Oomtelecopon new genus (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)." Zootaxa 949, no. 1 (April 20, 2005): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.949.1.1.

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The African hygropetric beetle genus Coelometopon Janssens is revised, and Oomtelecopon new genus is described, based on the study of 1,884 specimens. The genus Coelometopon is redescribed, and redescriptions are provided for C. cavifrons Janssens, C. leleupi Janssens, C. madidum Janssens, and C. mussardi Janssens. Eighteen new species of Coelometopon and two new species of Oomtelecopon are described. The two genera are placed in the Coelometoponini, new tribe, of the subfamily Prosthetopinae. A key to the two genera and 24 known species is given. High resolution digital images of all holotypes are presented (online version in color), the male genitalia are illustrated, and geographic distributions are mapped. Structural details of a representative species, C. granulatum, are illustrated with scanning electron micrographs. Members of Coelometopon are restricted to hygropetric microhabitats, being found on vertical or near vertical rock surfaces which have a thin film of flowing water, such as rock seeps and splash zones of waterfalls and cascades. Members of Oomtelecopon have been collected from algae in seeps, from wet cliff faces, and by sifting marsh shore litter. New species of Coelometopon are: C. angulatum (Lesotho: Mamathes, 5 mi. E. Tayateyaneng), C. balfourbrownei (South Africa: Cape Prov., George District, near George), C. blinkwater (South Africa: Cape Prov., Table Mountain, Blinkwater ravine), C. brincki (Lesotho: Mamathes, 5 mi. E. Tayateyaneng), C. clandestinum (South Africa: Natal Prov., Olivershoek Pass), C. coronatum (Lesotho: Mamathes, 5 mi. E. Tayateyaneng), C. costatum (South Africa: Transvaal Prov., Zoutpansberg, 6 mi. NNE Louis Trichardt), C. drakensbergense (South Africa: Natal Prov., Drakensburg, Cathedral Peak, Mikes Pass), C. emarginatum (South Africa: Transvaal Prov., Nelshoogte, Knuckles rocks forest), C. endroedyi (South Africa: Natal Prov., Drakensburg, Loteni Reserve), C. fimbriatum (South Africa: Cape Prov., Swellendam District, Langeberge Mountains, Tradouw Pass), C. granulatum (South Africa: Natal Prov., Mpumalanga, 13 km E Sabie), C. kilimanjaro (Tanzania: Kilimanjaro, Marangu), C. langebergense (South Africa: Cape Prov., Swellendam District, Langeberge Mountains, Tradouw Pass), C. minipunctum (South Africa: Natal Prov., Drakensberg, Cathedral Peak, Rainbow G.), C. natalensis (South Africa: Natal Prov., Mpumalanga, 28 km N Graskop), C. punctipennis (South Africa: Cape Prov., Xalanga District, Cala Pass), and C. zulu (South Africa: Natal Prov., Zulu Drakensberg, 7 km N Nogome Forest Reserve). New species of Oomtelecopon are: O. sebastiani (South Africa: Cape Prov., Cape-Cederberg), and O. setosum (type species) (South Africa: Cape Prov., Table Mountain, Blinkwater Ravine).
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Delves, Jess L., V. Ralph Clark, Stefan Schneiderbauer, Nigel P. Barker, Jörg Szarzynski, Stefano Tondini, João de Deus Vidal, and Andrea Membretti. "Scrutinising Multidimensional Challenges in the Maloti-Drakensberg (Lesotho/South Africa)." Sustainability 13, no. 15 (July 30, 2021): 8511. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13158511.

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The Maloti-Drakensberg (MD) is the largest and highest-elevation mountain system in southern Africa. Covering 40,000 km2 and reaching 3500 m, the MD provides a range of ecosystem services (ES) to the entire southern African region—benefitting diverse users and extending well beyond the mountains. Rapid socioecological change threatens the provision of ES and presents multidimensional challenges to sustainable development. However, the continued land degradation and persisting socioeconomic problems indicate that development policy has not been effective in tackling these issues. In this paper, a multidisciplinary literature review forms the basis of a discussion which takes an ES framing to scrutinise the multidimensional social, political, economic and cultural issues in the study area. Three critical management systems are presented, and their associated ES are discussed, namely, water transfer, rangelands and conservation and tourism. In particular, the diversity of ES uses and values in the MD is considered. The results reveal the main drivers of continued unsustainable development and highlight important information gaps.
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Blignaut, J., J. Aronson, M. Mander, and C. Marais. "Investing in Natural Capital and Economic Development: South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains." Ecological Restoration 26, no. 2 (May 13, 2008): 143–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/er.26.2.143.

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Francis, Michael. "Contested Histories: A Critique of Rock Art in the Drakensberg Mountains." Visual Anthropology 22, no. 4 (July 13, 2009): 327–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08949460903004995.

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Garland, Gerald G. "Rates of soil loss from mountain footpaths: an experimental study in the Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa." Applied Geography 7, no. 1 (January 1987): 41–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0143-6228(87)90006-3.

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Simelane, Felicity Nonsimiso, Themb’alilahlwa A. M. Mahlaba, Julie Teresa Shapiro, Duncan MacFadyen, and Ara Monadjem. "Habitat associations of small mammals in the foothills of the Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa." Mammalia 82, no. 2 (February 23, 2018): 144–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2016-0130.

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Abstract Mountains provide important habitats for many species and often have high levels of biodiversity and endemism. Habitat associations of terrestrial small mammals were investigated at Wakefield Farm at the foothills of the Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa from July 2015 to January 2016. Sherman live traps were used to capture small mammals on 35 grids in six different habitats. A total of 472 individuals, from 14 species, were recorded, comprising: 10 rodents, three shrews and one golden mole. Species diversity differed across habitats and seasons. The riparian habitat had the highest species richness, diversity and abundance of small mammals. Species composition also differed across habitats with the indigenous forest and rocky outcrops supporting the most distinct assemblages.
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Taylor, Peter John, Teresa Kearney, Desire Lee Dalton, Gamuchirai Chakona, Christopher M. R. Kelly, and Nigel P. Barker. "Biomes, geology and past climate drive speciation of laminate-toothed rats on South African mountains (Murinae: Otomys)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189, no. 3 (November 25, 2019): 1046–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz134.

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Abstract Mitochondrial DNA sequences (1137 bp) of the cytochrome b gene and craniodental and craniometric data were used to investigate the evolutionary relationships of six putative rodent taxa of Otomys (family Muridae: subfamily Murinae: tribe Otomyini) co-occurring in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. Phylogenetic analysis of 20 new sequences together with craniodental and craniometric characters of 94 adult skulls reveal the existence of a unique lineage of Otomys cf. karoensis (named herein Otomys willani sp. nov.) from the Sneeuberg Centre of Floristic Endemism in the southern Drakensberg Mountain Range. Craniometric analysis distinguished O. karoensis from O. willani and identified a further four localities in the range of the latter species. We document southern range extensions of both Sloggett’s ice rat, Otomys sloggetti, and the vlei rat Otomys auratus to the Sneeuberg Mountain Range, in addition to appreciable genetic divergence between Sneeuberg and southern and central Drakensberg populations of O. sloggetti. Our results demonstrate parallel patterns of cryptic speciation in two co-occurring species complexes (Otomys irroratus s.l. and O. karoensis s.l.) associated closely with the boundaries of biomes (fynbos vs. grassland biomes) and geological formations (Cape Fold Belt vs. Great Escarpment).
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Perold, S. M. "Studies in the genus Riccia (Marchantiales) from southern Africa. 17. Three new species in section Pilifer: R. elongata, R. ampullacea and R. trachyglossum." Bothalia 20, no. 2 (October 17, 1990): 197–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/abc.v20i2.911.

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Species in section Pilifer Volk (1983) are often very difficult to identify (Perold 1990b). Most of them require close examination of the dorsal cell pillars in reasonably fresh collections, as these cells can seldom be reconstituted in long dried material.The three species, R elongata. R ampullacea and R trachyglossum, here described as new, have been maintained in cultures for lengthy periods, during which their dorsal cells were studied. The spore ornamentation was also quite useful in separating these species. R elongata is known from eastern Transvaal, R. ampullacea from the Witteberg Mountains of the eastern Cape Province and the Drakensberg Mountains of Lesotho and Natal, and R. trachyglossum is so far known only from (he highlands of Lesotho.
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STEVENS, DUNCAN M., JACQUELINE BISHOP, and MIKE D. PICKER. "Phylogenetic analysis reveals high local endemism and clear biogeographic breaks in southern African stoneflies (Notonemouridae, Plecoptera)." Zootaxa 4483, no. 3 (September 24, 2018): 428. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4483.3.2.

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The low vagility of the southern African Notonemouridae (stoneflies, Plecoptera), and their restriction to temperate montane refugia, make them a useful model for examining the evolution and biogeography of the rich palaeogenic fauna of the region. Here we use maximum parsimony tree reconstruction based on morphological characters and a partial COI mtDNA sequence to explore the evolutionary history and biogeography of the family in southern Africa. Morphological and molecular parsimony cladograms were largely in agreement, and supported monophyly of all six genera in the region. Previously undocumented morphological features in Plecoptera are identified: the first record of paraproct glands, and the presence of paired spermathecae in Aphanicercopsis Barnard females (all other Plecoptera have a single or a divided spermatheca). Some phylogenetically useful characters were the degree of fusion of the ventral abdominal nerve cord ganglia, male paraproct glands (presence and shape), and accessory glands of the male seminal vesicle. Two main biogeographic zones were defined: Eastern Highlands and the Cape Fold Mountains, with an additional outlying zone, the Namaqualand Highlands. Almost 41% of species were endemic to a single mountain range group. The most species-rich region was the intersection of the Southern and Western Cape Fold Mountains. It is hypothesized that, after the separation of Gondwanaland, the common ancestor of the region’s six genera dispersed from a Cape Fold Mountain origin to the Amatola and Drakensberg montane areas of the southern tip of the African continent. The high number of species within the Cape Fold Mountains compared to other mountain ranges in the region is likely a reflection of the topographic complexity of this mountain system and its influence on vicariant events.
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Steynberg, Peter John. "A survey of San paintings from the southern Natal Drakensberg." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004918.

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From Introduction: The study of San rock art has undergone several different phases in approach to the interpretation of art. Two approaches are currently in use. The first emphasises the art as narrative or literal representations of San life and its proponents may be called the "art for art's sake" school. Adherents to the second approach make detailed use of the San ethnography on the belief system of these people and are highly critical of the literalists because they provide no such context. The second approach has rapidly gained ascendancy and replaced the "art for art's sake" school over the last twenty years. The watershed came with the researches of Vinnicombe (1967) in the southern Drakensberg and Maggs (1967) in the Western Cape who both embarked upon programs of research which had quantification and numerical analysis at their core, so that they could present "...some objective observations on a given sample of rock paintings in a particular area..." in order to compare and contrast paintings from geographically different areas. What Vinnicombe's numerical analyses clearly showed was that the eland was the most frequently depicted antelope and that it must have played a fundamental role "...in both the economy and the rellgious beliefs of the painters...", which opened up the search for what those beliefs might be and how they could be related to the rock art itself. In order to understand what the rock art was all about it was recognised that researchers had to meaningfully contextualise the art within the social and religious framework of the artists themselves. Without the provision of such a relevant context, as many different interpretations of the paintings could be made as there were people with imaginations. Such a piecemeal approach provides a meaningless jumble of subjective fancy which tells us something about the interpreters but nothing about the rock art. It is unfortunate that the advent of this explicitly social and anthropological approach marks the end of the amateur as a serious interpreter of San rock art, for the juxtaposition of the ethnography with the rock art requires a proper training in which the intricacies of symbol and metaphor can be recognised.
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Kruger, David Johannes Donnavan. "Tadpole morphology of high altitude frogs from the Drakensberg mountains / D.J.D. Kruger." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4464.

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This study resulted from the identification of gaps in the literature pertaining to the morphological descriptions of the tadpoles occurring at high altitudes in the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa. These tadpoles are exposed to low temperatures, high desiccation risk, elevated ultraviolet radiation, competition, and predation and inhabit the clear, flowing streams and marsh areas of the mountain. Highly varying environmental conditions caused tadpoles to have considerable intraspecific variation. The high degree of plasticity necessitated extensive descriptive studies of tadpole morphology in order to document intraspecific variation and set up reliable keys for species identification. Specified adaptations to the extreme montane conditions are present in tadpoles of certain species. An especially interesting adaptation is the elygium, a hemispherical pigmented area above the eye, which apparently protects the retina from harmful ultraviolet radiation. There are no known studies of elygium plasticity in tadpole eyes in relation to variation in ultraviolet radiation. Particular attention was given to the functionality and cytology of this structure. Detailed measurements of tadpoles of six frog species of the high altitude Drakensberg Mountains were made. Morphological adaptations were described on the basis of these measurements. The cytological origin of the elygium of Amietia vertebralis was revealed through histological and cellular ultrastructure studies. The change in elygium morphology over time was studied as a function of ultraviolet intensity by exposing tadpoles to different levels of ultraviolet radiation. From the detailed morphological descriptions a more reliable binomial key was constructed, which made it possible to distinguish between Amietia umbraculata and A. vertebralis. A new amended definition of the epidermal elygium can now be given as an area of melanophores originating from the pigmented epithelium of the retina, forming a hemispherical shape from the dorsal margin of the iris. It is positioned in such a way as to protect the retina when light enters directly from above. This empirical study of the functional significance of the elygium showed that elygium morphology was considerably plastic, and that there were differences in elygium area and base length in the presence or absence of UVB radiation. In the presence of high UV radiation tadpoles produced an elygium with a broader base rather than longer elygia with a larger area. A wider elygium base shaded the pupil more effectively, thus protecting the retina from harmful UV radiation. The presence of a ventral elygium was also discovered.
Thesis (M.Sc. (Environmental Science))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Morris, Dale Brett. "The Drakensberg rock-jumper: ecology and genetic status of isolated montane populations." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007696.

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The Drakensberg rock-jumper (Chaetops aurantius) is a high-altitude passerine endemic to South Africa and Lesotho, living along a highly disrupted portion of the southern Great Escarpment from the Drakensberg highlands in the north-east to the Sneeuberg in the west, above an altitude of 1500 m. Along with the Cape rock-jumper (C. frenatus), this genus provides one of the stronger faunal links between the floristic biomes known as the Drakensberg Alpine Centre (DAC) and the Cape Floristic Region (CFR). Despite this, there is a significant lack of information regarding the species. The great majority of information is based on incidental observation, and no dedicated study has been undertaken. I conducted a series of field excursions between January 2011 and November 2012 in order to explore the rock-jumper’s feeding ecology, diet, habitat usage and genetic diversity. By trapping the birds, I was able to mark them individually with unique colour ring-combinations, and pluck a tail feather for genetic analyses. Observational data reveal that birds living close to their lower altitude threshold (c. 1500 m) are strongly habitat specific, living in boulder fields dominated by grassy vegetation. However, in areas at higher elevations (c. 2000 – 2500 m) this restriction seemed to fall away, possibly as a result of farming practices in those areas – higher grazing pressure results in shorter grass and less foraging effort for the birds. They live in groups ranging from pairs to small family groups of up to twelve individuals and maintain year round territories. Territory defence takes the form of calling and displaying from a prominent rock or boulder and becomes particularly noticeable just prior to, and during, the breeding period. No colour ringed individuals were ever spotted in boulder fields outside from where they had been initially ringed. This, coupled with the behaviour of territory maintenance, suggests a strongly sedentary lifestyle. Genetic inferences are constrained by a small sample size (only 25 birds were caught), but results indicate that some genetic isolation is occurring – a single haplotype was exhibited in birds from across the southern Escarpment, while seven private haplotypes show that any genetic mixing is likely to be historical rather than current. Historical gene flow would most probably have occurred during the last glacial maximum (18 000 years before present), when the cooler, drier conditions which are currently restricted to high peaks would have been much more extensive, thereby decreasing the distance required for effective dispersal. This is in agreement with the observation results, concluding that although there has been movement of birds across the southern Escarpment in the past, it does not appear to be occurring currently. However, this does leave plenty of scope for further work, particularly in the genetic diversity of the species, and in expanding the ecological observations to include the breeding biology.
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Tshivhandekano, Pfarelo Grace. "Ant diversity and body size patterns across an altitudinal gradient in the Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79787.

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Patterns of invertebrate species richness and body size across elevational gradients have been well-documented in a variety of studies. However, very little is known about the factors that govern these patterns along elevational gradients. A number of studies have have reported a monotonic decrease in species richness with increasing elevation; while others have observed a hump-shaped pattern, where the peak of species richness occurs at an intermediate elevation. For body size, studies have recorded larger size at higher elevations; some smaller and some have recorded no change across elevational gradients. Even though these patterns have been well-documented, the majority of them did not study invertebrates. This is surprising given that invertebrates such as ants are widely regarded as powerful monitoring tools in environmental management because they are abundant, diverse, easy to sample, sensitive to perturbation and they can indicate long-term general ecosystem change. Elevational gradients are isolated fragmented, spatially complex, comprise harsh environmental conditions and often retain comparatively intact habitats. The steep elevational gradients enable species to track climatic changes over short distances. Temperature varies across elevational gradients and variation in rates of growth and development at different temperatures may lead in differences in the mean body size of an insect species along elevational gradients. Body size can also be associated with species range size and geographic patterns of distribution and diversity. Ant diversity and body size patterns were investigated using data collected during March and November 2011 across an elevational gradient at Mariepskop. Pitfall traps were used to sample ants at five elevational sites and environmental variables were also collected at each sampling site. Body size was measured for some of the individuals selected from all ant species collected and simple regressions were used to examine altitudinal body size patterns within and across species. A total of 92 ant species were collected from 30 genera. Ant species density decreased monotonically with increasing elevation and abundance also declined as elevation increased. Altitude, vegetation complexity, height of grass, proportion of bare ground and clay in the soil were the five environmental variables that contributed significantly to the variance explained in the ant assemblages. Body size increased with altitude within species for Plagiolepis sp. 45, Pheidole sp. 1, Monomorium sp. 12 and Tetramorium sp. 3. No body size relationship was established across species when using the across species method whereas the Stevens method indicates a decrease in body size with elevation. A number of factors are responsible for structuring ant assemblages and body size along elevational gradients and it is not easy to establish to what extent each of the factors is responsible for the variation. Factors such as availability of resources, starvation resistance, accelerated maturation and adaptation to local environment are associated with positive relationship between body size and altitude. Related mechanisms such as desiccation resistance, metabolic rate, competition and predation contributing to the observed responses to elevation are discussed.
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
Department of Agriculture
National Research Foundation (NRF)
Zoology and Entomology
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Bijker, Hermina Johanna. "A Hydrological-slope stability model for shallow landslide prediction in the Injisuthi Valley, KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29748.

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Nel, Werner. "On the climate of the Drakensberg rainfall and surface-temperature attributes, and associated geomorphic effects /." Thesis, Pretoria : [S.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01252008-164156/.

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Challis, Sam. "The impact of the horse on the AmaTola 'Bushmen' : new identity in the Maloti-Drakensberg mountains of southern Africa." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.711605.

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Meyer, Leon Nicolaas. "Seasonal variation and the influence of environmental gradients on Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infections in frogs from the Drakensberg mountains / Leon Nicolaas Meyer." Thesis, North-West University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/5098.

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The Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus has been implicated in the decline of many frog species as well as the extinction of some throughout the world. Apart from this, declines in some amphibian populations are also caused by variations in temperature. It has been proposed that the cause of the decline or apparent extinctions of at least 14 high elevation species of the Australian tropics were due to B. dendrobatidis. The main aim of this study was to determine the effect of seasonal variations on B. dendrobatidis infections and the influence these have on frog populations in the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa. In one part of this study, frog populations from different altitudes in the Royal Natal National Park and Mont-aux Sources in the Drakensberg region were monitored; Hadromophryne natalensis from low altitude sites and Amietia vertebralis from high altitude sites. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis was detected in the field by using a 10x hand lens and in the laboratory with a compound microscope. No mortality has yet been observed in H. natalensis, but A. vertebralis is disease-susceptible and die-offs do occur. Most of the mortalities have therefore occurred at high altitudes where temperature levels vary from cold to moderate. This pattern of susceptibility with regard to altitudinal gradient is reflected in case studies from the Australian and American tropics. Although B. dendrobatidis is prevalent throughout the year at both high and low altitudes, prevalence levels peak in winter and spring. It is important for conservation strategies of montane amphibian communities to determine whether the observed mortalities constitute evidence of actual declines or whether these can be regarded as part of natural fluctuations in population size. Although no declines have been observed as yet, the chance exists that declines could occur because A, vertebralis is susceptible to the pathogen. Another part of this study was conducted with emphasis on the breeding behaviour of A. vertebralis which is a semi-aquatic, high-elevation frog endemic to the Drakensberg Mountains and the Lesotho highlands. This species breeds in slow-flowing streams and associated pools with sandy bottoms. Published data indicates that breeding occurs after the first spring rains in September and continues until March. The objective of this part of the study was to gain insight into the breeding biology of A. vertebralis by studying empirical data gained from its tadpoles. Tadpoles were collected on a bimonthly basis over a two-year period for staging and measurement. Casual observations on adults and egg clutches were also documented. Contrary to what has been documented, amplecting A. vertebralis pairs were observed as early as July; however, this could be an indication that they are opportunistic breeders. Tadpoles of different lengths and stages were collected throughout the year, supporting the notion that these frogs have an extended breeding season or that the breeding season is correctly described in the literature, but the development of the tadpoles takes place over an extended period of time. A preliminary study was conducted on the distribution of B. dendrobatidis along an altitudinal transect. Frogs were collected and DNA swabs were taken of each specimen and analysed with qPCR sequencing. Infection was found at every site across the transect except for one. Altitude did not play an influential role in infection levels of this pathogen. Rainfall had a negative correlation with prevalence at some stages when floods occurred, otherwise prevalence increased gradually according to rainfall. Temperature did influence prevalence infections, but a consistent pattern according to correlation with prevalence infections was not observed. In conclusion, chytrid has a widespread distribution across southern Africa and has no preference to infect only certain species. Most of the species that have been sampled were found to have been infected.
Thesis (M. Environmental Science)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2009.
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Ndlovu, Ndukuyakhe. "Incorporating indigenous management in rock art sites in KwaZulu -Natal /." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2005. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/1380/.

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King, Rachel. "Voluntary barbarians of the Maloti-Drakensberg : the BaPuthi chiefdom, cattle raiding, and colonial rule in nineteenth-century southern Africa." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.669789.

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Books on the topic "Drakensberg Mountains"

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James, Byrom, ed. Dragon's wrath: Drakensberg climbs, accidents, and rescues. Johannesburg: Macmillan South Africa, 1986.

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Encounters with the dragon: A photographer's passion for the Drakensberg. Durban: Art Publishers, 2007.

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Van der Walt, B. J., ed. The enchanting world of the Drakensberg Mountains as experienced by an adventurous family. Potchefstroom: ICCA, 2003.

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Thomas, Val. Sappi tree spotting: Highveld and the Drakensberg : tree & shrub identification made easy. Johannesburg: Jacana, 1998.

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Bourquin, O. Drakensberg/Maluti Mountain Catchment Conservation Programme. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Parks Board, 1989.

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Programme, Drakensberg/Maluti Conservation. Drakensberg/Maluti Mountain Catchment Conservation Programme. [Maseru?]: The Programme, 1989.

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Pooley, Elsa. Mountain flowers: A field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Durban: The Flora Publications Trust, 2003.

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Val, Thomas, and Van Gogh Joan, eds. Sappi tree spotting: Bushveld, including Pilanesberg & Magaliesberg : tree identification made easy. Johannesburg: Jacana, 1998.

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Val, Thomas, ed. Sappi tree spotting: Lowveld, including Kruger National Park. 2nd ed. Johannesburg, South Africa: Jacana, 2001.

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John, Moll Eugene, Grant Rina, Noall Penny, and Van Gogh Joan, eds. Sappi tree spotting: Cape : from coast to Kalahari. Johannesburg: Jacana, 2008.

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Book chapters on the topic "Drakensberg Mountains"

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Grab, Stefan. "Drakensberg Escarpment: Mountains of Geomorphic Diversity." In Geomorphological Landscapes of the World, 133–42. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3055-9_14.

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Knight, Jasper, and Stefan Grab. "The Drakensberg Escarpment: Mountain Processes at the Edge." In World Geomorphological Landscapes, 47–55. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03560-4_6.

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Stewart, Brian A., Adrian G. Parker, Genevieve Dewar, Mike W. Morley, and Lucy F. Allott. "Follow the Senqu: Maloti-Drakensberg Paleoenvironments and Implications for Early Human Dispersals into Mountain Systems." In Africa from MIS 6-2, 247–71. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7520-5_14.

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Everson, Terry M., and Craig D. Morris. "Conservation of Biodiversity in the Maloti–Drakensberg Mountain Range." In Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity, 285–92. CRC Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781420002874-21.

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Everson, Terry, and Craig Morris. "Conservation of Biodiversity in the Maloti–Drakensberg Mountain Range." In Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity, 285–91. CRC Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781420002874.ch21.

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