The Blyde Canyon Nature reserve displays its natural beauty for most National and International visitors all over the World. The region is renowned for its high rainfall and misty weather, which enhances the natural beauty of the area. Because of the mist belt effect, the area is one of the largest commercial forestry areas in South Africa. Baboons also seek after the topography and vegetation type (Northeastern mountain sourveld) that is typical of this area and numerous baboon troops occur in this region. This combination is often the cause of conflict between baboons and humans. The need arise for these baboons to be studied and managed as a component of this very important ecosystem. The main aims of the study were firstly to identify a natural ranging baboon troop, to habituate them and gather data regarding home range sizes, troop sizes, densities and seasonal food selection and secondly to give a detailed habitat description and vegetation map of the troop's home range. The baboon activity data was collected in 15-minute intervals over a one year period on a troop at Bourke's Luck. This included all activities such as walking, social, foraging, and resting. The food parts selected as well as the species foraged on was identified. Numerous statistical methods were used on the baboon data such as; the Shapiro Wilk test, Spearman rank-order correlation, ANOVA, and the Kolmogarov-Smirnov two sample test. There was a positive correlation between home range areas and troop sizes and the baboons preferred certain habitats above others during different seasons. To give a detailed habitat description of the troop's home range, 50 sample plots was stratified-randomly distributed in order to include all the different stratification units. a TWINSPAN classification, refined by Braun-Blanquet procedures was carried out on the Bourke's Luck section that included the baboons home range. 13 Plant communities, which can be grouped into 7 major community types were identified. This study resulted in the ecological interpretation of baboon activities related to the ecological interpretation of the vegetation in the baboon troop's home range. / Agriculture, Animal Health and Human Ecology / M.Tech. (Nature Conservation)

The main aim of this study was to classify and describe the plant communities in the home range of white rhinoceros in order to understand the animal seasonal foraging ecology. To provide a detailed habitat description, forty sample plots were stratified randomly. A TWINSPAN classification, refined by Braun-Blanquet procedures, was carried out on the Viewpoint section of the reserve. Ten plant communities, grouped into five major community types, were identified. The veld condition and ecological carrying capacity in these communities were measured, stating an abundance of food on long grass while the short grass equal the number of short grass feeders. A number of behavioural aspects such as activity data, home range utilization and dietary usage were examined. Statistical methods such as the Spearman rank-order correlation, Wilcoxon sign test and Student T-test were used on rhino data. The difference in usage of the home range during wet and dry seasons was insignificant. / Environmental Sciences / M.Sc. (Environmental Management)

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Includes Van Allen thesis (M.S.)--University of Iowa, 1936, and thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Iowa, 1939.

Sammanfattning/AbstractEriksson, Cristina (2022). Speciallärare med specialisering språk-, skriv- och läsutveckling -en kollega med lite fler verktyg i sin verktygslåda. Specialpedagogprogrammet, Institutionenför skolutveckling och ledarskap, Lärande och samhälle, Malmö Universitet, 90 hp.Förväntat kunskapsbidragDenna studie belyser vikten av pedagogiska samtal och kollegialt lärande. Genom att synliggörainformanternas bild av uppdraget för speciallärare med inriktning språk-, skriv- ochläsutveckling och deras uppfattningar utifrån inkludering, anpassningar och elevers skiftandebehov förväntas studien bidra med förutsättningar för ett gynnsamt och språkutvecklandesamarbete mellan lärare och speciallärare utifrån ett relationellt perspektiv.Syfte och frågeställningarStudien belyser några lärares uppfattningar vad gäller uppdraget för en speciallärare medinriktning språk-, skriv- och läsutveckling och hur de tänker att en sådan kan utveckla ochfördjupa arbetet i verksamheten. Följande preciserade frågeställningar har formulerats för attbehandla studiens syfte:• Hur uppfattas en speciallärare kunna bidra till och komplettera det språkinriktadearbetet i verksamheten?• Vilka uppfattningar gällande inkludering, särskilda anpassningar och elever ibehov av särskilt stöd framträder hos respondenterna?TeoriStudiens teoretiska ramverk grundar sig i systemteoretiskt perspektiv, närmare bestämtBronfenbrenners ekologiska systemteori. Bronfenbrenner (1979), framhåller att elevers lärandeär beroende av omgivningen och argumenterar för att det är viktigt att se barnets utveckling irelation till de olika system som barnet är en del av. Den utvecklingsekologiska modellen bestårav fyra strukturer som Bronfenbrenner benämner mikro-, meso-, exo- och makrosystemet. I