Assessing how bird diversity of urban golf courses is influenced by course and landscape connectivity
- Authors: Benjamin, Jonathan
- Date: 2025-04-02
- Subjects: Birds , Biodiversity , Connectivity , Golf courses South Africa , Green space , Urban ecology (Biology)
- Language: English
- Type: Academic theses , Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/478969 , vital:78245
- Description: With increasing urbanisation and corresponding environmental impacts, urban green infrastructure (UGI) and the services it provides are of high importance. However, the degree to which these spaces are beneficial and provide ecological services are influenced by the extent to which patches of UGI are connected to each other. Varying levels of connectivity may enhance or lower the resilience of the UGI and the biodiversity it houses. Although not considered as UGI, golf courses are prominent green spaces in many urban landscapes occupying vast areas of land, and therefore hold potential to aid biodiversity and facilitate species movement. However, the extent which golf courses are able to do so is a function of both the structure and availability of resources on the golf courses, as well as in the surroundings areas or landscape in which they are situated. This notion of connectivity of golf courses to their surroundings UGI (in its many forms) and landscapes has not been adequately explored in the literature as much of the present literature has addressed golf courses’ biodiversity in isolation of other UGI, or where it has been considered, only the context in which golf courses were situated has been acknowledged (i.e. urban or rural landscapes). Moreover, as golf courses occupy large areas of lands forms of UGI, they may also be able to enhance the connectivity of the landscapes in which they are situated through increasing land cover, and lowering fragmentation through connecting patches. This however, is also context specific, as seen in natural settings were golf courses would in fact fragment the landscape. This study therefore sought to assess the extent to which urban golf courses are connected to other forms of UGI in the South African context, and illustrate the importance of paying attention to connectivity in an avifaunal diversity study. It also aimed to investigate the potential of urban golf courses to foster avifaunal diversity in comparison to a reference landscape, the direct surrounding urban and residential areas. To analyse the extent to which golf courses in three South African cities were connected to the wider landscape a connectivity analysis was undertaken using GIS software. This analysis indicated that all golf courses were to some extent connected to a range of different UGI. Whilst the level of connectivity fluctuated between golf courses and cities, there was however no significant difference noted. Urban golf courses in the South African context are thus not isolated habitats but connected to other land uses and therefore potentially provide valuable resources that aid biodiversity. Despite being physically connected to surrounding UGI illustrating that both the golf courses benefit from the surrounding UGI and vice versa, at a larger landscape there was not sufficient evidence of the ability of golf courses to enhance connectivity. Although there was little evidence of golf courses’ ability to aid connectivity at the larger landscape scale, the observed extent to which golf courses were connected to their directly surrounding landscape and the high presence UGI within the larger landscape, informed the more refined investigation of avian biodiversity of golf courses in comparison to surrounding urban areas in the city of Cape Town. This biodiversity analysis indicated that there was significantly higher bird diversity on golf courses in comparison to the surrounding urban areas. However, the high level of connectivity to directly surrounding UGI that was obtained in the former part of the study proved to have no impact on the diversity noted. In contrast, the connectivity at the landscape scale, a scale addressing the broader landscape, provided valuable insight into factors determining the levels of avifaunal diversity noted. This dissertation therefore provides evidence of the biodiversity supporting function of urban golf courses and highlights the importance of landscape context in ecological assessment. These findings are a starting point for future research about the capacity of golf courses to support biodiversity in conjunction with other UGI. In the Global South context, which is complex and dynamic in nature, this information is vital, as these dynamic and changing landscapes provide opportunities to incorporate, and preserve already existing biodiversity. , Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Science, Environmental Science, 2025
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Sounds of South African animals and birds
- Subjects: Lion's roar , Laughing dove , Hippopotamus , Grey herons , Birds , Hyena , Kruger National Park , Transvaal Province (Limpopo province) , South Africa
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15253 , MOA18-13 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017412 , MOA18
- Description: The sounds of the Kruger National Park wildlife including the lion's roar, doves, herons and hyena , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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The evolution of African music and its function in the present day
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: African Music Society , International Library of African Music , Evolution , African music , Styles , Beauty , Instruments , Perishable material , Lithophones , Nigeria , Stones , Bushman paintings , Chopi , Limpopo , Birds , Imitation , Onomatopaeia , Zimbabwe , Bird calls , Long eared owl , Temple , Nile , Egyptian civilization , Sub-Suharan Africa , Stringed instrument , Indonesian theory , Langauge , Mission , Catholic music , Arabs , Swahili , Portuguese , Brazilian , Guitar , Father Andre Fernandes , Missionary , Dove , Nile Basin Theory , Egypt , Slaves , Musicians , Harps , Lyres , Loots , North East , Sub-Saharan Africa , String , Tanganyika , Sea farers , Xylophone , Congo , Participation , Dance music , Repetitive , Rhythmic , Tradition , Relocation , Intergration , Continuity , English music , Afrikaans music , Sarie Marie , Change , Static , Classics , Popular music , Greensleeves , A Bicycle made for Two , Latin singing , Latin chant , Chant , British Empire , Negro Spiritual , Folk songs , Anti-slavery movements , David Livingstone , Musical migrtatiatioh , Hand piano , Zambezi Valley , Nyasaland , Nguni , Kampala , Bands , Chitimkhulu , Bemba , Blindness , Court band , Blinded musician , South Africa , Choral , Forests , Drums , Xylophones , Fighting song , Agriculture , Semi-nomadic , Politicians , Hastings Banda , Fooding and drinking party , European hymns , Ghana , Degree , Complexity , Simplicity , Poly-rhythms , Rural areas , Churches , Competitions , Eisteddfodd , Inferiority , Johannesburg , Drama , King Kong , Jazz importations , Voice , Skill , Instrument makers , Commercialisation , Gramophone , Radio , Creolisation , Modern Jazz , Louisiana , French , Spanish , Genius , Town songs , Country songs , Social climbers , Patriotism , Kwela , Penny-whistle , America , Politics , Pitch , Archive , BP Southern Africa , Evangelists , Indoor music , Mine , Continuation , Notation , Migration , Study of Man in Africa , Mr. Michael Lane
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Lecture , Music
- Identifier: vital:15104 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008532 , Reel number: BC160
- Description: Lecture by Hugh Tracey given for the Institute for the Study of Man in Africa (ISMA) , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The lost valley
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
- Subjects: Valley , High noon , River Zambezi , Tonga , Valley Tonga , Victoria Falls , Kariba , The Trap , Hills , Cliffs , Escarpments , Insects , Bees , Vegetation , Baobabs , Elephants , Birds , Rooster , Chief Chipepo , Huts , Field , Greeting , Salutation , Mill stones , Grinding song , Housewife , Meals , Pestle and Mortar , David Livingstone , Chipepo , Drinking , Drums , Aeroplanes , Widows , Dam , High god , Ancestors , Rain , Crops , Rain shrine , Clapping for rain , Holy man , Singing , Flood , Construction , Summer , Lilac light , Millet , Trees , Corn , Animals , Hippo , Corn planting song , Xylophone , Italian contractors , Pumpkin , Ash , Stools , Pipe , Clay pot , Hubble Bubble Pipe , Party , Dancing , Fire , Laughing , Story-telling , Make-believe , Wandering musician , Moon , Horns , Funeral , Death , New-born , Chatter , Pounding , Relocation , Flute , Lament , Pounding song , Doves , Deza mbira , Drinking song , Anrosi Kaniamba , Jerevani Siakuteka , Muzimu wandiyanda moyo , Kela menda , Rain song , Tuwamba , Hammering , Gogogo , Kingaridi , Shamutanda , Muntundu , Mujinji , Pininga , Pati , Ngoma , Ngoma for a Dead Person , Lala , Newspaper reporter , Airman
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15103 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008531 , Reel number: BC140
- Description: A feature programme for broadcasting on the Batonga people of the Zambesi Valley which was submerged beneath the waters of the Kariba Dam, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Many Sides of African Music No. 3
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
- Subjects: Malimba , Likembe , Hand piano , Lifestyle , Animals , Birds , Dreams , Stories , Crow , Uganda , Budongo , Round , Rondo , Squirrel , Lyre , 8-stringed bowed lyre , Turkey buzzard , Ground horn bill , Hooting , Happy , Sad , Copper belt , Luvale , Northern Rhodesia , Lusaka , Jean School , School bell , Leper , Luapula , Sinister , Sprite , Bad luck , Owl , Akatyetye , Bemba , Pall bearers , Dance song , Southern Rhodesia , Possession , Nyasa , Tumbuka , Paradise widow bird , Cat , Call and response , Leopard , Lion , Elephant , Dove , Wife , Coo-ing , Lullaby , Finches , Kutawale , Kokolelekeni , Katchachas dance , Leper settlements , Kawanbwa , Zomba dance , Sakabula , Shangaan
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15071 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008499 , Reel number: BC051
- Description: The Many Sides of African Music No. 3 of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey and Peggy Tracey on their travels in search of African music, broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Sound of Africa: A documentary broadcast for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: Drum , Silence , Birds , Frogs , Lioness , Lion , Wild animals , Languages , Bemba , Zambia , Karanga , Zimbabwe , Northern Rhodesia , Southern Rhodesia , Mpondo , Eastern Cape , South Africa , Tonga , Zambezi , Quill , Cattle calling , Malimba , Hand piano , Tanganyika , Chief , Banana , Lake Victoria , Pipes , Flutes , Lakes , Choral singing , Forests , Drums , Xylophones , Guitars , Jazz , Penny whistles , Town , Hymn , Carol , Royal flautist , Soga , Mountains of the Moon , Grass plains , Choruses , Men , Ululation , Mafikeng , Tswana , Bush , Trees , Bows , Plucking , Twanging , Mouth-bow , Stick-bow , Zulu , Love song , Board Zither , Bangwe , Nyasaland , Harp , Uganda , Kenya , Kipsigi , Guitar , Luba , Congo River , Message drum , Portuguese , Seagulls , Chopi , Chepkong , Jimmy Rodgers
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15092 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008520 , Reel number: BC106, BC107, BC108, BC109
- Description: Documentary Broadcast for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey on his travels in search of African music , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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