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Exploring the impacts of protected area tourism on local communities using a resilience approach	263	18	0	281
Travel motivations of tourists visiting Kruger National Park	219	19	2	240
The classification, mapping and description of the vegetation of the Rooipoort Nature Reserve, Northern Cape, South Africa	212	22	1	235
A review of fire management practices in African savanna-protected areas	152	45	14	211
The feasibility of national parks in South Africa endorsing a community development agenda: The case of Mokala National Park and two neighbouring rural communities	178	11	3	192
The recent fire history of the Table Mountain National Park and implications for fire management	157	22	2	181
The status of rhinoceroses in South African National Parks	135	26	1	162
Ethical considerations for field research on fishes	133	23	3	159
Plant communities of the uMlalazi Nature Reserve and their contribution to conservation in KwaZulu-Natal	122	32	3	157
Classification and mapping of the composition and structure of dry woodland and savanna in the eastern Okavango Delta	145	7	4	156
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa: Uniting economic development with ecological design - A history, 1960s to 1984	123	31	1	155
Guidelines for phytosociological classifications and descriptions of vegetation in southern Africa	124	13	2	139
Tourism and conservation in Madagascar: The importance of Andasibe National Park	116	22	1	139
Applying economic guidelines for responsible tourism in a World Heritage Site	121	11	6	138
The Grassland vegetation of Platberg, eastern Free State, South Africa	122	13	1	136
Grassland communities of urban open spaces in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa	112	18	1	131
Sandstone geomorphology of the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa, in a global context	98	27	2	127
Vegetation distribution along a granite catena, southern Kruger National Park, South Africa	95	13	18	126
Evaluating Environmental Impact Assessment report quality in South African national parks	85	33	6	124
The socio-economic impact of the Karoo National Park	109	10	4	123
The potential of frogging as an ecotourism product for South African National Parks	81	30	11	122
Alien plant species list and distribution for Camdeboo National Park, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa	100	14	2	116
Plant communities along the Eerste River, Western Cape, South Africa: Community descriptions and implications for restoration	100	13	3	116
Potential impacts of changing climate on nature-based tourism: A case study of South Africa's national parks	100	8	7	115
Major vegetation types of the Soutpansberg Conservancy and the Blouberg Nature Reserve, South Africa	95	14	3	112
Elephant population growth in Kruger National Park, South Africa, under a landscape management approach	88	17	2	107
Springbok behaviour as affected by environmental conditions in the Kalahari	87	14	2	103
Landscapes in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa	85	15	2	102
The alien invasive land snail Theba pisana in the West Coast National Park: is there cause for concern?	88	8	3	99
Climate and vegetation in a semi-arid savanna: Development of a climate-vegetation response model linking plant metabolic performance to climate and the effects on forage availability for large herbivores	89	8	2	99
A classification and description of the shrubland vegetation on Platberg, Eastern Free State, South Africa	84	12	1	97
The determinants of visitor length of stay at the Kruger National Park	88	9	0	97
The vegetation and floristics of the Letaba exclosures, Kruger National Park, South Africa	85	6	5	96
Conservation of fishes in the Elands River, Mpumalanga, South Africa: Past, present and future	78	16	1	95
Farmer-African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) relations in the eastern Kalahari region of Botswana	78	13	2	93
A preliminary investigation of exposure to rabies virus in selected wildlife in the Kruger National Park, South Africa	63	15	15	93
Conservation and monitoring of invertebrates in terrestrial protected areas	69	16	3	88
Vegetation structure and spatial heterogeneity in the Granite Supersite, Kruger National Park	64	10	14	88
Biotic and abiotic connections on a granitic catena: Framework for multidisciplinary research	63	11	13	87
A checklist of the plants of the forests and grasslands in the Weza district, southern KwaZulu-Natal and a review of their status in the Red Data List	63	18	5	86
A list of spider species found in the Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape province, South Africa	56	28	2	86
Plant community structure and possible vegetation changes after drought on a granite catena in the Kruger National Park, South Africa	58	14	13	85
South African National Survey of Arachnida: A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve, Limpopo province, South Africa	43	40	1	84
Analysis of three decades of land cover changes in the Maputaland Coastal Plain, South Africa	60	16	8	84
Management guidelines for the conservation of heritage resources in Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga	39	29	14	82
Fish communities of the Wilderness Lakes System in the southern Cape, South Africa	71	6	3	80
Why travel motivation and socio-demographics matter in managing a national park	63	15	1	79
Vachellia erioloba dynamics over 38 years in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa	70	4	5	79
Identification of hydropedological flowpaths in Stevenson-Hamilton catena from soil morphological, chemical and hydraulic properties	56	10	13	79
Reflecting on research produced after more than 60 years of exclosures in the Kruger National Park	73	1	4	78
The vegetation and floristics of the Nkhuhlu exclosures, Kruger National Park	64	10	2	76
Demographics of Eucalyptus grandis and implications for invasion	53	21	2	76
Use of a rapid roadside survey to detect potentially invasive plant species along the Garden Route, South Africa	63	8	5	76
The operational competitiveness of public protected areas managed by Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife	48	15	11	74
Variation in mammal diversity and habitat affect heterogeneity and processes of a granite catena	56	5	13	74
Which age group spends the most in a national park?	68	5	0	73
Fungal community structure variability between the root rhizosphere and endosphere in a granite catena system in Kruger National Park, South Africa	42	17	14	73
Elephant movement patterns in relation to human inhabitants in and around the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park	55	13	4	72
Protected area entrance fees in Tanzania: The search for competitiveness and value for money	52	13	7	72
Assessment of the main factors impacting community members' attitudes towards tourism and protected areas in six southern African countries	47	22	2	71
Viewshed and sense of place as conservation features: A case study and research agenda for South Africa's national parks	49	20	1	70
Community-based ecotourism project in communities adjacent to the Addo Elephant National Park: Will households pay for it?	61	7	2	70
A checklist of the reptiles and amphibians found in protected areas along the South African Wild Coast, with notes on conservation implications	56	9	3	68
Wire netting reduces African elephant (Loxodonta africana) impact to selected trees in South Africa	62	4	2	68
Classification and mapping of the woody vegetation of Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe	26	38	3	67
First report of various Fusarium species from the Stevenson-Hamilton Supersite granite catena system in the Kruger National Park, South Africa	45	22	0	67
Soil water retention curves for the major soil types of the Kruger National Park	43	22	0	65
First record of the invasive Australian redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868) in the Crocodile River, Kruger National Park, South Africa	51	12	2	65
Reproductive biology of the sausage tree (Kigelia africana) in Kruger National Park, South Africa	50	12	3	65
Protecting and preserving South African aeolianite surfaces from graffiti	49	1	15	65
A strategic framework for biodiversity monitoring in South African National Parks	51	12	1	64
Conserving a geographically isolated Charaxes butterfly in response to habitat fragmentation and invasive alien plants	56	5	3	64
The reproductive success of black rhinoceroses in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	37	26	1	64
Long-term variability in vegetation productivity in relation to rainfall, herbivory and fire in Tswalu Kalahari Reserve	46	17	1	64
Groundwater-surface water interactions in an ephemeral savanna catchment, Kruger National Park	42	6	14	62
Measurement of concentrations of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in free-ranging African elephants within the Kruger National ParK	47	12	2	61
Assessment of traditional ecological knowledge and beliefs in the utilisation of important plant species: The case of Buhanga sacred forest, Rwanda	25	34	2	61
Effects of fire frequency on savanna butterfly diversity and composition: A preliminary study	47	6	8	61
Plant community diversity in the Chobe Enclave, Botswana: Insights for functional habitat heterogeneity for herbivores	50	4	7	61
Vegetation of the Hantam-Tanqua-Roggeveld subregion, South Africa part 2: succulent karoo biome related vegetation	50	8	2	60
Alien species in South Africa's national parks	46	14	0	60
Vegetation of the eastern communal conservancies in Namibia: I. Phytosociological descriptions	44	16	0	60
No-take estuarine-protected areas: The missing armour for the conservation of fishes	46	6	7	59
Analysis of the vegetation of the sandstone ridges (Ib land type) of the north-eastern parts of the Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa	46	8	4	58
Will woody plant encroachment impact the visitor experience and economy of conservation areas?	43	11	4	58
Invasive alien freshwater snail species in the Kruger National Park, South Africa	43	11	3	57
Vegetation description of the Doornhoek section of the Mountain Zebra National Park (MZNP), South Africa	50	3	4	57
The socio-economic impact of Africa's oldest marine park	49	8	0	57
The development of a tourism research framework by South African National Parks to inform management	49	8	0	57
Seasonal variation in species richness and abundance of waterbirds in Mole National Park, Ghana: Implication for conservation and ecotourism	46	9	2	57
Woody cover mapping in the savanna ecosystem of the Kruger National Park using Sentinel-1 C-Band time series data	45	9	3	57
History, rationale, and lessons learned: Thresholds of potential concern in Kruger National Park river adaptive management	47	9	0	56
Movement and Home Range of Nile Crocodiles in Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa	45	7	4	56
Nest sites selection by sympatric cavity-nesting birds in miombo woodlands	47	7	1	55
An ecological study of the plant communities in the proposed Highveld National Park, in the peri-urban area of Potchefstroom, South Africa	43	11	0	54
Foraging range and habitat use by Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres from the Msikaba colony, Eastern Cape province, South Africa	35	10	8	53
The vegetation and wildlife habitats of the Savuti-Mababe-Linyanti ecosystem, northern Botswana	31	20	2	53
Differential herbivore occupancy of fire-manipulated savannas in the Satara region of the Kruger National Park, South Africa	42	0	11	53
The rhizobiome of herbaceous plants in Clovelly and Sterkspruit soils of the Stevenson-Hamilton supersite	31	8	14	53
Plant diversity and flowering displays on old fields in the arid Namaqua National Park, South Africa	46	5	1	52

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