EVIDENCE FOR LAND DEGRADATION FROM AEOLIAN SEDIMENT IN THE WEST-CENTRAL FREE STATE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 601-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Holmes ◽  
D. S. G. Thomas ◽  
M. D. Bateman ◽  
G. F. S. Wiggs ◽  
M. Rabumbulu
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Land Degradation ◽  
Free State ◽  
The West ◽  
Free State Province ◽  
West Central ◽  
Aeolian Sediment

scholarly journals Distribution of endemic and introduced tick species in Free State Province, South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan G. Horak ◽  
Adri J. Jordaan ◽  
Pierre J. Nel ◽  
Joseph Van Heerden ◽  
Heloise Heyne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
First Record ◽  
Rhipicephalus Appendiculatus ◽  
Free State ◽  
The West ◽  
Free State Province ◽  
Ornithodoros Savignyi ◽  
The North ◽  
Numida Meleagris ◽  
Domestic Livestock

The distributions of endemic tick vector species as well as the presence of species not endemic to Free State Province, South Africa, were determined during surveys or opportunistic collections from livestock, wildlife and vegetation. Amongst endemic ticks, the presence of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus was confirmed in the north of the province, whilst Rhipicephalus decoloratus was collected at 31 localities mostly in the centre and east, and Ixodes rubicundus at 11 localities in the south, south-west and centre of the province. Amongst the non-endemic species adult Amblyomma hebraeum were collected from white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) on four privately owned farms, whilst the adults of Rhipicephalus microplus were collected from cattle and a larva from vegetation at four localities in the east of the province. The collection of Rhipicephalus evertsi mimeticus from a sheep in the west of the province is the second record of its presence in the Free State, whereas the presence of Haemaphysalis silacea on helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) and vegetation in the centre of the province represents a first record for this species in the Free State. The first collection of the argasid tick, Ornithodoros savignyi, in the Free State was made from a domestic cow and from soil in the west of the province. The localities at which the ticks were collected have been plotted and the ticks’ role in the transmission or cause of disease in domestic livestock and wildlife is discussed.

scholarly journals Evaluation of an inverse distance weighting method for patching daily and dekadal rainfall over the Free State Province, South Africa

Water SA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mokhele Edmond Moeletsi ◽  
Zakhele Phumlani Shabalala ◽  
Gert De Nysschen ◽  
Sue Walker
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Inverse Distance Weighting ◽  
Free State ◽  
Weighting Method ◽  
Free State Province ◽  
Distance Weighting ◽  
Inverse Distance

First hominine remains from a ∼1.0 million year old bone bed at Cornelia-Uitzoek, Free State Province, South Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. Brink ◽  
Andy I.R. Herries ◽  
Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi ◽  
John A.J. Gowlett ◽  
C. Britt Bousman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Free State ◽  
Free State Province
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