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Gregory P. AsnerASU Center for Global Discovery and Conservation ScienceVerified email at asu.edu
Renaud MathieuSenior Scientist, International Rice Research InstituteVerified email at irri.org
C.C. GrantRhodes universityVerified email at ru.ac.za
Konrad WesselsGeorge Mason University, Geography and GeoInformation ScienceVerified email at gmu.edu
Jan van AardtProfessor, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, RITVerified email at cis.rit.edu
C C SchmulliusUniversity Jena, Department for Earth ObservationVerified email at uni-jena.de
Mike PeelARC-API Rangeland EcologyVerified email at arc.agric.za
Shaun R LevickCSIROVerified email at csiro.au
Dr Laven NaidooSenior Researcher at Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO), JohannesburgVerified email at gcro.ac.za
Moses Azong ChoProfessor, University of Pretoria and Chief scientist and Research Group Leader, PrecisionVerified email at csir.co.za
Russell MainScion ResearchVerified email at scionresearch.com
Brian W. van WilgenProfessor, Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, South AfricaVerified email at sun.ac.za
Abel RamoeloDirector and Associate Professor for the Centre of Environmental Studies, University of PretoriaVerified email at up.ac.za
Sally ArchibaldProfessor, School of Animal Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of theVerified email at wits.ac.za
William BondProfessor, Biological Sciences, University of Cape TownVerified email at uct.ac.za
Gareth P. HempsonUniversity of GlasgowVerified email at glasgow.ac.uk
Nicholas VaughnCenter for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Arizona State UniversityVerified email at asu.edu
Gregory KikerProfessor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of FloridaVerified email at ufl.edu
Sam FerreiraLarge Mammal Ecologist, SANParks, South AfricaVerified email at sanparks.org
Herbert PrinsProfessor Emeritus of Resource Ecology, Wageningen University (the Netherlands)Verified email at wur.nl

Izak Smit

South African National Parks

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Conservation Management Protected Areas Ecology Savannas Remote Sensing


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Mapping tree species composition in South African savannas using an integrated airborne spectral and LiDAR system MA Cho, R Mathieu, GP Asner, L Naidoo, JAN Van Aardt, A Ramoelo, ... Remote Sensing of Environment 125, 214-226, 2012	288	2012
Do artificial waterholes influence the way herbivores use the landscape? Herbivore distribution patterns around rivers and artificial surface water sources in a large African … IPJ Smit, CC Grant, BJ Devereux Biological Conservation 136 (1), 85-99, 2007	285	2007
Ecology of grazing lawns in Africa GP Hempson, S Archibald, WJ Bond, RP Ellis, CC Grant, FJ Kruger, ... Biological Reviews 90 (3), 979-994, 2015	230	2015
Effects of fire on woody vegetation structure in African savanna IPJ Smit, GP Asner, N Govender, T Kennedy-Bowdoin, DE Knapp, ... Ecological Applications 20 (7), 1865-1875, 2010	195	2010
Ecosystem‐scale effects of megafauna in African savannas GP Asner, N Vaughn, IPJ Smit, S Levick Ecography 39 (2), 240-252, 2016	132	2016
Sustainability of protected areas: Vulnerabilities and opportunities as revealed by COVID-19 in a national park management agency MKS Smith, IPJ Smit, LK Swemmer, MM Mokhatla, S Freitag, DJ Roux, ... Biological Conservation 255, 108985, 2021	121	2021
Predicting the effects of woody encroachment on mammal communities, grazing biomass and fire frequency in African savannas IPJ Smit, HHT Prins PloS one 10 (9), e0137857, 2015	109	2015
An examination of the potential efficacy of high‐intensity fires for reversing woody encroachment in savannas IPJ Smit, GP Asner, N Govender, NR Vaughn, BW van Wilgen Journal of Applied Ecology 53 (5), 1623-1633, 2016	103	2016
Unsustainable fuelwood extraction from South African savannas KJ Wessels, MS Colgan, BFN Erasmus, GP Asner, WC Twine, R Mathieu, ... Environmental Research Letters 8 (1), 014007, 2013	93	2013
Impact of communal land use and conservation on woody vegetation structure in the Lowveld savannas of South Africa KJ Wessels, R Mathieu, BFN Erasmus, GP Asner, IPJ Smit, JAN Van Aardt, ... Forest Ecology and Management 261 (1), 19-29, 2011	93	2011
Finding common ground between adaptive management and evidence-based approaches to biodiversity conservation L Gillson, H Biggs, IPJ Smit, M Virah-Sawmy, K Rogers Trends in Ecology & Evolution 34 (1), 31-44, 2019	92	2019
The ongoing development of a pragmatic and adaptive fire management policy in a large African savanna protected area BW van Wilgen, N Govender, IPJ Smit, S MacFadyen Journal of environmental management 132, 358-368, 2014	88	2014
Disruption of rhino demography by poachers may lead to population declines in Kruger National Park, South Africa SM Ferreira, C Greaver, GA Knight, MH Knight, IPJ Smit, D Pienaar PloS one 10 (6), e0127783, 2015	84	2015
Surface moisture and vegetation cover analysis for drought monitoring in the southern Kruger National Park using Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and Landsat-8 M Urban, C Berger, TE Mudau, K Heckel, J Truckenbrodt, ... Remote Sensing 10 (9), 1482, 2018	82	2018
Toward structural assessment of semi-arid African savannahs and woodlands: The potential of multitemporal polarimetric RADARSAT-2 fine beam images R Mathieu, L Naidoo, MA Cho, B Leblon, R Main, K Wessels, GP Asner, ... Remote Sensing of Environment 138, 215-231, 2013	82	2013
Rainfall, geology and landscape position generate large‐scale spatiotemporal fire pattern heterogeneity in an African savanna IPJ Smit, CF Smit, N Govender, M Linde, S MacFadyen Ecography 36 (4), 447-459, 2013	81	2013
Landscape‐scale sexual segregation in the dry season distribution and resource utilization of elephants in Kruger National Park, South Africa IPJ Smit, CC Grant, IJ Whyte Diversity and Distributions 13 (2), 225-236, 2007	80	2007
Managing surface-water in a large semi-arid savanna park: Effects on grazer distribution patterns IPJ Smit, CC Grant Journal for Nature Conservation 17 (2), 61-71, 2009	74	2009
Retention: Predicting first-year success: Research in higher education A Lourens, IPJ Smit South African Journal of Higher Education 17 (2), 169-176, 2003	74	2003
Management intervention affects river-bound spatial dynamics of elephants IPJ Smit, SM Ferreira Biological Conservation 143 (9), 2172-2181, 2010	71	2010

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