Documents

The SANBI document library contains documents located in four places:

  • Documents to download from this website. These are mostly pdfs.
  • Documents to be found on other websites which relate to biodiversity. SANBI cannot guarantee the continued availability of these documents.
  • Publication by SANBI staff which we may not display on our website for copyright reasons, but which may be obtained by emailing the staff member concerned.
  • Documents which are not accessible online but we will provide some advice on how to access

Kindly respect the copyright specified for each document.

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    SANBI Biodiversity Series 19: Ensuring a future for SA frogs
    SANBI Biodiversity Series 19: Ensuring a future for South Africa's frogs: a strategy for conservation research.
    SANBI biodiversity series
    Measey G.J.
    Published 2011 by SANBI
    © SANBI
    application/pdf icon application/pdf 4.45 MB
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    Media release for VEGMAP 2006 book
    Media release for VEGMAP book, May 2007.
    General
    SANBI
    Huntley B J
    Published 2007 by SANBI
    © SANBI
    application/pdf icon application/pdf 84.56 KB
  • How to complete a CREW form
    The document explains how the various CREW forms need to be completed, information required and reason for this information capture.
    (Source: SANBI)
    Resources
    SANBI
    Published 2009 by sANBI
    © SANBI
    application/msword icon application/msword 37.5 KB
  • CREW Species Form
    Form for CREW volunteers to complete with information about special species found.
    (Source: SANBI)
    Resources
    SANBI
    Published 2009 by SANBI
    © SANBI
    application/vnd.ms-excel icon application/vnd.ms-excel 172 KB
  • CREW Site form
    Form for CREW volunteers to complete about the site they visited
    (Source: SANBI)
    Resources
    SANBI
    Published 2009 by SANBI
    © SANBI
    application/vnd.ms-excel icon application/vnd.ms-excel 154 KB
  • CREW observation form
    Observation form for volunteers to complete when on a CREW fieldtrip
    (Source: SANBI)
    General
    SANBI
    Published 2009 by SANBI
    © SANBI
    application/msword icon application/msword 28 KB
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    Herbivore-driven land degradation: consequences for plant diversity and soil in arid subtropical thicket in southeastern Africa.
    Publication arising from pilot study into the impacts of land degradation on biodiversity.
    (Source: Land Degradation & Development. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2181)
    Journal articles
    Rutherford M.C., Powrie, L. W., Husted, L. B.
    Published 2012 by land degradation & development
    © John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
  • From Whitehill to Worcester
    The history of the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden. Where it started, why it moved and what happened to the land at Whitehill after the Garden moved to Worcester.
    (Source: Veld & Flora Vol 92 (1) March)
    Journal articles
    Willis C. Smith G., Oliver I.
    Viljoen D
    Published 2006 by Botanical Society
    © Botanical Society of South Afica
    application/pdf icon application/pdf 3.87 MB
  • SANBI training commodity List
    List of training services required by SANBI
    SANBI corporate documents
    SANBI
    Published 2012 by SANBI
    © SANBI
    application/vnd.ms-excel icon application/vnd.ms-excel 81.5 KB
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    Nama-karoo veld types revisited: a numerical analysis of original Acocks’ field data
    This paper assesses Acocks’ veld types against a reclassification of his own data for the Nama-karoo using a suite of multivariate techniques.
    (Source: South African Journal of Botany 2003, 69: 1–10)
    Journal articles
    Rutherford Michael C., Powrie Leslie W., Mucina Laco
    Published 2003 by South African Journal of Botany
    © SAJB
    application/pdf icon application/pdf 197.58 KB