Wessels, Konrad JMathieu, Renaud SAErasmus, BFNAsner, GPSmit, IPJVan Aardt, JANMain, Russell SFisher, J2011-09-232011-09-232011-04Wessels, K.J., Mathieu, R.S.A., Erasmus, B.F.N. et al. 2011. Impact of communal land use and conservation on woody vegetation structure in the Lowveld savannas of South Africa – Lidar results. 34th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of Environment. Sydney, Australia, 10-15 April 2011http://hdl.handle.net/10204/516834th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of Environment. Sydney, Australia, 10-15 April 2011People in the rural, communal areas of South Africa rely on live fuel wood for more than 90% of their energy requirements. Using airborne lidar from the Carnegie Airborne Observatory (CAO) the authors compared tree canopy cover and height distributions between communal landscapes with heavy utilization to fully protected public and private reserves in the Lowveld of South Africa. Rangelands and fields in most of the communal sites had more vegetation cover in the 5-7m and >7m classes than most of the conservation sites, presumably due to the absence of elephants in communal rangelands. On granite substrates there was a 50% reduction in woody cover below 5m in communal rangelands. These results in conjunction with related studies, suggest that communal land use have a higher impact on the woody cover below 5m than both elephants and fire.enEnvironmental remote sensingCommunal land usageSouth African LowveldLowveld savannasCarnegie Airborne ObservatoryLidarFuel woodWoody vegetation structuresSavannasConference PresentationWessels, K. J., Mathieu, R. S., Erasmus, B., Asner, G., Smit, I., Van Aardt, J., ... Fisher, J. (2011). Impact of communal land use and conservation on woody vegetation structure in the Lowveld savannas of South Africa – Lidar results. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5168Wessels, Konrad J, Renaud SA Mathieu, BFN Erasmus, GP Asner, IPJ Smit, JAN Van Aardt, Russel S Main, and J Fisher. "Impact of communal land use and conservation on woody vegetation structure in the Lowveld savannas of South Africa – Lidar results." (2011): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5168Wessels KJ, Mathieu RS, Erasmus B, Asner G, Smit I, Van Aardt J, et al, Impact of communal land use and conservation on woody vegetation structure in the Lowveld savannas of South Africa – Lidar results; 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5168 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Wessels, Konrad J AU - Mathieu, Renaud SA AU - Erasmus, BFN AU - Asner, GP AU - Smit, IPJ AU - Van Aardt, JAN AU - Main, Russel S AU - Fisher, J AB - People in the rural, communal areas of South Africa rely on live fuel wood for more than 90% of their energy requirements. Using airborne lidar from the Carnegie Airborne Observatory (CAO) the authors compared tree canopy cover and height distributions between communal landscapes with heavy utilization to fully protected public and private reserves in the Lowveld of South Africa. Rangelands and fields in most of the communal sites had more vegetation cover in the 5-7m and >7m classes than most of the conservation sites, presumably due to the absence of elephants in communal rangelands. On granite substrates there was a 50% reduction in woody cover below 5m in communal rangelands. These results in conjunction with related studies, suggest that communal land use have a higher impact on the woody cover below 5m than both elephants and fire. DA - 2011-04 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Environmental remote sensing KW - Communal land usage KW - South African Lowveld KW - Lowveld savannas KW - Carnegie Airborne Observatory KW - Lidar KW - Fuel wood KW - Woody vegetation structures KW - Savannas LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2011 T1 - Impact of communal land use and conservation on woody vegetation structure in the Lowveld savannas of South Africa – Lidar results TI - Impact of communal land use and conservation on woody vegetation structure in the Lowveld savannas of South Africa – Lidar results UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5168 ER -