For policy markers, these will help to develop guidelines for sustainable development. The development of plant and site rules as decision support tools. This study focuses on the regeneration dynamics of ten riparian tree species growing along the Sabie River within the Kruger National Park. Relationships between regeneration processes, hydrological disturbance and fluvial geomorphological features are explored utilizing a patch mosaic approach. Data have been used to set up rules that operate rule-based modelling techniques.
Models predict a regeneration response to altered hydrological regimes and geomorphological change.
Conveyance of meandering compound channels with marginal vegetation . Wild rice is a keystone species on the Nyl River floodplain, as it forms dense monospecific stands during inundation periods which provide habitat and feed for a wide range of wetland birds, fish and reptiles. During dry periods it is a basic food source for warthog and the endagered roan antelope. This study seeks to quantify these dependencies and their response to changes in hydrology. A conceptual modelling of the ground water systems of the Nyl River floodplain.