Kruger National Park

Read more about the article Rapid increase in common myna invasion in an iconic protected area
Figure: Current distribution map with years of first sightings. Only first records for a given location are shown. Most of the earliest records (before 2001) come from urban areas outside the park, except for the very first record at Talamati and Lower Sabie camps (white dots). The majority of the records come from the most recent time interval (2016–2020), with mynas appearing to establish more frequently in the northern part of KNP.
2022 / News

Rapid increase in common myna invasion in an iconic protected area

A study by C∙I∙B Core Team Member, Llewellyn Foxcroft and colleagues examined the rates of invasion of common mynas into the Kruger National Park, and whether the birds were becoming permanent residents.

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15 August 2022
Read more about the article The potential for high intensity fires to be used to reverse bush encroachment in the Kruger National Park
Large-scale fire experiment in Kruger National Park, South Africa, used to test the effectiveness of high intensity fires for reducing the cover of woody shrubs (Photo credit: Izak Smit)
2016 / News

The potential for high intensity fires to be used to reverse bush encroachment in the Kruger National Park

Repeated high-intensity fires can reduce bush encroachment, but they also speed up the loss of tall trees. These findings came from a recent study by a team of researchers including C·I·B Core Team Member, Brian van Wilgen, and were published in the Journal of Applied Ecology.

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1 August 2016