Environmental modelling of wetland distribution in the Western Cape, South Africa: A climate change perspective
| dc.contributor.advisor | Rivers-Moore, Nicholas A. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Grenfell, Michael | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mohanlal, Shanice | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-10T12:13:04Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-06T08:03:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-02-10T12:13:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-06T08:03:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description | >Magister Scientiae - MSc | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Wetlands have been recognised as one of the most intrinsically valuable and threatened ecosystems in the world. Global estimates indicate that wetlands are being lost or transformed at a rapid rate, exacerbated by projected climate change impacts. This has prompted the need to improve wetland mapping to address the conservation and management of these ecosystems effectively. However, this remains a challenge. Current mapping approaches estimates of wetland extent vastly underestimate the true extent. Ancillary data has been acknowledged to improve the accuracy of mapping the distribution of wetlands. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/17583 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Logistic regression | en_US |
| dc.subject | Predictive modelling | en_US |
| dc.subject | Wetland mapping | en_US |
| dc.subject | Climate change | en_US |
| dc.subject | Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.title | Environmental modelling of wetland distribution in the Western Cape, South Africa: A climate change perspective | en_US |