Aerial spray pattern assessments with a Piper Pawnee PA 25-2353 aircraft

Thesis (MSc) -- University of Stellenbosch, 1974.Full text to be digitised and attached to bibliographic record

Eugène Nielen Marais Collection

1 container; 10.5 cmThis collection includes letters from Marais to his son

Sur les propriétés triboélectriques de divers tissus en fibres synthétiques

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The potential of palynology in fossil bat-dung from Arnhem Cave, Namibia

Modern and fossil pollen grains extracted from bat guano in Arnhem Cave are evaluated for their potential as a palynological archive and the possible influence of insectivorous bat behaviour on the pollen contents of their dung. Four out of seven fossil guano samples from this cave were productive. The inconsistent preservation of pollen in bat guano layers may be due to deterioration through various mechanisms, including combustion. The samples that did contain pollen support previous conclusions, derived from pollen in spring deposits, about Holocene palaeoenvironmental changes in central Namibia. Two samples of modern bat dung yielded pollen spectra with a greater proportion of woody plant pollen than grass pollen in comparison with the fossil guano material, indicating denser tree cover than in the past, which may be due to the possible effect of modern farming practices. Differences in the pollen composition in dung of different bat species foraging in a relatively homogenous African savanna suggest that the behaviour of likely bat populations should be accounted for when using bat guano as a palynology source for environmental reconstruction

“Of Sheep and Men”: Earliest Direct Evidence of Caprine Domestication in Southern Africa at Leopard Cave (Erongo, Namibia)

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