Woody vegetation of a mosaic of protected areas© adjacent to the Kruger National Park, South Africa

Uppsala

2007

S. 807-814

2 Abb., 3 Tab., 48 Lit. Ang.

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The supervised classification using the theme-buffer signatures yielded a satisfactory overall accuracy (κ = 0.75; r2 = 0.80; p = 0.05) using a test sample compiled by reserve wardens throughout the study area. The derived vegetation map was smoothed using a majority filter and after on-screen digitizing a small gabbro intrusion, it was accepted as the best representation of the woody vegetation of the study area at a scale of 1:250 000. Seven plant communities were identified in the current study and satisfactorily accommodated within various topographical units of four extrapolated Landscapes of the Kruger National Park.