4.36 - 4.45 HERBIVORE DENSITY - SOURCE DATA: HOANIB RIVER |
CATCHMENT ELEPHANT DATA |
Data ID |
Description: |
Point locations of sightings of elephants in the Hoanib River between 1981 and 2000 |
Chapter: |
4 Living Resources |
File name: |
Hoanib river catchment elephant data.txt |
File type: |
Other |
Geographical area: |
Hoanib River |
Keywords: |
elephant |
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distribution |
Notes on data, analysis and |
Compiled by the Hoanib River Catchment project of DRFN |
compilation: |
Data quality and organisation |
Positional Accuracy: |
Co-ordinates GPS'd or derived from 1:250,000 map |
Source/Distribution |
Data Source: |
Hoanib River Catchment Project, DRFN |
Contact: |
DRFN |
Online/Offline Address: |
Tel: 229855 |
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Email: drfn@iwwn.com.na |
Distribution notes: |
Unrestricted |
4.36 - 4.45 HERBIVORE DENSITY - SOURCE DATA: MET AERIAL CENSUS 1998 |
SAMPLING BLOCKS |
Data ID |
Description: |
Sampling blocks used for Ministry of Environment and Tourism aerial censuses in 1998 |
Chapter: |
4 Living Resources |
File name: |
Ministry of Environment and Tourism aerial census blocks 1998 |
File type: |
Arcview shapefile |
Geographical area: |
Namibia |
Keywords: |
1998 |
|
aerial census |
|
MET |
|
sampling blocks |
Notes on data, analysis and |
78 sampling blocks used by Ministry of Environment and Tourism for aerial censuses in 1998, covering much of the |
compilation: |
northern half of the country. Areas covered excluded parts of Kunene region, Brandberg, and parts of Kavango, |
|
Omaheke and
Otjozondjupa regions. |
Data quality and organisation |
Positional Accuracy: |
Vector/Raster: |
Vector |
Spatial reference |
Projection: |
Geographic |
Fields |
Field name |
Field description |
BLOCK_ID |
Reference ID for each block |
INTENSITY |
Intensity at which the block was sampled (i.e. % of block covered) |
INTENSITY_ |
Intensity as an integer |
TRANSECT_D |
Distance between transects, in km |
Source/Distribution |
Data Source: |
DSSS at Ministry of Environment and Tourism. |
Contact: |
Holger Kolberg |
Online/Offline Address: |
Directorate of Specialist Support Services |
|
Ministry of Environment and Tourism |
|
Windhoek |
Distribution notes: |
Unrestricted |
4.36 - 4.45 HERBIVORE DENSITY - SOURCE DATA: MET AERIAL CENSUS 2000 |
SAMPLING BLOCKS |
Data ID |
Description: |
Sampling blocks used for Ministry of Environment and Tourism aerial censuses in 2000 |
Chapter: |
4 Living Resources |
File name: |
Ministry of Environment and Tourism aerial census blocks 2000 |
File type: |
Arcview shapefile |
Geographical area: |
Namibia |
Keywords: |
2000 |
|
aerial census |
|
sampling blocks |
Notes on data, analysis and |
43 sampling blocks used by Ministry of Environment and Tourism for aerial censuses in 1998, covering Sperrgebiet, |
compilation: |
Namib Naukluft Park, Skeleton Coast Park, Etosha, Kaudum, Nyae Nyae and some other parts of Kunene and |
|
Kavango/Otjozondjupa regions. |
Data quality and organisation |
Positional Accuracy: |
Vector/Raster: |
Vector |
Spatial reference |
Projection: |
Geographic |
Fields |
Field name |
Field description |
BLOCK_ID |
Reference ID for each block |
INTENSITY |
Intensity at which the block was sampled (I.e. % of block covered) |
INTENSITY_ |
Intensity as an integer |
Source/Distribution |
Data Source: |
DSSS at Ministry of Environment and Tourism. |
Contact: |
Holger Kolberg |
Online/Offline Address: |
Directorate of Specialist Support Services |
|
Ministry of Environment and Tourism |
|
Windhoek |
Distribution notes: |
Unrestricted |
4.36 - 4.45 HERBIVORE DENSITY - SOURCE DATA: MET AERIAL CENSUS DATA |
Data ID |
Description: |
Aerial census data for 1995, 1998 and 2000 |
Chapter: |
4 Living Resources |
File name: |
MET aerial census data.mdb |
File type: |
Other |
Geographical area: |
Namibia |
Keywords: |
herbivore |
|
aerial census |
|
MET |
|
1998 |
|
2000 |
Notes on data, analysis and |
DSSS at Ministry of Environment and Tourism. Access database compiled from original text files provided by DSSS, |
compilation: |
Ministry of Environment and Tourism. The queries 'sightings 1998' and 'sightings 2000 2 final' extract data from tables |
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all_data98 and all_data00, respectively, in format required for analysis i.e. Species, long, lat, year and no of animals |
|
represented by each sighting (after taking account of sampling intensity). Additional data are in tables called Etosha_95, |
|
Hunsberg_98, Kunene_95 and Naukluft_98. |
Data quality and organisation |
Positional Accuracy: |
Points GPS'd during aerial census. |
Vector/Raster: |
Raster |
Fields |
Field name |
Field description |
Source/Distribution |
Data Source: |
Ministry of Environment and Tourism |
Contact: |
Holger Kolberg |
Online/Offline Address: |
Directorate of Specialist Support Services |
|
Ministry of Environment and Tourism |
|
Windhoek |
Distribution notes: |
Unrestricted |
4.36 - 4.45 HERBIVORE DENSITY - SOURCE DATA: MET FARM GAME CENSUS |
DATA |
Data ID |
Description: |
Farm game census data for 1998 |
Chapter: |
4 Living Resources |
File name: |
MET farm game census data |
File type: |
Dbase file |
Geographical area: |
Namibia |
Keywords: |
1998 |
|
MET |
|
abundance |
|
herbivore |
|
burchell's zebra |
|
diversity |
|
elephant |
|
gemsbok |
|
giraffe |
|
hartebeest |
|
kudu |
|
mountain zebra |
|
springbok |
|
carnivore |
Notes on data, analysis and |
DSSS at Ministry of Environment and Tourism. Farm by farm data on estimated herbivore and carnivore numbers, |
compilation: |
compiled by Ministry of Environment and Tourism in 1998 from questionnaires supplied to all farmers. |
Source/Distribution |
Data Source: |
Ministry of Environment and Tourism |
Contact: |
Holger Kolberg |
Online/Offline Address: |
Directorate of Specialist Support Services |
|
Ministry of Environment and Tourism |
|
Windhoek |
Distribution notes: |
Unrestricted |