A Conceptual Framework for Connectivity within Savanna Landscapes: Determining the Hydrological Abiotic Template in

the Kruger National Park Supersites

• Riddell, ES.1*, Nel, J.2, Lorentz, SA.1, Cullum, C.3, Le Roux P.4, Smit, I.5

• With assistance from: Fundisi, D.1, van Niekerk, A.2, Peterson, R.5, van Zyl, G.4, Thibela, D.1

• 1 School of Agriculture, Earth & Environmental Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal

• 2 Department of Earth Sciences, University of the Western Cape

• 3 Centre for Water in the Environment, University of the Witwatersrand

• 4 Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Science, University of the Free State

• 5 Scientific Services, South African National Parks

Cullum & Rogers (2011)

Conceptual Connectivity and Dominant Fluxes at Southern Granites (Stevenson-Hamilton Supersite)

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Conceptual Connectivity and Dominant Fluxes at Southern Basalts (Nhlowa Supersite)

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Conceptual Connectivity and Dominant Fluxes at Northern Granites (Ngwenyeni Supersite)

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Conceptual Connectivity and Dominant Fluxes at Northern Basalt (Mooiplaas Supersite)

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Acknowledgements

• Water Research

Commission

• Lucie Porentru

• Game guards

• Section Rangers

• Tracy Lee Peterson

• Tercia Strydom