Ian Little

Dr. Ian Little
Manager
Threatened Grassland Species Programme
Endangered Wildlife Trust

South Africa


Phone: +27 (0) 84 240 7341
E-mail: ianl(at)ewt.org.za


Key Publications of Ian Little (up to ten) :
I.T. Little, R.M. Little, R, Jansen & T.M. Crowe. 2005. Winter bird assemblages, species richness and relative abundance at a re-vegetated coal mine in the Middelburg district, Mpumalanga province, South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 35(1): 13-22.

Raymond Jansen, Luciano Makaka, Ian Little & Ansie Dippennaar-Schoeman. 2013. Response of ground-dwelling spider assemblages (Arachnida, Araneae) to Montane grassland management practices in South Africa. Insect Conservation and Diversity

Boakye, MK., Little, IT., Panagos, M., and Jansen, R. 2013. Effects of burning and grazing on plant species percentage cover and habitat condition in the highland grassland of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Journal of Animal and Plant science 23(2): 603-610.

Ian T. Little, Philip A. R. Hockey and Raymond Jansen. 2013. A burning issue: Fire overrides grazing as a disturbance driver for South African grassland bird and arthropod assemblage structure and diversity. Biological Conservation 158: 258-270.

Michael F. Bates & Ian T. Little. 2013. Predation on the eggs of ground-nesting
birds by Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758) in the moist highland grasslands of South Africa, African Journal of Herpetology. African Journal of Herpetology 62(2): 125-134.

Steven W. Evans, Ara Monadjem, Lizanne Roxburgh, Andrew McKechnie, Liz Baker, Robert B. Kizungu, Ian T. Little, Fadzai Matsvimbo, Ronald K. Mulwa, Daniel Mwizabi, Dianah Nalwanga, Kariuki Ndang'ang'a and Leigh Combrink. 2015. Current conservation status of the Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea, Sundevall 1850, in Africa. Ostrich.

Ian T. Little, Raymond Jansen and Phil A. R. Hockey. 2015. Predation drives nesting success in grassland passerines: management of vegetation structure for avian conservation. Ostrich. DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2015.1005557

Ian T. Little, Raymond Jansen and Phil A. R. Hockey. 2015. Assessing biodiversity integrity for the conservation of grazed and burnt grassland systems: avian field metabolic rates as a rapid assessment tool. Biodiversity and Conservation. DOI 10.1007/s10531-015-0868-x

Ian T. Little, Rob M. Little. 2015. Cape Sparrows nesting in a Black-collared Barbet nest cavity. Ornithological Observations, 6: 41-43.

Ian T. Little, Raymond Jansen and Phil A. R. Hockey. In press. Impacts of fire and grazing management on South Africa’s Moist Highland Grasslands: A case study of the Steenkampsberg Plateau, Mpumalanga, South Africa. African Biodiversity and Conservation. doi:10.4102/abc.v45i1.1786



Expertise of Ian Little:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeApplied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
Topic HydrosphereFresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes
Topic PedosphereSoil Degradation / Erosion / Desertification
Topic BiosphereAnimals
Biodiversity
Topic Integrated SystemsNutrient Cycle / Food Chain
Topic EcosystemsTerrestrial Ecosystems
Topic Economy/ResourceUseAgriculture, Forestry and Fishery
Food Security
Water
Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape
Topic TechnologyTechnical Environmental Protection
Topic Politics/LawMitigation / Prevention / Emission Reductions
Topic SustainabilityEcological Sustainability
Time FrameRecent / Today
Future
Statistical FocusMean Change / Trends
Variability
Time ScaleSeasonal / Annual
Decadal / Centennial
MethodsData Collection
Data Collection - Measurement
Data Collection - Interviews, Questionnaires
Data Collection - Documents, Archives
Data Analysis
Literature Study
Modeling
Policy Analysis and Formation
Applied Research / Technology
Integrated Assessment
Collaboration with developing and transition countries ; Capacity Building
Program Coordination / Management
Mountain Research InitiativeAfrica

Specialties of Ian Little:
Ornithology, grasslands, disturbance theory, grazing and burning

Last update: 10/26/15
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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