[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "USE OF GIS AND MICROHABITAT PREDICTORS FOR POSSIBLE SITE OCCUPANCY OF THE HEIDELBERG OPAL BUTTERFLY (CHRYSORITIS AUREUS) W ITHIN GAUTENG PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Faria",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Panagos",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Myburgh",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Deysel",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2019]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "29",
  "issue": "3",
  "page": "894-898",
  "DOI": "NA",
  "abstract": "<p>The Heidelberg Opal butterfly (<em>Chrysoritis aureus</em>) is currently classified as endangered with a total of nine known localities in Gauteng. Recent work on the fine scale habitat requirements of&nbsp;<em>C. aureus</em>&nbsp;provided the opportunity to expand the search for additional suitable habitats for this species in the Gauteng Province, using GIS and current distribution databases. A topographical base map and overlays of food plant (<em>Clutia pulchella</em>), host cocktail ant (<em>Crematogaster liengmei</em>) distributions and geology (Ventersdorp Supergroup) were used to determine possible additional sites suitable for&nbsp;<em>C. aureus</em>. Eight potentially suitable sites were identified. Four of these sites where transformed by mining activities and thus excluded. One of the four remaining sites was deemed suitable for&nbsp;<em>C. aureus</em>&nbsp;as both the food plant&nbsp;<em>(C. pulchella)</em>&nbsp;and the host ant&nbsp;<em>(C. liengmei)&nbsp;</em>were present.&nbsp;<em>C. aureus</em>&nbsp;was not recorded at any of the other sites surveyed probably due to season of site visits (winter).</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2019-JAPS-333"
}]