Focusing on the Landscape - BushBlitz

species are found in more than 100 PAs more than 1000 ha in area. These large reserves are
more likely to provide a secure future for a species as they are likely to contain larger areas
of suitable habitat and larger populations of a given species. The lack of species in large
numbers of PAs is, at least to some extent, a reflection of the relatively small distributional
ranges of most plant species (relatively few have ranges greater than 50,000 km 2 ). They do
not occur across large enough areas to encompass more that 100 PAs and so cannot fall into
this category. However, given the relatively high percentages of records occurring in PAs,
populations appear to be well represented in the reserves that the species do encompass.
Families with fewer than 70 species with records in ANHAT were reported in the tables but
were not assessed in any great depth in regards to patterns within their high or low
reservation categories. There were often very few species in a category and data was usually
not readily available on their ranges and vegetation associations.
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