Urbanisation creates novel environments, not only through (abiotic) microhabitat alterations, but also due to changes in (biotic) inter- and intraspecific […]
Continue readingCan heavy grazing on communal land elevate plant species richness levels in the Grassland Biome of South Africa?
Publication arising from pilot study into the impacts of land degradation on biodiversity. (Source: Plant Ecology 212(9):1407-1418. DOI 10.1007/s11258-011-9916-0)
Continue readingPlant diversity consequences of a herbivore-driven biome switch from Grassland to Nama-Karoo shrub steppe in South Africa
Publication arising from pilot study into the impacts of land degradation on biodiversity. (Source: Applied Vegetation Science 15: 14-25. )
Continue readingImpacts of heavy grazing on plant species richness: A comparison across rangeland biomes of South Africa
Synthesis paper for the pilot research programme on impacts of severe land degradation on plant diversity for several rangeland biomes. […]
Continue readingACKDAT: a digital spatial database of distributions of South African plant species and species assemblages
A report about the digitisation of the field notes of John Acocks during his 40 years of field work. Category: […]
Continue readingNama-karoo veld types revisited: a numerical analysis of original Acocks’ field data
This paper assesses Acocks’ veld types against a reclassification of his own data for the Nama-karoo using a suite of […]
Continue readingResponses of Karoo plants to hail damage near Williston, Cape Province.
A comparison between damaged and undamaged vegetation to assess the recovery of species, growth forms and palatability classes following a […]
Continue readingSeverely degraded dunes of the southern Kalahari: local extinction, persistence and natural re-establishment of plants
Publication arising from pilot study into the impacts of land degradation on biodiversity. A study aiming to quantify and understand […]
Continue readingHerbivore-driven land degradation: Consequences for plant diversity and soil in arid subtropical thicket in South-Eastern Africa
Publication arising from pilot study into the impacts of land degradation on biodiversity. Category: Journal articlesAuthors: Rutherford M.C., Powrie, L. […]
Continue readingGeographical and temporal trends in southern African clear-sky, solar ultraviolet-B flux: 1979 to 2001
Geographical and temporal trends in southern African clear-sky, solar ultraviolet-B flux: 1979 to 2001. (Source: Research Letters […]
Continue readingAssessing the vulnerability of species richness to anthropogenic climate change in a biodiversity hotspot.
An assessment of the vulnerability of species richness to anthropogenic climate change in a biodiversity hotspot. (Source: Global Ecology & […]
Continue readingImpacts of high utilization pressure on biodiversity components in Colophospermum mopane savanna
Publication arising from pilot study into the impacts of land degradation on biodiversity. This study aimed to quantify and understand […]
Continue readingThe rise and fall of an invasive estuarine grass
Spartina alterniflora Loisel. is the only known halophyte that is invasive in intertidal salt marsh habitats in South Africa and […]
Continue readingInvasive alien species and global change: a South African perspective.
A description of possible affects of global change on invasive alien species in a South African perspective. (Source: Mooney, H.A. […]
Continue readingEarly post-fire plant succession in Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos: The first three years after disturbance
Report on a study of the early post-fire plant succession in fynbos vegetation in the Mediterranean-type climate area of South […]
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