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A review of five vertebrate invaders in South Africa
(2010-12-02)
Invasive alien species are listed as one of three major threats to global biodiversity. They can be detrimental through affecting the function and structure of ecosystems and degrading human health. Five vertebrate species ...
Balancing effective conservation with sustainable resource use in protected areas: precluded by knowledge gaps
(Foundation for Environmental Conservation, 2015)
Despite significant expansion of the global protected area (PA) network, this investment has not commonly been matched by investment in their management. This includes managing trade-offs between social and biodiversity ...
Historical fire regimes in a poorly understood, fire-prone ecosystem: eastern coastal fynbos
(CSIRO Publishing, 2013)
Wecharacterised the historical fire regime (1900–2010) in eastern coastal fynbos shrublands, which occur in a poorly studied part of the Cape Floral Kingdom (CFK). Natural (lightning-ignited) fires dominated the fire regime. ...
Disentangling the identities and distribution patterns of the introduced beachfleas Orchestia gammarellus and Platorchestia platensis (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae) in South Africa
(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Taylor & Francis, 2016)
Two introduced beachfleas, Orchestia gammarellus and Platorchestia platensis, have been recorded from South Africa, but have been misidentified by some earlier researchers and, prior to this study, each was also known from ...
Lightning and fire weather in eastern coastal fynbos shrublands: seasonality and long-term trends
(CSIRO Publishing, 2013)
Daily weather data (since 1939) from four localities in the south-eastern, coastal part of the Cape Floral Kingdom (‘south-eastern-CFK’) were used to calculate daily fire danger indices (FDIs). Cloud-to-ground lightning ...
Synonymy of Spicatella Thibaud, 2002 with Delamarephorura Weiner & Najt, 1999, and description of two new species (Collembola: Tullbergiidae)
(National University of Singapore, 2013-08-30)
The monospecifi c genus Spicatella Thibaud, 2002 is synonymised with Delamarephorura
Weiner & Najt, 1999. Delamarephorura is redefi ned and a key to its species is given. Delamarephorura capensis, new species, from South ...
Predicted range shifts of dragonflies over a wide elevation gradient in the southern hemisphere
(The Society for Freshwater Science, 2015)
Human-induced climate change is among the greatest threats to biodiversity, especially when coupled with habitat destruction. For an already water-stressed country like South Africa, changes in temperature and precipitation ...
Progress made in managing and valuing ecosystem services: a horizon scan of gaps in research, management and governance
(Elsevier B.V., 2017)
Sustaining functional ecosystems that provide services for human well-being is a global challenge. This makes valuing ecosystem services and managing them important to ensure benefits to the environment and livelihoods. ...
Diversity of bats in the Soutpansberg and Blouberg Mountains of northern South Africa: complementarity of acoustic and non-acoustic survey methods
(Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2013-04)
We surveyed bats at 30 localities in the Soutpansberg and Blouberg Mountains within the newly proclaimed Vhembe Biosphere Reserve (VBR) of northern South Africa, based
on ANABAT acoustic recordings (63 nights) conducted ...
Validation of growth zone deposition rate in otoliths and scales of flathead mullet Mugil cephalus and freshwater mullet Myxus capensis from fish of known age
(Taylor and Francis, 2012)
Flathead mullet Mugil cephalus and freshwater mullet Myxus capensis are important components in South African estuarine fish communities and fisheries, but there is little information on their age and growth or age validation. ...