• Seasonal selection of key resources by cattle in a mixed savannah-wetland ecosystem increases the potential for conflict with lions 

  Weise, F.J.; Fynn, R.W.S.; Stein, A.B.; Tomeletso, M.; Somers, M.J.; Périquet, S. (2019)

  In Africa's pastoral conservation landscapes, apex predators frequently kill livestock. Retaliatory persecution such as poisoning threatens predators, but also non-target biota. Several factors influence conflict severity, ...

• Exploring the usefulness of scenario archetypes in science-policy processes: experience across IPBES assessments 

  Sitas, N.; Harmackova, Z.V.; Anticamara, J.A.; Arneth, A.; Badola, R.; Biggs, R.; Blanchard, R.; Brotons, L.; Cantele, M.; Coetzer, K.; DasGupta, R.; den Belder, E.; Ghosh, S.; Guisan, A.; Gundimeda, H.; Hamann, M.; Harrison, P.A.; Hashimoto, S.; Hauck, J.; Klatt, B.J.; Kok, K.; Krug, R.M.; Niamir, A.; O'Farrell, P.J.; Okayasu, S.; Palomo, I.; Pereira, L.M.; Riordan, P.; Santos-Martin, F.; Selomane, O.; Shin, Y.J.; Valle, M. (2019)

  Scenario analyses have been used in multiple science-policy assessments to better understand complex plausible futures. Scenario archetype approaches are based on the fact that many future scenarios have similar underlying ...

• The absence of keystone indigenous trees inhibits bird recovery up to a decade after invasive tree removal from riparian habitats 

  Mangachena, J.R.; Geerts, S. (2019)

  When invasive alien trees are removed, ecosystems are usually left to “self-repair”. Little is known about the extent of recovery or whether plant and animal taxa respond in a similar way. In most cases, the absence of a ...

• Development of alien and invasive taxa lists for regulation of biological invasions in South Africa 

  Moshobane, M.C.; Mukundamago, M.; Adu-Acheampong, S.; Shackleton, R. (2019)

  Background: Lists are fundamental for guiding policy and management of biological invasions. The process of developing regulatory lists of alien and invasive taxa should be based on scientific evidence through an objective, ...

• The role of ambient temperature and body mass on body temperature, standard metabolic rate and evaporative water loss in southern African anurans of different habitat specialisation 

  Mokhatla, M.; Measey, J.; Smit, B. (2019)

  Temperature and water availability are two of the most important variables affecting all aspects of an anuran’s key physiological processes such as body temperature (Tb), evaporative water loss (EWL) and standard metabolic ...

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