Browsing RESEARCH: Richardson D by Subject "fire"
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Ecological research and conservation manangement in the Cape Floristic Region between 1945 and 2015: History, current understanding and future challenges
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)In 1945, the Royal Society of South Africa published a wide-ranging report, prepared by a committee led by Dr C.L. Wicht, dealing with the preservation of the globally unique and highly diverse vegetation of the south-western ... -
Human impacts in pine forests: past, present, and future
(Annual Reviews, 2007)Pines (genus Pinus) form the dominant tree cover over large parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Human activities have affected the distribution, composition, and structure of pine forests for millennia. Different human-mediated ... -
Insights on the persistence of pines (Pinus species) in the Late Cretaceous and their increasing dominance in the Anthropocene
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2018)Although gymnosperms were nearly swept away by the rise of the angiosperms in the Late Cretaceous, conifers, and pines (Pinus species) in particular, survived and regained their dominance in some habitats. Diversification ... -
Much more give than take: South Africa as a major donor but infrequent recipient of invasive non-native grasses
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2016)Aim Some regions donate more invaders from particular taxonomic and functional groups than they receive. We demonstrate a particularly striking donor–recipient asymmetry in invasion ecology in grasses. Specifically, we ...