Fossil pollen assemblages can assist in understanding biome responses to global climate
change if there is reasonable probability that they represent specific biomes or bioregions. In …

Urbanisation critically alters wildlife habitat and resource distribution, leading to shifts in
trophic dynamics. The loss of apex predators in human-transformed landscapes can result in …

Livestock use in semi-arid South African ecosystems has not been extensively studied in
relation to the Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) of carbon dioxide (CO 2). We present four …

Long-term trends in climate, hydrology and geomorphology contributed to the formation of
the current biomes of southern Africa. The Neogene terrestrial fossil record is patchy, due to …

Distribution data form the basis of the study of zoo-geography, which has applications in,
inter alia, ecology and conservation. Written records were used to estimate the distribution …

This study aims to investigate macroinvertebrate assemblage structure and composition
across the three major waterbody types (temporary rivers, depression wetlands and semi …

Various species of wild, adaptable, medium-sized carnivores occur outside of protected
areas, often coming into contact with people and their domestic animals. Negative human …

During the present study, species boundaries in the velvet worm Peripatopsis birgeri
species complex in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, were examined with the use of DNA …

Rangeland monitoring aims to determine whether grazing management strategies meet the
goals of sustainable resource utilization. The development of sustainable grazing …

Agriculture is an essential production system used to feed the growing human population,
but at the same time has become a major driver of biodiversity loss and environmental …