Author:Van Wilgen, B; Impson, NDDate:2011South Africa has abundant biodiversity, but also many invasive alien species, especially plants and fish, that can transform ecosystems. Invading alien trees and shrubs impact on fynbos and threaten up to a quarter of the nation's plant ...Read more
Author:Wessels, Konrad J; Steenkamp, Karen C; Von Maltitz, Graham P; Archibald, SDate:2011Vegetation phenology refers to the timing of seasonal biological events (for example, bud burst, leaf unfolding, vegetation growth and leaf senescence) and biotic and abiotic forces that control these. Daily, coarse-resolution satellite imagery ...Read more
Author:Wessels, Konrad J; Dwyer, PCDate:2011The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon that is a primary driver of inter-annual variability in the rainfall and consequently the vegetation production of southern African rangelands. Evidence ...Read more