Author:Crouch, NR; Styles, DG; Walters, MicheleDate:May 2021A new Cotyledon species, C. nielsii N.R.Crouch, D.Styles & Mich.Walters, is described from cliffs of the western part of eThekwini Metro near the city of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. The species is closely allied to the ...Read more
Author:Crookes, DJ; Blignaut, JN; Le Maitre, David CDate:Nov 2020We developed a two-biome (grasslands and fynbos) system dynamics model simulating invasions of three invasive alien plant species – black wattle (Acacia mearnsii) and two pine species (Pinus patula and Pinus pinaster) – and some of the ...Read more
Author:Petersen, CR; Van Deventer, Heidi; Smith-Adao, Lindie B; Nel, JLDate:Dec 2022Free-flowing rivers (FFRs) are important surrogates for freshwater biodiversity as there are increasingly fewer rivers that reflect intact habitat and species diversity from source to sea. The status and changes in the ecological condition ...Read more
Author:Slingsby, JA; De Buys, A; Simmers, ADA; Prinsloo, E; Forsyth, Gregory G; Glenday, J; Allsopp, NDate:Apr 2021The Jonkershoek Forestry Research Station was established in the Mediterranean climate region of South Africa in 1935 to implement a multiple catchment experiment to determine the effects of afforestation on water yield. The experiment consists ...Read more
Author:Rebelo, AJ; Jarmain, C; Esler, KJ; Cowling, RM; Le Maitre, David CDate:Nov 2020Palmiet, Prionium serratum, is an endemic wetland plant which dominates oligotrophic wetlands throughout the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa. Palmiet is often perceived as undesirable by landowners, in part because it is thought to have ...Read more