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Does phylogeny have an influence on the date of first description? A comparative study of the world's fishes
(Elsevier, 2020)
The process of species description is not random, and understanding the factors that influence when a species is first described (the date of first description, DoFD) allows us to target environments and/or species' traits ...
Wildlife- friendly livestock management promotes mammalian biodiversity recovery on a semi-arid Karoo farm in South Africa
(Frontiers Media, 2021)
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 degradation. Employing production methods that ...
Leopards and mesopredators as indicators of mammalian species richness across diverse landscapes of South Africa
(Elsevier, 2021)
The rapid extinction of species over the past few decades has created a biodiversity crisis. Factors contributing to recent extirpations are linked to increased human population growth, habitat loss and fragmentation, and ...
Opportunities for improving recognition of coastal wetlands in global ecosystem assessment frameworks
(Elsevier, 2021)
Vegetated coastal wetlands, including seagrass, saltmarsh and mangroves, are threatened globally, yet the need to avert these losses is poorly recognized in international policy, such as in the Convention on Biological ...
Exogenous antioxidants enhance seedling growth and yield of artificially aged cabbage and lettuce seeds
(MPDI, 2021)
Aged seeds exhibit compromised vigour in terms of germination, seedling emergence
and growth, but this can to some extent be alleviated by invigoration treatments before sowing.
This study aimed to investigate ageing ...
Spatial monitoring and reporting tool (smart) in mid-Zambezi valley, Zimbabwe: Implementation challenges and practices
(Wiley Open Access, 2021)
Biodiversity monitoring and data-management technologies can enhance the
protection of persecuted species, such as African elephants (Loxodonta africana), through providing management-relevant information. Implementing
these ...
Pineapple stem-derived bromelain based priming improves pepper seed protein reserve mobilization, germination, emergence and plant growth
(Springer, 2021)
Pepper seeds are slow to germinate and emergence is often non-uniform and incomplete, reducing gains
from this cash crop. This study investigated the effects of
pineapple stem- derived protease (stem bromelain) based
priming ...
Does phylogeny have an influence on the date of first description? A comparative study of the world's fishes
(Elsevier, 2020)
The process of species description is not random, and understanding the factors that in-
fluence when a species is first described (the date of first description, DoFD) allows us to
target environments and/or species' ...
Biomass partitioning in an endemic southern African salt marsh species Salicornia tegetaria (Chenopodiaceae)
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2020)
The below ground biomass of salt marsh species accounts for more than half of the total plant biomass in salt marsh systems, yet no biomass data exist for salt marsh species in South Africa. ...
Null models for null hypotheses in taxonomy: A test using Scyphozoa
(Oxford University Press, 2021)
Although molecular tools are becoming more important in the delineation of scyphozoan species there is,
perforce, a need to substantiate new species definitions using morphological data. Access to type material
is often ...