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Towards a new classification system for legumes: Progress report from the 6th International Legume Conference
(Elsevier, 2013)
Legume systematists have been making great progress in understanding evolutionary relationships within the Leguminosae (Fabaceae), the third largest family of flowering plants. As the phylogenetic picture has become clearer, ...
Diet and feeding in the Cape Cobra, Naja nivea
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
It is widely reported that African cobras (genus Naja) are generalist predators, but examination of formal literature yields relatively little evidence of this for most species. Here, we review the diet of cape cobras (Naja ...
Variation in the daily activity, movement and refugia of Critically Endangered geometric tortoises, Psammobates geometricus, in autumn and spring
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
To help assess habitat requirements of Critically Endangered geometric tortoises, we used thread-trailing to measure daily activity, movements and refugia of adult Psammobates geometricus in autumn and spring 2002. We found ...
How to build science-action partnerships for local land-use planning and management: Lessons from Durban, South Africa
(Resilience Alliance, 2016)
The gap between scientific knowledge and implementation in the fields of biodiversity conservation, environmental
management, and climate change adaptation has resulted in many calls from practitioners and academics to ...
Jellyfication of marine ecosystems as a likely consequence of overfishing small pelagic fishes: Lessons from the Benguela
(University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, 2013)
Changes in two contrasting ecosystems of the Benguela upwelling region,
one dominated at mid-trophic level by jellyfishes (Namibia, northern Benguela
ecosystem, where small pelagic fish abundance has been severely depleted) ...
Comparative phylogeography of parasitic Laelaps mites contribute new insights into the specialist-generalist variation hypothesis (SGVH)
(BMC, 2018)
BACKGROUND: The specialist-generalist variation hypothesis (SGVH) in parasites suggests that, due to patchiness in
habitat (host availability), specialist species will show more subdivided population structure when compared ...
Unraveling the diversification and systematic puzzle of the highly polymorphic Psammobates tentorius (Bell, 1828) complex (Reptilia: Testudinidae) through phylogenetic analyses and species delimitation approaches
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)
The high level of phenotypic diversity in southern African tent tortoises (Psammobates tentorius complex) has for decades prevented systematists from developing a stable taxonomy for the group. Here, we used a comprehensive ...
Applying science to pressing conservation needs for penguins
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)
More than half of the world's 18 penguin species are declining. We, the Steering Committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission Penguin Specialist Group, determined that the ...
Sampling bias in reptile occurrence data for the Kruger National Park
(OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd, 2020)
To effectively conserve and manage species, it is important to (1) understand how they are spatially distributed across the globe at both broad and fine spatial resolutions and (2) elucidate the determinants of these ...
Environmental responses of jellyfish polyps as drivers of medusa populations off the coast of Namibia
(National Inquiry Services Centre, 2018)
Jellyfish populations in the southeastern Atlantic off the coast of Namibia have increased subsequent to the decline of small pelagic fisheries at the end of the 1960s, although the environment there has also become warmer ...