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A synthesis of past, current and future research for protection and management of papyrus (Cyperus papyrus L.) wetlands in Africa
(Springer Verlag, 2014)
Papyrus wetlands (dominated by the giant
sedge Cyperus papyrus L.) occur throughout eastern,
central and southern Africa and are important for
biodiversity, for water quality and quantity regulation
and for the livelihoods ...
Petrophysical interpretation and fluid substitution modelling of the upper shallow marine sandstone reservoirs in the Bredasdorp Basin, offshore South Africa
(Springer Nature, 2020)
The fluid substitution method is used for predicting elastic properties of reservoir rocks and their dependence on pore fluid
and porosity. This method makes it possible to predict changes in elastic response of a rock ...
The Pongola Floodplain, South Africa – Part 2: Holistic environmental flows assessment
(Water Research Commission, 2018)
A holistic environmental flows (EFlows) assessment, undertaken as part of Ecological Reserve determination studies for selected
surface water, groundwater, estuaries and wetlands in the Usuthu/Mhlatuze Water Management ...
Environmental flow assessments are not realizing their potential as an aid to basin planning
(Frontiers Media, 2018)
Multiple planned dams in developing countries, mostly for hydropower, are threatening
some of the world’s great river systems. Concern over their social and environmental
impacts has led to hydropower being excluded from ...
Potential of resampled multispectral of data for detecting desmodium-brachiaria intercropped with maize in a push-pull system
(ISPRS, 2020)
Poor crop yields remain one of the main causes of chronic food insecurity in Africa. This is largely caused by insect pests, weeds, unfavourable climatic conditions and degraded soils. Weed and pest control, based on the ...
Characterization of macropore structure of Malan loess in NW China based on 3D pipe models constructed by using computed tomography technology
(Elsevier, 2018)
Malan loess is a grayish yellow or brownish yellow, clastic, highly porous and brittle late Quaternary sediment formed by the accumulation of windblown dust. The present-day pore structure of Malan loess is crucial for ...
Characterizing the spatio-temporal variations of C3 and C4 dominated grasslands aboveground biomass in the Drakensberg, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2018)
C3 and C4 grass species composition, with different physiological, morphological and most importantly phenological
characteristics, influence Aboveground Biomass (AGB) and their ability to provide ecosystem goods
and ...
Erratum: The frequency of very young galaxies in the local Universe: II. The view from SDSS spectra
(Oxford University Press, 2020)
Only a handful of galaxies in the local Universe appear to be very young. We estimate the
fraction of very young galaxies (VYGs), defined as those with more than half their stellar
masses formed within the last Gyr. We ...
Big data analytics and its role to support groundwater management in the Southern African development community
(MDPI, 2020)
Big data analytics (BDA) is a novel concept focusing on leveraging large volumes of
heterogeneous data through advanced analytics to drive information discovery. This paper aims to
highlight the potential role BDA can ...
Planck 2018 results: IV. Diffuse component separation
(EDP Sciences, 2020)
We present full-sky maps of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and polarized synchrotron and thermal dust emission, derived from the third set of Planck frequency maps. These products have significantly lower contamination ...