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The diurnal activity budgets of extralimital giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
(Wiley, 2023)
Despite being an extralimital species in the region, South African giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis
giraffa, Schreber 1784) are continuously being introduced into the Albany
Thicket Biome of the Western Cape Province of ...
Descriptive epidemiology of and response to the high pathogenicity avian influenza (h5n8) epidemic in South African coastal seabirds, 2018
(Wiley, 2023)
High pathogenicity avian infuenza (HPAI) clade 2.3.4.4b H5N8 virus was detected in coastal seabirds in late 2017 in South Africa,
following a devastating epidemic in the commercial poultry and ostrich industries. By May ...
Taxonomy of the small southern African endemic genus Echiostachys Levyns (Boraginaceae: Boraginoideae)
(South African Journal of Botany, 2023)
The small genus Echiostachys Levyns (Boraginaceae: Lithospermeae) is revised. It was segregated from Lobostemon Lehm. on the basis of the herbaceous habit, radical foliage, spiciform inflorescence, slightly accrescent ...
Stakeholder-derived recommendations and actions to support deep-reef conservation in the Western Indian Ocean
(Wiley, 2022)
Deep reefs below 30mprovide essential ecosystem services for ocean health and
human well-being such as food security and climate change resilience. Yet, deep
reefs remain poorly researched and largely unprotected, including ...
Nitrogen fertilization increases the growth and nutritional quality of the forage legume, calobota sericea – A preliminary investigation
(Heliyon, 2023)
Calobota sericea is being evaluated as a forage for drought stressed areas. The nutritional quality of C. sericea from native populations are poor, and this is believed to be due to poor soil fertility. Therefore, a ...
A complete guide to the snakes of Southern Africa
(African Journal of Herpetology, 2023)
Background: The new edition of A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa represents the third iteration in a series of books that started three decades ago. The latest edition replaces the 2004 edition (Marais ...
Dispersal and coastal geomorphology limit potential for mangrove range expansion under climate change
(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2022)
Latitudinal range limits for mangroves on high-energy, wave-dominated coasts are controlled by geomorphological features and estuarine dynamics. Mangroves reach a southern global range limit along the South African coastline, ...