Fire is an important disturbance in many biomes throughout the world and plays a major role in savannas, where it affects the composition and structure of vegetation, which in turn structures faunal assemblages. Higher ...

Prior to this in-depth phytosociological classification and biogeographical study, the only other intense floristic study focussing on all plant species done specifically on Mariepskop was the work by Van der Schijff and ...

The roles of phylogeny and body size in avian heat stress physiology, and how they interact to set the upper limits to heat dissipation capacity, are largely unexplored. Determining thermal end points and maximum capacity ...

Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) in South Africa have been extensively studied since 1979 through annual photo-identification surveys. The resulting database revealed an increased rate of reproductive failure ...

Alien freshwater crayfish have been translocated into regions outside their native range causing negative impacts on biodiversity and human well-being. These negative impacts have necessitated the need to control and manage ...

In South Africa, white grubs are important pests of sugarcane and wattle. There is need for a sustainable management alternative since their control has mainly been through the use of chemical insecticides. Such alternatives ...

Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) are vectors of the Leishmania parasites causing leishmaniasis which has public health importance worldwide. Improved understanding of the sand fly ecology can open avenues to ...

Although protected areas have been used as principal conservation tools, most of them are suffering from human-induced threats. Consequently, a good understanding of such human-driven threats on biodiversity and identifying ...

The south coast of South Africa represents the extreme western end of the range of the Indo-Pacific humpback (Sousa chinensis, plumbea type) and Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus), which are both confirmed ...

This dissertation presents research on the value of using different sources of data to explore the factors determining invasiveness of introduced species. The research draws upon the availability of data on the historical ...