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  • Topo-edaphic environment and forestry plantation disturbance affect the distribution of grassland forage and non-forage resources, Maputaland, South Africa 
    Starke, A.P. (Allister); O'Connor, T.G.; Everson, Colin Stuart (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2021)
    Grasslands are integral to rural livelihoods in southern Africa, because they provide hydrological regulation services and a variety of plant resources, including livestock fodder, medicines, and food products. To ensure ...
  • Towards a semi-automated mapping of Australia native invasive alien Acacia trees using Sentinel-2 and radiative transfer models in South Africa 
    Masemola, Cecilia; Cho, Moses Azong; Ramoelo, Abel (Elsevier, 2020-08)
    Invasive alien plants (IAPs) threaten biodiversity and critical ecosystem services worldwide. There is, therefore, an urgent need to develop intervention measures to control the spread of IAPs. Efforts to control and monitor ...
  • Towards ecologically sustainable crop production : a South African perspective 
    Van der Laan, Michael; Bristow, K.L. (Keith); Stirzaker, R.J. (Richard John); Annandale, C.H. (Cornelius Henry) (Elsevier, 2017-01)
    Food production comes at an ecological cost, and the lack of sustainability of South Africa’s crop production systems is becoming increasingly worrisome. While small scale emerging and homestead subsistence farming are ...
  • Traditional usage and biological activity of Plectranthus madagascariensis and its varieties : a review 
    Lambrechts, Isa Anina; Lall, Namrita (Elsevier, 2021-04)
    ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE : Plectranthus madagascariensis (Pers.) Benth. is an indigenous aromatic South African plant species that are traditionally used to treat various dermatological and respiratory ailments. AIM ...
  • Traditional uses and local perspectives on baobab (Adansonia digitata) population structure by selected ethnic groups in northern Namibia 
    Lisao, Klushetile; Geldenhuys, Coert Johannes; Chirwa, Paxie W. (Elsevier, 2017-11)
    The aim of this study was to document local traditional uses on Adansonia digitata (baobab) among the Herero, Ovambo, San and Masubiya ethnic groups in northern Namibia. Data was collected by oral interviews using a ...
  • Traditional uses of the remarkable root bark hairs of Lannea schweinfurthii var. stuhlmannii (Anacardiaceae) by the Vhavenḓa, South Africa 
    Magwede, K.; Ramovha, Luvhimba lsaac; Mabogo, Dowelani Edward Ndivhudzannyi; Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam); Van Wyk, Ben-Erik (Elsevier, 2019-05)
    Lannea schweinfurthii var. stuhlmannii, an African tree ranging from Sudan southwards to South Africa, has its thicker roots covered by an unusual furry layer of hair-like structures originating from the periderm. Wool-like ...
  • Transcriptomic analysis of a Sorghum bicolor landrace identifies a role for beta-alanine betaine biosynthesis in drought tolerance 
    Devnarain, Natrisha; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Van der Westhuyzen, Chris; Becker, John V.W.; O'Kennedy, Martha Magaretha (Elsevier, 2019-12)
    Sorghum is indigenous to Africa and a remarkably drought tolerant cereal crop. In this study, the genetic response mechanisms involved in sorghum's tolerance to progressive water deficit and re-watering were investigated ...
  • Transient gene expression assays in rose tissues using a Bio-Rad Helios® hand-held gene gun 
    Kuriakose, Boney; Du Toit, Elsa Sophia; Jordaan, Anton (Elsevier, 2012-01)
    Rose tissues of different varieties were transformed using a Bio-Rad Helios® hand-held biolistic gun. Parameters for optimum transient expression were optimized and included rose variety, flower age, tissue, gold particle ...
  • Transpiration rates from mature Eucalyptus grandis  ×  E. nitens clonal hybrid and Pinus elliottii plantations near the Two Streams Research Catchment, South Africa 
    Kaptein, Nkosinathi David; Everson, Colin Stuart; Clulow, Alistair David; Toucher, Michele Lynn; Germishuizen, Ilaria (Copernicus Publications, 2023-12)
    Pine plantations are the dominant species currently planted within the South African commercial forestry industry. Improvements in bio-economy markets for dissolving wood pulp products have seen an expansion in fast-growing ...
  • Tree species composition and diversity in Miombo woodlands between co‐managed and government‐managed regimes, Malawi 
    Gondwe, Monica Fides Kalagho; Geldenhuys, Coert Johannes; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Assede, Emeline Sessi Pelagie; Syampungani, Stephen; Cho, Moses Azong (Wiley, 2021-03)
    Comparative information on the composition and diversity in tree species associations in Miombo woodland is limited. This study assessed how tree species associations across forest reserves of Miombo woodland in Malawi ...
  • Trees as nature-based solutions: a global south perspective 
    Ratnam, Jayashree; Owuor, Margaret Awuor; Greve, Michelle; Fu, Congbin; Stevens, Nicola; Mekuria, Wolde; Fidelis, Alessandra; De Cauwer, Vera; Lele, Sharachchandra; Begotti, Rodrigo Anzolin; Soterroni, Aline; Ribeiro, Natasha S.; Chen, Anping (Cell Press, 2020-08)
    In the search for ways to address sustainability challenges, there is growing interest in nature-based solutions. Among these are calls to plant a trillion trees globally, which have been met with mixed responses. In this ...
  • Trees in the landscape :  towards the promotion and development of traditional and farm forest management in tropical and subtropical regions 
    Chirwa, Paxie W.; Mala, William (Springer, 2016-08)
    This introductory paper aims to synthesize the findings on on-farm trees research with the integration of traditional silvicultural knowledge on multipurpose trees for the design of small scale forestry practices in Africa ...
  • The “Trojan horse” strategy : seed fungal endophyte symbiosis helps to explain the invasion success of the grass, Poa annua, in Maritime Antarctica 
    Molina-Montenegro, Marco A.; Ballesteros, Gabriel I.; Acuna-Rodríguez, Ian S.; Pertierra, Luis R.; Greve, Michelle; Richardson, David M.; Convey, Peter; Biersma, Elisabeth M.; Goodall-Copestake, William P.; Newsham, Kevin K. (Wiley, 2023-11)
    AIM : Poa annua L. (annual bluegrass) is presently the sole invasive vascular plant species to have successfully established in Maritime Antarctica, where it poses a significant conservation threat to native plant species. ...
  • TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access 
    Kattge, Jens; Bonisch, Gerhard; Díaz, Sandra; Lavorel, Sandra; Prentice, Iain Colin; Leadley, Paul; Tautenhahn, Susanne; Werner, Gijsbert D.A.; Aakala, Tuomas; Abedi, Mehdi; Acosta, Alicia T.R.; Adamidis, George C.; Adamson, Kairi; Aiba, Masahiro; Albert, Cecile H.; Alcantara, Julio M.; Alcazar C, Carolina; Aleixo, Izabela; Ali, Hamada; Amiaud, Bernard; Ammer, Christian; Amoroso, Mariano M.; Anand, Madhur; Anderson, Carolyn; Anten, Niels; Antos, Joseph; Apgaua, Deborah Mattos Guimaraes; Ashman, Tia-Lynn; Asmara, Degi Harja; Asner, Gregory P.; Aspinwall, Michael; Atkin, Owen; Aubin, Isabelle; Baastrup-Spohr, Lars; Bahalkeh, Khadijeh; Bahn, Michael; Baker, Timothy; Baker, William J.; Bakker, Jan P.; Baldocchi, Dennis; Baltzer, Jennifer; Banerjee, Arindam; Baranger, Anne; Barlow, Jos; Barneche, Diego R.; Baruch, Zdravko; Bastianelli, Denis; Battles, John; Bauerle, William; Bauters, Marijn; Bazzato, Erika; Beckmann, Michael; Beeckman, Hans; Beierkuhnlein, Carl; Bekker, Renee; Belfry, Gavin; Belluau, Michael; Beloiu, Mirela; Benavides, Raquel; Benomar, Lahcen; Berdugo-Lattke, Mary Lee; Berenguer, Erika; Bergamin, Rodrigo; Bergmann, Joana; Carlucci, Marcos Bergmann; Berner, Logan; Bernhardt-Romermann, Markus; Bigler, Christof; Bjorkman, Anne D.; Blackman, Chris; Blanco, Carolina; Blonder, Benjamin; Blumenthal, Dana M.; Bocanegra-Gonzalez, Kelly T.; Boeckx, Pascal; Bohlman, Stephanie; Bohning-Gaese, Katrin; Boisvert-Marsh, Laura; Bond, William; Bond-Lamberty, Ben; Boom, Arnoud; Boonman, Coline C.F.; Bordin, Kauane; Boughton, Elizabeth H.; Boukili, Vanessa; Bowman, David M.J.S.; Bravo, Sandra; Brendel, Marco Richard; Broadley, Martin R.; Brown, Kerry A.; Bruelheide, Helge; Brumnich, Federico; Bruun, Hans Henrik; Bruy, David; Buchanan, Serra W.; Bucher, Solveig Franziska; Buchmann, Nina; Buitenwerf, Robert; Bunker, Daniel E.; Burger, Jana; Burrascano, Sabina; Burslem, David F.R.P.; Butterfield, Bradley J.; Byun, Chaeho; Marques, Marcia; Scalon, Marina C.; Caccianiga, Marco; Cadotte, Marc; Cailleret, Maxime; Camac, James; Camarero, Jesus Julio; Campany, Courtney; Campetella, Giandiego; Campos, Juan Antonio; Cano-Arboleda, Laura; Canullo, Roberto; Carbognani, Michele; Carbognani, Michele; Carvalho, Fabio; Casanoves, Fernando; Castagneyrol, Bastien; Catford, Jane A.; Cavender-Bares, Jeannine; Cerabolini, Bruno E.L.; Cervellini, Marco; Chacon-Madrigal, Eduardo; Chapin, Kenneth; Chapin, Kenneth; Chapin, F. Stuart; Chelli, Stefano; Chen, Si-Chong; Chen, Anping; Cherubini, Paolo; Chianucci, Francesco; Choat, Brendan; Chung, Kyong-Sook; Chytry, Milan; Ciccarelli, Daniela; Coll, Lluís; Collins, Courtney G.; Conti, Luisa; Coomes, David; Cornelissen, Johannes H.C.; Cornwell, William K.; Corona, Piermaria; Coyea, Marie; Craine, Joseph; Craven, Dylan; Cromsigt, Joris P.G.M.; Csecserits, Aniko; Cufar, Katarina; Cuntz, Matthias; Da Silva, Ana Carolina; Dahlin, Kyla M.; Dainese, Matteo; Dalke, Igor; Dalle Fratte, Michele; Dang-Le, Anh Tuan; Danihelka, Jiri; Dannoura, Masako; Dawson, Samantha; De Beer, Arend Jacobus; De Frutos, Angel; De Long, Jonathan R.; Dechant, Benjamin; Delagrange, Sylvain; Delpierre, Nicolas; Derroire, Geraldine; Dias, Arildo S.; Diaz-Toribio, Milton Hugo; Dimitrakopoulos, Panayiotis G.; Dobrowolski, Mark; Doktor, Daniel; Drevojan, Pavel; Dong, Ning; Dransfield, John; Dressler, Stefan; Duarte, Leandro; Ducouret, Emilie; Dullinger, Stefan; Durka, Walter; Duursma, Remko; Dymova, Olga; E-Vojtko, Anna; Eckstein, Rolf Lutz; Ejtehadi, Hamid; Elser, James; Emilio, Thaise; Engemann, Kristine; Erfanian, Mohammad Bagher; Erfmeier, Alexandra; Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane; Esser, Gerd; Estiarte, Marc; Domingues, Tomas F.; Fagan, William F.; Fagundez, Jaime; Falster, Daniel S.; Fan, Ying; Fang, Jingyun; Farris, Emmanuele; Fazlioglu, Fatih; Feng, Yanhao; Fernandez-Mendez, Fernando; Ferrara, Carlotta; Ferreira, Joice; Fidelis, Alessandra; Finegan, Bryan; Firn, Jennifer; Flowers, Timothy J.; Flynn, Dan F.B.; Fontana, Veronika; Forey, Estelle; Forgiarini, Cristiane; Francois, Louis; Frangipani, Marcelo; Frank, Dorothea; Frenette-Dussault, Cedric; Freschet, Gregoire T.; Fry, Ellen L.; Fyllas, Nikolaos M.; Mazzochini, Guilherme G.; Gachet, Sophie; Gallagher, Rachael; Ganade, Gislene; Ganga, Francesca; Garcia-Palacios, Pablo; Gargaglione, Veronica; Garnier, Eric; Garrido, Jose Luis; De Gasper, Andre Luís; Gea-Izquierdo, Guillermo; Gibson, David; Gillison, Andrew N.; Giroldo, Aelton; Glasenhardt, Mary-Claire; Gleason, Sean; Gliesch, Mariana; Goldberg, Emma; Goldel, Bastian; Gonzalez-Akre, Erika; Gonzalez-Andujar, Jose L.; Gonzalez-Melo, Andres; Gonzalez-Robles, Ana; Graae, Bente Jessen; Granda, Elena; Graves, Sarah; Green, Walton A.; Gregor, Thomas; Gross, Nicolas; Guerin, Greg R.; Gunther, Angela; Gutierrez, Alvaro G.; Haddock, Lillie; Haines, Anna; Hall, Jefferson; Hambuckers, Alain; Han, Wenxuan; Harrison, Sandy P.; Hawes, Joseph E.; He, Tianhua; He, Pengcheng; Heberling, Jacob Mason; Helm, Aveliina; Hempel, Stefan; Hentschel, Jorn; Herault, Bruno; Heres, Ana-Maria; Herz, Katharina; Heuertz, Myriam; Hickler, Thomas; Hietz, Peter; Higuchi, Pedro; Hipp, Andrew L.; Hirons, Andrew; Hock, Maria; Hogan, James Aaron; Holl, Karen; Honnay, Olivier; Hornstein, Daniel; Hou, Enqing; Hough-Snee, Nate; Hovstad, Knut Anders; Ichie, Tomoaki; Igic, Boris; Illa, Estela; Isaac, Marney; Ishihara, Masae; Ivanov, Leonid; Ivanova, Larissa; Iversen, Colleen M.; Izquierdo, Jordi; Jackson, Robert B.; Jackson, Benjamin; Jactel, Herve; Jactel, Herve; Jandt, Ute; Jansen, Steven; Jenkins, Thomas; Jentsch, Anke; Jespersen, Jens Rasmus Plantener; Jiang, Guo-Feng; Johansen, Jesper Liengaard; Johnson, David; Jokela, Eric J.; Joly, Carlos Alfredo; Jordan, Gregory J.; Joseph, Grant Stuart (Wiley, 2020-01)
    Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem ...
  • Tundra trait team : a database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome 
    Bjorkman, Anne D.; Myers‐Smith, Isla H.; Elmendorf, Sarah C.; Normand, Signe; Thomas, Haydn J.D.; Alatalo, Juha M.; Alexander, Heather; Anadon‐Rosell, Alba; Angers‐Blondin, Sandra; Bai, Yang; Baruah, Gaurav; Te Beest, Mariska; Berner, Logan; Björk, Robert G.; Blok, Daan; Bruelheide, Helge; Buchwal, Agata; Buras, Allan; Carbognani, Michele; Christie, Katherine; Collier, Laura S.; Cooper, Elisabeth J.; Cornelissen, J. Hans C.; Dickinson, Katharine J.M.; Dullinger, Stefan; Elberling, Bo; Eskelinen, Anu; Forbes, Bruce C.; Frei, Esther R.; Iturrate‐Garcia, Maitane; Good, Megan K.; Grau, Oriol; Green, Peter; Greve, Michelle; Grogan, Paul; Haider, Sylvia; Hajek, Tomas; Hallinger, Martin; Happonen, Konsta; Harper, Karen A.; Heijmans, Monique M.P.D.; Henry, Gregory H.R.; Hermanutz, Luise; Hewitt, Rebecca E.; Hollister, Robert D.; Hudson, James; Hülber, Karl; Iversen, Colleen M.; Jaroszynska, Francesca; Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja; Johnstone, Jill; Jorgesen, Rasmus Halfdan; Kaarlejärvi, Elina; Klady, Rebecca; Klimešová, Jitka; Korsten, Annika; Kuleza, Sara; Kulonen, Aino; Lamarque, Laurent J.; Lantz, Trevor; Lavalle, Amanda; Lembrechts, Jonas J.; Lévesque, Esther; Little, Chelsea J.; Luoto, Miska; Macek, Petr; Mack, Michelle C.; Mathakutha, Rabia; Michelsen, Anders; Milbau, Ann; Molau, Ulf; Morgan, John W.; Mörsdorf, Martin Alfons; Nabe‐Nielsen, Jacob; Nielsen, Sigrid Schøler; Ninot, Josep M.; Oberbauer, Steven F.; Olofsson, Johan; Onipchenko, Vladimir G.; Petraglia, Alessandro; Pickering, Catherine; Prevéy, Janet S.; Rixen, Christian; Rumpf, Sabine B.; Schaepman‐Strub, Gabriela; Semenchuk, Philipp; Shetti, Rohan; Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A.; Spasojevic, Marko J.; Speed, James David Mervyn; Street, Lorna E.; Suding, Katharine; Tape, Ken D.; Tomaselli, Marcello; Trant, Andrew; Treier, Urs A.; Tremblay, Jean‐Pierre; Tremblay, Maxime; Venn, Susanna; Virkkala, Anna‐Maria; Vowles, Tage; Weijers, Stef; Wilmking, Martin; Wipf, Sonja; Zamin, Tara (Wiley, 2018-12)
    MOTIVATION : The Tundra Trait Team (TTT) database includes field‐based measurements of key traits related to plant form and function at multiple sites across the tundra biome. This dataset can be used to address theoretical ...
  • Unlocking the potential of orphan legumes 
    Kunert, Karl J.; Cullis, Christopher | (Oxford University Press, 2017-04)
    Orphan, or underutilized, legumes are domesticated legumes with useful properties, but with less importance than major world crops due to use and supply constraints. However, they play a significant role in many developing ...
  • Unravelling the evolutionary origins of biogeographic assemblages 
    Daru, Barnabas H.; Van der Bank, Michelle; Davies, T. Jonathan (Wiley, 2018-03)
    AIM : Floristic and faunal diversity fall within species assemblages that can be grouped into distinct biomes or ecoregions. Understanding the origins of such biogeographic assemblages helps illuminate the processes shaping ...
  • Unravelling the metabolic reconfiguration of the post-challenge primed state in Sorghum bicolor responding to Colletotrichum sublineolum infection 
    Tugizimana, Fidele; Steenkamp, Paul A.; Piater, Lizelle A.; Labuschagne, Nico; Dubery, Ian A. (MDPI, 2019)
    Priming is a natural phenomenon that pre-conditions plants for enhanced defence against a wide range of pathogens. It represents a complementary strategy, or sustainable alternative that can provide protection against ...
  • The use of field and artificial freezing studies to assess frost tolerance in natural populations of Pinus oocarpa 
    De Waal, Lizette; Mitchell, R. Glen; Hodge, Gary R.; Chirwa, Paxie W. (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2018)
    The susceptibility of Pinus oocarpa to freezing temperatures limits the commercial deployment of the highly productive Pinus patula × P. oocarpa hybrid in South Africa. Identifying P. oocarpa germplasm with increased frost ...
  • Use of multi-date and multi-spectral UAS imagery to classify dominant tree species in the Wet Miombo woodlands of Zambia 
    Shamaoma, Hastings; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Zekeng, Jules C.; Ramoelo, Abel; Hudak, Andrew T.; Handavu, Ferdinand; Syampungani, Stephen (MDPI, 2023-02)
    Accurate maps of tree species distributions are necessary for the sustainable management of forests with desired ecological functions. However, image classification methods to produce species distribution maps for ...