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  • 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 ...
  • Use of the SWB-Sci model for nitrogen management in sludge-amended land 
    Tesfamariam, Eyob Habte; Annandale, John George; Steyn, J.M. (Joachim Marthinus), 1963-; Stirzaker, Richard John; Mbakwe, Ikenna (Elsevier, 2015-04)
    Process-based computer simulation models are often used as reasoning support tools to integrate the complex processes involved in the soil-plant-atmosphere system. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the ...
  • Using soil-specific partition coefficients to improve accuracy of the new South African guideline for contaminated land 
    Papenfus, Michelle; Tesfamariam, Eyob Habte; De Jager, Pieter Christiaan; Steyn, Christien; Herselman, J.E. (Water Research Council, 2015-01)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Vachellia erioloba dynamics over 38 years in the Kalahari Gemsbok national park, South Africa 
    Van der Merwe, Helga; Van Rooyen, Noel; Bezuidenhout, Hugo; Bothma, Jacobus du P.; Van Rooyen, Margaretha W. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2019-04)
    Vachellia erioloba is a keystone tree species in the southern Kalahari. This long-term study over nearly four decades tracks two populations in different landscapes (the interior sandy duneveld versus the clayey Nossob ...
  • Vagrant birds as a dispersal vector in transoceanic range expansion of vascular plants 
    Kalwij, Jesse M.; Medan, Diego; Kellermann, Jurgen; Greve, Michelle; Chown, Steven L. (Nature Research, 2019-03)
    Birds are thought to be important vectors underlying the disjunct distribution patterns of some terrestrial biota. Here, we investigate the role of birds in the colonisation by Ochetophila trinervis (Rhamnaceae), a vascular ...
  • Validation of a simple canopy conductance model for estimating transpiration of different citrus species under non-limiting soil water conditions 
    Shongwe, Ncamsile Smangele; Taylor, N.J. (Nicolette); Annandale, J.G. (John George), 1959- (International Society for Horticultural Science, 2023-07)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Variability of satellite derived phenological parameters across maize producing areas of South Africa 
    Adisa, O.M. (Omolola); Botai, Joel Ongego; Hassen, Abubeker; Darkey, Daniel; Adeola, Abiodun Morakinyo; Tesfamariam, Eyob Habte; Botai, Christina M.; Adisa, Abidemi T. (MDPI Publishing, 2018-08-27)
    Changes in phenology can be used as a proxy to elucidate the short and long term trends in climate change and variability. Such phenological changes are driven by weather and climate as well as environmental and ecological ...
  • Variation in fungicide sensitivity among Rhizoctonia isolates recovered from potatoes in South Africa 
    Muzhinji, Norman; Woodhall, J.W.; Truter, Mariëtte; Van der Waals, Jacqueline Elise (American Phytopathological Society, 2018-08)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Variation in polyphenolic content of Athrixia phylicoides (L.) (bush tea) leaves with season and nitrogen application 
    Mudau, Fhatuwani Nixwell; Soundy, Puffy; Du Toit, Elsa Sophia; Olivier, J. (Jana), 1948- (Elsevier, 2006)
    The high concentrations of polyphenols present in leaves of bush tea (Athrixia phylicoides L.), a popular herbal beverage with medicinal properties, were examined in wild and cultivated populations to determine their ...
  • Vegetation of the Hantam-Tanqua-Roggeveld subregion, South Africa. Part 1 : Fynbos Biome related vegetation 
    Van der Merwe, Helga; Van Rooyen, Margaretha W.; Van Rooyen, Noel (South African National Parks, 2008)
    The Succulent Karoo Hotspot stretches along the western side of the Republic of South Africa and Namibia. A lack of botanical information on the Hantam-Tanqua-Roggeveld area of the Succulent Karoo Hotspot was identified ...
  • Vegetation patch dynamics in rangelands : how feedbacks between large herbivores, vegetation and soil fauna alter patches over space and through time 
    Smit, Christian; Buyens, Isabelle P.R.; Le Roux, Peter Christiaan (Wiley, 2023-10)
    AIM : Large herbivore grazing is a popular conservation management tool to promote vegetation structural diversity of rangelands. However, vegetation patch dynamics, that is, how patches of grazing-defended tall vegetation ...
  • Vegetation response to grazing and drought (13 yr) in a conservation area in the Succulent Karoo, South Africa 
    Geldenhuys, Conrad; Van der Merwe, Helga; Van Rooyen, M.W. (Margaretha W.), 1950- (Elsevier, 2023-12)
    Rangelands of arid ecosystems are driven by internal and external environmental controls. Grazing pressure is an important anthropogenic driver, but stochastic environmental events such as rainfall variability and prolonged ...
  • Vegetation trends following fire in the Roggeveld, Mountain Renosterveld, South Africa 
    Van der Merwe, Helga; Van Rooyen, Margaretha W. (Elsevier, 2011-01)
    The Mountain Renosterveld vegetation of the Roggeveld is an escarpment type renosterveld showing strong karroid affinities. Fire plays an important role as a landscape scale disturbance that shapes plant communities in ...