Browsing Research Articles (Plant Production and Soil Science) by UP Author "Harris, Mathew Andrew"

Browsing Research Articles (Plant Production and Soil Science) by UP Author "Harris, Mathew Andrew"

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  • Biogeographical survey of soil microbiomes across sub-Saharan Africa : structure, drivers, and predicted climate-driven changes 
    Cowan, Don A.; Lebre, Pedro H.; Amon, C.E.R.; Becker, R.W.; Boga, H.I.; Boulange, A.; Chiyaka, T.L.; Coetzee, T.; De Jager, Pieter Christiaan; Dikinya, O.; Eckardt, F.; Greve, Michelle; Harris, Mathew Andrew; Hopkins, D.W.; Houngnandan, H.B.; Houngnandan, P.; Jordaan, K.; Kaimoyo, E.; Kambura, A.K.; Kamgan Nkuekam, Gilbert; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Maggs‑Kolling, G.; Marais, E.; Mondlane, H.; Nghalipo, E.; Olivier, Bernard Wilhelm; Ortiz, M.; Pertierra, Luis R.; Ramond, Jean-Baptiste; Seely, M.; Sithole‑Niang, I.; Valverde, Angel; Varliero, Gilda; Vikram, Surendra; Wall, D.H.; Zeze, A. (BMC, 2022-08-23)
    BACKGROUND : Top-soil microbiomes make a vital contribution to the Earth’s ecology and harbor an extraordinarily high biodiversity. They are also key players in many ecosystem services, particularly in arid regions of the ...
  • Changes in bird assemblages because of vegetation homogenisation in communal livestock systems 
    Harris, Mathew Andrew; Voysey, Michael D.; Jamison, Samantha-Leigh; Greve, Michelle (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-07)
    Protected areas are intended to promote biodiversity representation and persistence; yet, whether they are effective in degraded landscapes where much of the original vegetation structure remains intact has received ...
  • Deterministic processes have limited impacts on foliar fungal endophyte communities along a savanna-forest successional gradient 
    Harris, Mathew Andrew; Kemler, Martin; Slippers, Bernard; Jamison-Daniels, Samantha-Leigh; Witfeld, Frederick; Botha, Monique; Begerow, Dominik; Brachmann, Andreas; Greve, Michelle (Elsevier, 2023-08)
    Patterns and drivers of succession provide insight into the mechanisms that govern community assembly, but remain poorly understood for microbial communities. We assess whether successional trends of trees are mirrored ...
  • Opportunities for diversified usage of metabarcoding data for fungal biogeography through increased metadata quality 
    Harris, Mathew Andrew; Slippers, Bernard; Kemler, Martin; Greve, Michelle (Elsevier, 2023-12)
    The widely adopted use of metabarcoding techniques and the ability to sequence microbial communities directly from environmental samples have advanced the field of fungal ecology. The growth of publicly available big ...
  • The role of deterministic succession during forest development within a southern African savanna 
    Jamison-Daniels, Samantha-Leigh; Kissling, W. Daniel; Botha, Monique; Harris, Mathew Andrew; Gordon, Christopher E.; Greve, Michelle (Wiley, 2021-03)
    Woody encroachment can lead to a switch from open savannas to dense woodlands or forests. This has implications for both the composition of ecological communities and the provision of ecosystem services such as nutrient ...