Browsing Research Articles (Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology) by UP Author "Le Roux, Peter Christiaan"

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Ecosystem engineering through aardvark (Orycteropus afer) burrowing : mechanisms and effects

Haussmann, N.S. (Natalie); Louw, Michelle Anne; Lewis, Simone; Nicol, Keegan J.H.; Van der Merwe, Stephni; Le Roux, Peter Christiaan (Elsevier, 2018-08)

Burrowing mammals are often considered to be ecosystem engineers as burrowing disturbs the soil, thereby potentially changing resource availability and affecting habitat conditions for other species. After their excavation, ...
Restoration potential of invaded abandoned agricultural fields : what does the seed bank tell us?

Haussmann, N.S. (Natalie); Delport, Christopher; Kakembo, Vincent; Mashiane, Katlego K.; Le Roux, Peter Christiaan (Wiley, 2019-01)

Soil seed banks can play an important role in the restoration of degraded ecosystems, especially where indigenous species are well represented in, and invasive species are largely absent from, the seed bank. Here, we studied ...
Testing for consistency in the impacts of a burrowing ecosystem engineer on soil and vegetation characteristics across biomes

Louw, Michelle Anne; Haussmann, N.S. (Natalie); Le Roux, Peter Christiaan (Nature Publishing Group, 2019-12-18)

The impacts of ecosystem engineers may be expected to vary along environmental gradients. Due to some resources being more limited in arid than in mesic environments, disturbances created by burrowing mammals are expected ...

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