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(Springer, 2023-11)Accurately identifying soil texture and understanding soil behaviour in terms of plasticity is a crucial initial step in properly characterizing a site, which in turn facilitates appropriate sampling and scheduling of ...
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? A call for community participation in the governance of the SeqCode (Elsevier, 2024-05)Codes of nomenclature that provide well-regulated and stable frameworks for the naming of taxa are a fundamental underpinning of biological research. These Codes themselves require systems that govern their administration, ...
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(Elsevier, 2024-05)South Africa is well-known for the diversity of its legumes and their nitrogen-fixing bacterial symbionts. However, in contrast to their plant partners, remarkably few of these microbes (collectively referred to as rhizobia) ...
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(Routledge, 2023)Management of invasive alien species (IAS) depends on public awareness and cooperation, which may be increased by effective IAS education by zoos. We administered a questionnaire to visitors (n = 221) and educators (n = 44) ...
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(MDPI, 2024-01)Several interventions have been promoted in dry areas to improve food and nutrition insecurity. However, studies on the key drivers influencing adoption and uptake are limited. Therefore, research was undertaken to investigate ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2023)The ‘Cognitive Geomatics’ project is a cooperation between the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (Germany), the University of Pretoria (South Africa) and the University of Nairobi (Kenya). It builds on an earlier ...
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(International Society for Horticultural Science, 2023-07)Please read abstract in the article.
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(Taylor and Francis, 2024)The social organization of honey bee colonies is predominantly controlled by the pheromonal cues produced by the queen, workers and brood. Pheromone composition is dependent on the social environment, context, audience and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-03)The global demand for poultry products is continuously growing, therefore the poultry industry requires fast growth and high stocking densities to enhance production efficiency. These conditions impact negatively on ...
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(EDP Sciences, 2023-11)We present deep ALMA Band 3 observations of the HCN, HCO+, and HNC(4–3) emission in SDP.81, a well-studied z = 3:042; strongly lensed galaxy. These lines trace the high-density gas, which remains almost entirely unexplored ...
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(MDPI, 2023-06-29)South Africa is associated with a centuries-old viticultural industry, accompanied by a diverse range of wine and table grape cultivars and an extensive history of pervasive introductions of vine material and associated ...
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(Elsevier, 2023-11)Trophy hunting is a contentious practice often associated by the public with charismatic African megafauna, especially lions (Panthera leo). Public pressure could potentially end trophy hunting in the near future, which ...
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(MDPI, 2023-11-13)Environmentally sustainable small-scale rice production mechanisation is a feasible intervention to help enhance yields and reduce food insecurity. Using machinery for rice production can help small farmers economically ...
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(MDPI, 2023-12-04)The efficient use of land, water, and energy resources in Africa is crucial for achieving sustainable food systems (SFSs). A SFS refers to all the related activities and processes from farm to fork and the range of actors ...
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(MDPI, 2023-11-03)Digital technologies disrupt agricultural value chains, thereby facilitating enhanced connectivity among various players. This contributes to the development of resilience and sustainability within farms. This study ...
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(MDPI, 2023-11)The role of small ruminant production in achieving sustainable and resilient food systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is yet to be fully explored or incorporated into current agroecological practices and ...
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(Elsevier, 2023-12)Since the emergence of the novel COVID-19 virus pandemic in December 2019, numerous mathematical models were published to assess the transmission dynamics of the disease, predict its future course, and evaluate the impact ...
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Identifying heat thresholds for South Africa towards the development of a heat-health warning system (Springer, 2024-02)Exposure to heatwaves may result in adverse human health impacts. Heat alerts in South Africa are currently based on defined temperature-fixed threshold values for large towns and cities. However, heat-health warning systems ...
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(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2023)Seagrasses are threatened by anthropogenic stressors and climate change, with numerous population declines reported. In South Africa, the eelgrass Zostera capensis is restricted to estuarine environments and has a disjunct ...
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(World Scientific Publishing, 2024-04)Chemical reactions occur everywhere in both natural and artificial systems. Some of the reactions occur during the flow of a fluid (such a process is referred to as a reactive flow). Given the hazardous nature of some ...
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