• Exploring the gap between ecosystem service research and management in development planning 

  Sitas, Nadia   Prozesky, Heidi. E.   Esler, Karen. J.   Reyers, Belinda (MDPI, 2014-06)

  The gap between science and practice has been highlighted in a number of scientific disciplines, including the newly developing domain of ecosystem service science, posing a challenge for the sustainable management of ...
• Spatial and temporal changes in Fynbos riparian vegetation on selected upland rivers in the Western Cape 

  Otto, Mia (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Restoration practices commonly make use of a reference condition in order to restore a site to a better ecological state than it is currently in. The selection process and relevance of the reference ...
• Acoustic profiling of the landscape 

  Grant, Paul Brian Charles (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Soft, serene insect songs add an intrinsic aesthetic value to the landscape. Yet these songs also have an important biological relevance. Acoustic signals across the landscape carry a multitude of ...
• Development of a Biotope Quality Index 

  Bredenhand, Emile (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As the world’s human population increases, more pressure is placed on the management of natural resources. In response, we need an efficient means of monitoring, not only the quantity of these resources ...
• An investigation of the evolutionary diversification of a recent radiation of dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion) from KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa 

  Da Silva, Jessica Marie (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: An important prerequisite for evolutionary change is variability in natural populations; however, when phenotypic and molecular rates of change differ, species delimitation is problematic. Such discordance ...
• Exploring meaningful nature experience, connectedness with nature and the revitalization of transformative education for sustainability 

  Zylstra, Matthew J. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Humanity‘s growing separation from nature is central to the convergent social and ecological crises facing earth. This is both a psychological (e.g. perceptual, emotional) and physical (e.g. experiential) ...
• Locust and grasshopper outbreaks in Zululand sugarcane, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa 

  Bam, Adrian Jock (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of the research presented in this dissertation was to investigate localised acridid outbreaks causing damage to sugarcane in Empangeni, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Reports of outbreaks with ...
• Disturbance factors related to conservation of biodiversity in large-scale ecological networks 

  Joubert, Lize (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Globally, habitat transformation causes biodiversity loss, with the transformed matrix often affecting the disturbance regime in remnant natural patches. In South Africa, significant parts of the Indian ...
• Pollination ecosystem services to onion hybrid seed crops in South Africa 

  Brand, Mariette Rieks (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Insect pollination contributes in various degrees toward the production of a variety of agricultural crops that ensure diversity and nutritional value in the human diet. Although managed honeybees (Apis ...
• Production and quality assurance in the SIT Africa mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) rearing facility in South Africa 

  Barnes, Brian   Rosenberg, Saadiek   Arnolds, Luciano   Johnson, Jerome (Florida Entomological Society, 2007-03)

  A mass-rearing facility for Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) was commissioned in Stellenbosch in 1999 to produce sterile male fruit flies for a sterile insect technique (SIT) project in commercial ...
• Niche overlap of congeneric invaders supports a single- species hypothesis and provides insight into future invasion risk: implications for global management of the bactrocera dorsalis complex 

  Hill, Matthew P.   Terblanche, John S. (PLoS, 2014-02)

  Background: The invasive fruit fly, Bactrocera invadens, has expanded its range rapidly over the past 10 years. Here we aimed to determine if the recent range expansion of Bactrocera invadens into southern Africa can be ...
• Heterorhabditis noenieputensis n. sp. (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from South Africa 

  Malan, Antoinette P.   Knoetze, R.   Tiedt, L. (Cambridge University Press - CUP, 2012-12)

  A new entomopathogenic nematode in the genus Heterorhabditis is described from South Africa, from two singular isolates found 1000km from each other, from beneath a fig tree and in a citrus orchard, respectively. ...
• The Potential Use of Entomopathogenic Nematodes to Control Planococcus ficus (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) 

  Le Vieux, P. D.   Malan, Antoinette P. (South African Society for Enology and Viticulture, 2013-08)

  Laboratory bioassays were conducted to establish the potential of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) as biocontrol agents of Planococcus ficus (Signoret). Six indigenous and two commercially available nematode species ...
• An overview of the vine mealybug (Planococcus ficus) in South African vineyards and the use of entomopathogenic nematodes as potential biocontrol agent 

  Le Vieux, P. D.   Malan, Antoinette P. (South African Society for Enology and Viticulture, 2013-02)

  The vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), which is the dominant mealybug species in South Africa, is a severe wine and table grape pest and disease vector. Their increasing resistance to chemical ...
• Cover crops with biofumigation properties for the suppression of plant-parasitic nematodes : a review 

  Kruger, D. H. M.   Fourie, J. C.   Malan, Antoinette P. (South African Society for Enology and Viticulture, 2013-08)

  Plant-parasitic nematodes are a problem in vineyards worldwide, with some species acting as vectors of grapevine soil-transmitted viruses. Global pressure on the use of soil-applied chemical nematicides has led to a ...
• Options for soil health measurement in vineyards and deciduous fruit orchards, with special reference to nematodes 

  Kapp, C.   Storey, S. G.   Malan, Antoinette P. (South African Society for Enology and Viticulture, 2013-07)

  Soil is a non-renewable resource and supports all land-based forms of life. The sustainable production of crops is becoming progressively more critical as human populations increase and viable agricultural land decreases. ...
• Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. noenieputensis subsp. nov., a symbiotic bacterium associated with a novel Heterorhabditis species related to Heterorhabditis indica 

  Ferreira, Tiarin   Van Reenen, Carol   Pages, Sylvie   Tailliez, Patrick   Malan, Antoinette P.   Dicks, Leon M. T. (Society for General Microbiology, 2013-05)

  The bacterial symbiont AM7T, isolated from a novel entomopathogenic nematode species of the genus Heterorhabditis, displays the main phenotypic traits of the genus Photorhabdus and is highly pathogenic to Galleria mellonella. ...
• Description of Xenorhabdus khoisanae sp. nov., the symbiont of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema khoisanae 

  Ferreira, Tiarin   Van Reenen, Carol A.   Endo, Akihito   Sproer, Cathrin   Malan, Antoinette P.   Dicks, Leon M. T. (Society for General Microbiology, 2013-09)

  Bacterial strain SF87T, and additional strains SF80, SF362 and 106-C, isolated from the nematode Steinernema khoisanae, are non-bioluminescent Gram-reaction-negative bacteria that share many of the carbohydrate fermentation ...
• Effect of humidity and a superabsorbent polymer formulation on the efficacy of Heterorhabditis zealandica (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae) to control codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) 

  De Waal, Jeanne Y.   Malan, Antoinette P.   Addison, Matthew F. (Taylor & Francis, 2013-12)

  Adequate moisture levels are required for nematode survival and subsequent efficacy as entomopathogens. Formulation of nematodes aimed at aboveground applications may assist in maintaining such moisture levels. In this ...
• Adjuvants to improve aerial control of the citrus mealybug Planococcus citri (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) using entomopathogenic nematodes 

  Van Niekerk, S.   Malan, A. P. (Cambridge University Press - CUP, 2013-11)

  The citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri, is a highly destructive pest of citrus, occurring only in the aerial parts of plants. Humidity will be one of the key factors to consider when using entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) ...

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