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  • South Africa : serious about biodiversity science 
    Cherry, Michael (Public Library of Science (PLOS), 2005-05)
    In 1772, Carolus Linnaeus wrote a letter, now oft-quoted, to Ryk Tulbagh, the Governor of the Cape—in which he envied Tulbagh’s “sovereign control of that Paradise on Earth, the Cape of Good Hope, which the benefi cent ...
  • Spatial variation in soil chemistry on a Sub-Antarctic island 
    Conradie, Everhard Christiaan   Smith, Valdon R. (Scientific Research Publishing Inc, 2012-03)
    On both west and east sides of sub-Antarctic Marion Island (47oS, 38oE), total Na and exchangeable Na, Mg and K concentrations in the soil decline with increasing distance inland and altitude, related to a decrease in the ...
  • Field soil respiration rate on a Sub-Antarctic island : its relation to site characteristics and response to added C, N and P 
    Lubbe, Andrea   Smith, Valdon R. (Scientific Research Publishing Inc, 2012-06)
    Botanical, soil chemistry and soil microbiology variables were tested as predictors of in situ soil respiration rate in the various terrestrial habitats on sub-Antarctic Marion Island (47oS, 38oE). Inorganic P and total N ...
  • Hemispheric asymmetries in biodiversity : a serious matter of ecology 
    Chown, Steven L.   Sinclair, Brent J.   Leinaas, Hans P.   Gaston, Kevin J. (PLoS One, 2004-11)
    Penguins have been receiving a lot of bad press lately. They are considered somehow counter, spare, strange. Unlike most plant and animal groups, they do not show a peak of species richness towards the equator and a ...
  • Ou en nuwe tendense in die ekotoksikologie : die relevansie van stresekologie en ekotoksikogenomika 
    Reinecke, S. A. (AOSIS OpenJournal, 2005)
    Die relatief jong wetenskapsgebied van die ekotoksikologie het in die afgelope dekade heelwat veranderinge ondergaan – vanaf ’n meer praktykgerigte, toetsgesentreerde vakgebied, na ’n basiese navorsingsveld waarin meer ...
  • Die konsep van biobeskikbaarheid en die neerlê van eenvormige standaarde vir toelaatbare chemiese kontaminante in die grond 
    Reinecke, A. J.   Reinecke, S. A. (AOSIS OpenJournal, 2006)
    Soils are very heterogeneous substrates providing an environmental matrix with varying spatial and temporal gradients of pH, organic carbon, particle size distribution, moisture content as well as biological factors ...
  • Spatial sorting drives morphological variation in the invasive bird, Acridotheris tristis 
    Berthouly-Salazar, C.   Van Rensburg, B. J.   Le Roux, J. J.   Van Vuuren, B. J.   Hui, C. (PLoS One, 2012-05)
    The speed of range expansion in many invasive species is often accelerating because individuals with stronger dispersal abilities are more likely to be found at the range front. This ‘spatial sorting’ of strong dispersers ...
  • The fynbos and succulent Karoo biomes do not have exceptional local ant richness 
    Braschler, Brigitte   Chown, Steven L.   Gaston, Kevin J. (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-03)
    Background: The Fynbos (FB) and Succulent Karoo biomes (SKB) have high regional plant diversity despite relatively low productivity. Local diversity in the region varies but is moderate. For insects, previous work suggests ...
  • Correlated genetic and ecological diversification in a widespread Southern African horseshoe bat 
    Stoffberg, Samantha   Schoeman, M. Corrie   Matthee, Conrad A. (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-02)
    The analysis of molecular data within a historical biogeographical framework, coupled with ecological characteristics can provide insight into the processes driving diversification. Here we assess the genetic and ecological ...
  • Breaking tradition with scientific learning 
    Wossler, Theresa (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2010-02)
    Pathways to scientific teaching is a compilation of previously published, two-paged articles in Frontiers in ecology and the environment, a publication of the Ecological Society of America. In 2004, this publication instituted ...
  • African medicinal flora in the limelight 
    Makunga, Nokwanda P. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2011-10)
    In the past few years, African medicinal plants have received considerable attention, and it has been lamented that the documentation of the continent’s species that are used in traditional medicine lags behind China and ...
  • The centenary of Union 
    Cherry, Micheal (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2010-06)
    It would not be right for this journal to ignore the fact that on 31 May 1910, a century ago, the Union of South Africa came into being. That date saw the birth of the country in which we live today. Before then there ...
  • ‘African dinosaurs’ : permanent new exhibition at the South African Museum 
    Anderson, Bruce (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2010-08)
    The new ‘African dinosaurs’ exhibit at the Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town capitalises on a fascination that almost every person – old and (especially) young – has with dinosaurs. A highway into the human ...
  • Biodiversiteit in landbougronde, volhoubare plantproduksie en die beheer van plantpatogene 
    Reinecke, A. J. (Koot)   Reinecke, Sophie A. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2010-06)
    Grond is ’n baie heterogene substraat wat ’n omgewingsmatriks daarstel wat in ruimte en oor tyd kan varieer wat betref pH, organiese koolstof, verspreiding van partikelgrootttes en voginoud. Ook chemiese, fi siese en ...
  • C.G.S. de Villiers : wetenskaplike en kultuurmens 
    De Kock, J. M.   De Kock, C.   De Kock, J. C. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2001)
    Professor C.G.S. de Villiers wat by almal bekend gestaan het as “Dr. Con”, was vir sewe en dertig jaar professor in soölogie aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch. Hy was ’n besonderse persoon en het ’n vormende invloed ...

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