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The architecture of antagonistic networks
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Designing a mechanistic model that can give rise to realistic architecture of ecological networks is central to the understanding of how species assemble and function in ecosystems. As species are ... -
Impact of climate change on regional and global biodiversity : a meta-analysis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Peer-review publication has become a standard vessel for sharing the knowledge gained in scientific research, with its number increasing exponentially in the recent decades. To this end, robust statistical ... -
Incorporating spatial autocorrelation and association in the statistical null model test of co-occurrence
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University., 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: To avoid conflicts and optimally exploit environmental resources, species will partition available habitats, forming co-occurrence patterns. Such datasets are often described as a species-by-site matrix. ... -
Modelling early iInitiation of HAART to forestall AIDS-related lymphoma in South Africa: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The burden of cancer in low and middle income countries has been projected to shift from 59% (in 2012) to 65% (by 2030) of all cancer cases globally. Since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral ... -
Modelling frugivore-mediated seed dispersal
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Seed dispersal is the movement of seeds away from parent plants, and is a crucial ecological process for plant reproduction, persistence and spatial distribution. Specific interest in frugivorous ... -
Probabilistic modelling of the evolution of ecological interaction networks
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In any ecological system, organisms need to interact with each other for their survival. Such interactions form ecological networks which are usually very complex. Nevertheless, they exhibit well de ned ... -
Scale Resonance: Effects of spatial scales on the inference of drivers behind species distribution
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University., 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The factors that determine species distributions across landscapes have for long served keen interest to conservation biology. Abiotic factors have been the major determinants of species distribution at ... -
Using species distribution models for spatial conservation planning of African Penguins
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The African penguin Spheniscus demersus inhabits the south-western coast of Africa, between Namibia and Algoa Bay, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with the largest colony consisting of about 44% ...
