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Research Articles (Conservation Ecology and Entomology)
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Understanding drivers of human tolerance to gray wolves and brown bears as a strategy to improve landholder– carnivore coexistence
(Wiley Periodicals LLC., 2020)Despite recent recovery of large carnivores throughout Europe such as the brown bear (Ursus arctos) and the graywolf (Canis lupus), some of their populations are still threatened and their viability depends on human ... -
The influence of biophysical and socio-economic factors on the effectiveness of private land conservation areas in preventing natural land cover loss across South Africa
(Elsevier B.V., 2021-06-09)There is increasing interest in the potential of private land conservation areas (PLCAs) as a complementary biodiversity conservation strategy to state-owned protected areas. However, there is limited understanding of ... -
Effects of both climate change and human water demand on a highly threatened damselfly
(Nature, 2021-04-08)While climate change severely affects some aquatic ecosystems, it may also interact with anthropogenic factors and exacerbate their impact. In dry climates, dams can cause hydrological drought during dry periods following ... -
Acridid ecology in the sugarcane agro-ecosystem in the Zululand region of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Pensoft, 2020-01-10)Grasshoppers and locusts are well known crop and pasture pests throughout the world. Periodically they cause extensive damage to large areas of crops and grazing lands, which often exacerbate food shortage issues in many ... -
Weed species, not mulching, affect web-building spiders and their prey in organic fruit orchards in South Africa
(Wiley Online, 2020)Weed infestation affects economically relevant orchard properties, including tree performance, yield, and fruit quality negatively, and weeds are therefore often controlled by herbicide application in conventional farming. ... -
Impacts of a trophy hunting ban on private land conservation in South African biodiversity hotspots
(Wiley, 2020-04-22)Private land conservation areas (PLCAs) have become critical for achieving global conservation goals, but we lack understanding of how and when these areas respond to global pressures and opportunities. In southern Africa, ... -
Does money "buy" tolerance toward damage-causing wildlife?
(Wiley, 2020-07-26)The Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area supports large-scale migrations of wildlife that occur in a mixed agri-conservation landscape in five Southern African countries. Human–Wildlife Conflict is a key challenge ... -
SIZE ACROSS WEATHER GRADIENTS IN PILL MILLIPEDES (DIPLOPODA): I. FEMALE VOLUME AND PRECIPITATION
(2022-08-29)- Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) was investigated across weather gradients in southern African members of the pill millipede genus Sphaerotherium. Body width was extracted from published material (1928) and used to compare ... -
SIZE ACROSS WEATHER GRADIENTS IN PILL MILLIPEDES (DIPLOPODA): II. FEMALE VOLUME AND LOWEST NUMBER OF DAILY HOURS OF SUNSHINE (AVERAGE)
(2022-08-29)Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) was investigated across weather gradients in southern African members of the pill millipede genus Sphaerotherium. Body width was extracted from published material (1928) and used to compare ... -
Functional traits explain the Hutchinsonian niches of plant species
(Wiley, 2019-11-22)Aim: The Hutchinsonian niche is a foundational concept in ecology and evolutionary biology that describes fundamental characteristics of any species: the global maximum population growth rate (rmax); the niche optimum (the ... -
Relative impacts of land-use and climate change on grasshopper range shifts have changed over time
(Wiley, 2020-08-14)Aim: Stopping the decline of biodiversity is one of today’s greatest challenges. To help address this, we require studies that disentangle the effects of the most important drivers behind species range losses and shifts. ... -
Unlocking and securing ecological infrastructure investments : the needs and willingness to invest and institutional support mechanisms used
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2021-09-29)Ecological infrastructure (EI) is a natural and near-natural functioning ecosystem that delivers a range of essential services to humankind. Examples include mountain catchments, wetlands, coastal dunes, and riparian ... -
Scientists warning to humanity on insect extinctions
(2020-02)Here we build on the manifesto 'World Scientists' Warning to Humanity, issued by the Alliance of World Scientists. As a group of conservation biologists deeply concerned about the decline of insect populations, we here ... -
Solutions for humanity on how to conserve insects
(2020-02)The fate of humans and insects intertwine, especially through the medium of plants. Global environmental change, including land transformation and contamination, is causing concerning insect diversity loss, articulated in ... -
Costs of coexistence : understanding the drivers of tolerance towards Asian elephants Elephas maximus in rural Bangladesh
(Fauna & Flora International, 2020)Habitat degradation and fragmentation have heightened the importance of understanding human tolerance towards wildlife, as the fate of wildlife in multi-use landscapes depends on people's capacity for coexistence. We applied ... -
Bark beetle mycobiome : collaboratively defined research priorities on a widespread insect-fungus symbiosis
(Springer, 2020-06-03)One of the main threats to forests in the Anthropocene are novel or altered interactions among trees, insects and fungi. To critically assess the contemporary research on bark beetles, their associated fungi, and their ... -
First report and molecular characterization of the dagger nematode, Xiphinema oxycaudatum (Nematoda, Dorylaimidae) from South Africa
(Pensoft, 2019-12-03)Plant-parasitic nematodes of the genus Xiphinema Cobb, 1913 comprise a complex group of nematode species, some of which are important vectors of plant viruses. During a field survey to determine the soil health of an ... -
Resprouters versus reseeders : are wild rooibos ecotypes genetically distinct?
(Frontiers, 2021-12-20)Aspalathus linearis (Burm. F.) R. Dahlgren (Fabaceae) or rooibos, is a strict endemic species, limited to areas of the Cederberg (Western Cape) and the southern Bokkeveld plateau (Northern Cape) in the greater Cape Floristic ... -
Marketing products with wildlife : how to make it benefit conservation
(Frontiers, 2021-06-22)A key obstacle to wildlife conservation is a scarcity of funding. A recent paper [Courchamp, F., Jaric, I., Albert, C., Meinard, Y., Ripple, W. J., and Chapron, G. (2018). The paradoxical extinction of the most charismatic ... -
Potential of South African entomopathogenic nematodes to control the leaf miner, Holocacista capensis (Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae)
(MedPharm Publications, 2019)The Cape grapevine leafminer, Holocacista capensis, a sporadic pest of economic importance, is found in South African table and wine grape vineyards. The cocoon casings, constructed by the final instar larvae, can be found ...
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