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Ecological outcomes of civic and expert-led urban greening projects using indigenous plant species in Cape Town, South Africa by Anderson, P.M.L., Avlonitis, G., Ernstson, H.

“…•Measures of plant and insect diversity show the role of civic-led greening in linking conservation to the ‘good and just city’.•Civic-led interventions can…”
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Insights and Opportunities Offered by a Rapid Ecosystem Service Assessment in Promoting a Conservation Agenda in an Urban Biodiversity Hotspot by O’Farrell, Patrick J., Anderson, Pippin M. L., Le Maitre, David C., Holmes, Patricia M.

“…Regional and global scale ecosystem service assessments have demonstrated the socioeconomic value of protecting biodiversity and have been integrated into…”
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An Ecological View of the History of the City of Cape Town by Anderson, Pippin M. L., O’Farrell, Patrick J.

“…Rapid global urbanization and the knowledge that ecological systems underpin the future sustainability and resilience of our cities, make an understanding of…”
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The impacts of sustained heavy grazing on plant diversity and composition in lowland and upland habitats across the Kamiesberg mountain range in the Succulent Karoo, South Africa by Anderson, P.M.L., Hoffman, M.T.

“…This study explored the impacts of sustained heavy grazing in six vegetation types across an altitudinal and rainfall gradient in the Kamiesberg mountain range…”
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The Peninsula Shale Renosterveld of Devil's Peak, Western Cape: A study into the vegetation and seedbank with a view toward potential restoration by Cowan, O.S., Anderson, P.M.L.

“…Peninsula Shale Renosterveld is a poorly understood and critically threatened vegetation type. Less than 13% of its original extent remains and the surviving…”
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Grazing response in the vegetation communities of the Kamiesberg, South Africa: Adopting a plant functional type approach by Anderson, P.M.L., Hoffman, M.T.

“…Potential grazing impacts associated with the sustained heavy grazing of a communal rangeland are explored through a plant functional type approach. An…”
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Human response and adaptation to drought in the arid zone: lessons from southern Africa by O'Farrell, P J, Anderson, PML, Milton, S J, Dean, WRJ

“…Human adaptation and response to drought is primarily through evasion or endurance. A review of historical agricultural practices in southern Africa…”
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Above ground perennial plant biomass across an altitudinal and land-use gradient in Namaqualand, South Africa by Anderson, P.M.L., Hoffman, M.T., O'Farrell, P.J.

“…This study set out to generate estimates of the standing perennial biomass for six different vegetation types, and associated upland and lowland habitats,…”
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