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Francis Wilson (1939-2022): Economist and mentor by Cherry, Michael I.

“…Francis, the elder son of the anthropologists Monica and Godfrey Wilson, was born in 1939 in Zambia, where his father was Director of the Rhodes-Livingstone…”
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Forest product harvesting in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: Impacts on habitat structure by Leaver, Jessica, Cherry, Michael I.

“…The Eastern Cape Province harbours 46% of South Africa’s remaining indigenous forest cover, and is one of the country’s poorest and least developed provinces…”
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Avian eggshell coloration: new perspectives on adaptive explanations by CHERRY, MICHAEL I, GOSLER, ANDREW G

“…Recent work suggests that the evolution of egg coloration may have been constrained in three important ways that have not yet been critically synthesized in…”
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Facilitation of a free-roaming apex predator in working lands: evaluating factors that influence leopard spatial dynamics and prey availability in a South African biodiversity hotspot by Greyling, Eugene, Comley, Jessica, Cherry, Michael I, Leslie, Alison J, Müller, Lana

“…Apex predators ideally require vast intact spaces that support sufficient prey abundances to sustain them. In a developing world, however, it is becoming…”
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Species–landscape interactions drive divergent population trajectories in four forest‐dependent Afromontane forest songbird species within a biodiversity hotspot in South Africa by Mulvaney, Jake M., Matthee, Conrad A., Cherry, Michael I.

“…Species confined to naturally fragmented habitats may exhibit intrinsic population complexity which may challenge interpretations of species response to…”
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Revising the recent evolutionary history of equids using ancient DNA by Orlando, Ludovic, Metcalf, Jessica L, Alberdi, Maria T, Telles-Antunes, Miguel, Bonjean, Dominique, Otte, Marcel, Martin, Fabiana, Eisenmann, Véra, Mashkour, Marjan, Morello, Flavia, Prado, Jose L, Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo, Shockey, Bruce J, Wrinn, Patrick J, Vasil'ev, Sergei K, Ovodov, Nikolai D, Cherry, Michael I, Hopwood, Blair, Male, Dean, Austin, Jeremy J, Hänni, Catherine, Cooper, Alan

“…The rich fossil record of the family Equidae (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) over the past 55 MY has made it an icon for the patterns and processes of…”
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Sexual size dimorphism in anurans by Monnet, Jean-Matthieu, Cherry, Michael I.

“…Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the direction and extent of sexual size dimorphism in anurans (in which males are usually smaller than…”
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Harvesting of forest products and implications for Afrotemperate bird communities in a montane forest of the Eastern Cape, South Africa by Leaver, Jessica, Carstens, Johann C., Cherry, Michael I.

“…Background Harvesting of forest products is a widespread driver of disturbance in developing nations, where policies are increasingly aimed at managing natural…”
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DNA barcoding of the mesic adapted striped mouse, Rhabdomys dilectus in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa by Matamba, Emmanuel, Richards, Leigh R., Cherry, Michael I., Rambau, Ramugondo V.

“…Abstract South African small mammals are under-represented in DNA barcoding efforts, particularly from the eastern forested regions of the country. This study…”
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Community harvesting of trees used as dens and for food by the tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) in the Pirie forest, South Africa by Makunga, Nokwanda P., Opperman, Elizabeth J., Cherry, Michael I.

“…Forests in South Africa are harvested by local communities for multiple purposes and this affects the animals that inhabit them. The tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax…”
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DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversification and taxonomic discordance among bats and birds within Sub-Saharan Africa by Mulvaney, Jake, Moir, Monika, Cherry, Michael I.

“…Cryptic species present a challenge for conservation, as species diversity may remain undetected. In zoological research, DNA barcoding of the mitochondrial…”
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Reflections of an Editor-in-Chief: 2008–2012 by Michael I. Cherry

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The storms facing higher education have not abated by Michael I. Cherry

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The evolutionary history of seahorses (Syngnathidae: Hippocampus): molecular data suggest a West Pacific origin and two invasions of the Atlantic Ocean by Teske, Peter R, Cherry, Michael I, Matthee, Conrad A

“…Sequence data derived from four markers (the nuclear RP1 and Aldolase and the mitochondrial 16S rRNA and cytochrome b genes) were used to determine the…”
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Fulufhelo Nelwamondo: NRF's idealistic new leader by Cherry, Michael I

“…I am apprehensive because it has taken me six months of badgering the NRF media office to set up the interview, which was postponed in July on the morning it…”
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Climate refugia for three Afromontane forest‐dependent bird species in south‐eastern South Africa by Mulvaney, Jake M., Cherry, Michael I., Matthee, Conrad A.

“…Aim Pleistocene climate shifts were influential in shaping biodiversity patterns for forest‐dependent species. Within southern Africa, palaeoclimatic shifts…”
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Functional diversity and trait filtering of insectivorous bats relate to forest biogeography and fragmentation in South Africa by Moir, Monika, Richards, Leigh R., Rambau, Ramugondo V., Cherry, Michael I.

“…Aim Forest fragmentation is a major driver of biodiversity loss causing declines in species richness and functional diversity of biotic communities. Bats are…”
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Individual recognition in a wild cooperative mammal using contact calls by Sharpe, Lynda L., Hill, Amy, Cherry, Michael I.

“…Many of the mechanisms advanced to explain the evolution of intraspecific cooperative behaviour, such as reciprocity or social prestige, hinge on an animal's…”
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Phylogeography of the mesic-adapted striped mouse, Rhabdomys dilectus chakae (Rodentia: Muridae) in forest margins of the Eastern Cape and southern KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa by Matamba, Emmanuel, Richards, Leigh R, Cherry, Michael I, Rambau, Ramugondo V

“…Rhabdomys is a genus that occupies a variety of habitats, including forest margins. Among the Rhabdomys taxa, Rhabdomys dilectus chakae has a distribution that…”
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Beyond just species: is Africa the most taxonomically diverse bird continent? by Lotz, Chris N, Caddick, John A, Forner, Monika, Cherry, Michael I

“…We analysed avian diversity in 8 similar-sized regions of Africa, and in an additional 16 regions spread across the world; half of these 24 regions were…”
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