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Contrasting capabilities of two ungulate species to cope with extremes of aridity by Boyers, Melinda, Parrini, Francesca, Owen-Smith, Norman, Erasmus, Barend F. N., Hetem, Robyn S.

“…Southern Africa is expected to experience increased frequency and intensity of droughts through climate change, which will adversely affect mammalian…”
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Geographic sampling bias in the South African Frog Atlas Project: implications for conservation planning by Botts, Emily A, Erasmus, Barend F. N, Alexander, Graham J

“…Quality conservation planning requires quality input data. However, the broad scale sampling strategies typically employed to obtain primary species…”
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Biomass Increases Go under Cover: Woody Vegetation Dynamics in South African Rangelands by Mograbi, Penelope J, Erasmus, Barend F N, Witkowski, E T F, Asner, Gregory P, Wessels, Konrad J, Mathieu, Renaud, Knapp, David E, Martin, Roberta E, Main, Russell

“…Woody biomass dynamics are an expression of ecosystem function, yet biomass estimates do not provide information on the spatial distribution of woody…”
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The Race for Space: Tracking Land-Cover Transformation in a Socio-ecological Landscape, South Africa by Coetzer, Kaera L., Erasmus, Barend F. N., Witkowski, Edward T. F., Reyers, Belinda

“…Biosphere Reserves attempt to align existing biodiversity conservation with sustainable resource use, specifically for improving socio-economic circumstances…”
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Mapping landscape beta diversity of plants across KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, for aiding conservation planning by Jewitt, Debbie, Goodman, Peter S., O’Connor, Timothy G., Erasmus, Barend F. N., Witkowski, Ed T. F.

“…Collective properties of biodiversity, such as beta diversity, are suggested as complementary measures of species richness to guide the prioritisation and…”
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A tale of two villages: assessing the dynamics of fuelwood supply in communal landscapes in South Africa by MATSIKA, RUWADZANO, ERASMUS, BAREND F.N., TWINE, WAYNE C.

“…Fuelwood is the dominant source of energy used by most rural households in southern Africa to meet daily domestic energy requirements. Due to limited financial…”
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Distributional niche of relatively rare sable antelope in a South African savanna: habitat versus biotic relationships by Chirima, George J., Owen-Smith, Norman, Erasmus, Barend F. N., Parrini, Francesca

“…The geographic distribution of a species is governed by climatic conditions, topography, resources and habitat structure determining the fundamental niche,…”
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Reviewing Biosphere Reserves globally: effective conservation action or bureaucratic label? by Coetzer, Kaera L., Witkowski, Edward T. F., Erasmus, Barend F. N.

“…ABSTRACT The Biosphere Reserve (BR) model of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme reflects a shift towards more accountable conservation. Biosphere…”
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Extinction risk from climate change by Thomas, Chris D, Cameron, Alison, Green, Rhys E, Bakkenes, Michel, Beaumont, Linda J, Collingham, Yvonne C, Erasmus, Barend F. N, de Siqueira, Marinez Ferreira, Grainger, Alan, Hannah, Lee, Hughes, Lesley, Huntley, Brian, van Jaarsveld, Albert S, Midgley, Guy F, Miles, Lera, Ortega-Huerta, Miguel A, Townsend Peterson, A, Phillips, Oliver L, Williams, Stephen E

“…Climate change over the past ∼30 years has produced numerous shifts in the distributions and abundances of species and has been implicated in one species-level…”
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Small range size and narrow niche breadth predict range contractions in South African frogs by Botts, Emily A., Erasmus, Barend F. N., Alexander, Graham J.

“…Aim: Small range size often increases a species' susceptibility to decline. A narrow ecological niche is one factor that may cause species to inhabit a small…”
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Ensemble models predict Important Bird Areas in southern Africa will become less effective for conserving endemic birds under climate change by Coetzee, Bernard W.T, Robertson, Mark P, Erasmus, Barend F.N, van Rensburg, Berndt J, Thuiller, Wilfried

“…To examine the impacts of climate change on endemic birds, which are of global significance for conservation, on a continent with few such assessments. We…”
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Planning for the Maintenance of Floristic Diversity in the Face of Land Cover and Climate Change by Jewitt, Debbie, Goodman, Peter S., Erasmus, Barend F. N., O’Connor, Timothy G., Witkowski, Ed T. F.

“…Habitat loss and climate change are primary drivers of global biodiversity loss. Species will need to track changing environmental conditions through…”
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Observed range dynamics of South African amphibians under conditions of global change by Botts, Emily A., Erasmus, Barend F. N., Alexander, Graham J.

“…Changes in the size and location of species ranges are a recognized response to environmental changes. We assessed recent range dynamics of South African…”
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Investigating potential determinants of the distribution limits of a savanna woody plant: Colophospermum mopane by Stevens, Nicola, Swemmer, Anthony M, Ezzy, Leanne, Erasmus, Barend F.N, Ward, David

“…QUESTIONS: Early bioclimatic models predict that climate change in southern African savannas will cause a huge southward and westward range shift of the…”
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The Impacts of Changes in Land Use on Woodlands in an Equatorial African Savanna by Kalema, Vettes N., Witkowski, Edward T. F., Erasmus, Barend F. N., Mwavu, Edward N.

“…Savanna landscapes are vitally important in providing both ecological and economic services that sustain local livelihoods and national economies, particularly…”
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Thresholds of change in a multi-use conservation landscape of South Africa: historical land-cover, future transformation and consequences for environmental decision-making by COETZER-HANACK, KAERA L., WITKOWSKI, E.T.F., ERASMUS, BAREND F.N.

“…As multi-use conservation landscapes, biosphere reserves (BRs) exemplify the landscape mosaic approach to environmental decision-making. In this study,…”
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A comparison between field-measured NDVI and visual estimates of grass greenness in buffalo-foraging areas by Parrini, Francesca, Macindoe, Michael, Erasmus, Barend F. N.

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How Does Climate Change Influence the Economic Value of Ecosystem Services in Savanna Rangelands? by Scheiter, Simon, Schulte, Judith, Pfeiffer, Mirjam, Martens, Carola, Erasmus, Barend F.N., Twine, Wayne C.

“…Savanna rangelands provide essential ecosystem services to people. Intense land-use and climate change may degrade ecosystems and influence the provision of…”
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The effect of water pollution on biological control of water hyacinth by Newete, Solomon W., Erasmus, Barend F.N., Weiersbye, Isabel M., Byrne, Marcus J.

“…[Display omitted] •We tested the effect of heavy metals and acid mine drainage (AMD) on the biocontrol agent Neochetina Spp.•Copper and arsenic reduced…”
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Variation by Geographic Scale in the Migration-Environment Association: Evidence from Rural South Africa by Hunter, Lori M, Leyk, Stefan, Maclaurin, Galen J, Nawrotzki, Raphael, Twine, Wayne, Erasmus, Barend FN, Collinson, Mark

“…Scholarly understanding of human migration’s environmental dimensions has greatly advanced in the past several years, motivated in large part by public and…”
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