Davis, Sheena; Guerreiro Milheiras, Sergio; Olivier, Pieter L.; Barnes, Lauren; Shirima, Deo; Kioko, Esther; Sallu, Susannah M.; Ishengoma, Evodius; Marshall, Andrew R.; Pfeifer, Marion(Cambridge University Press, 2024-04)
Land-use change for crop production is one of the key drivers of habitat loss and fragmentation and consequently biodiversity loss and change in tropical regions. This may impact biodiversity-regulated ecosystem services; ...
Faecal glucocorticoid metabolites (fGCMs) are a relevant means of non-invasively assessing adrenocortical activity and thus, a key physiological stress response in wildlife populations. However, the widespread use of fGCMs ...
With 40% of the South African population experiencing moderate to severe food insecurity and climate change predicted to impact agriculture negatively, there is a future role for inland fisheries to help feed 60 million ...
Jordaan, P.R.; Wilken, A.; Combrink, X.(NISC Pty (Ltd) and Informa Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2024)
Exotic afforestation has proven detrimental to biodiversity in general, however only a few studies documenting the impact of timber plantations on herpetofaunal diversity have been published within a southern African ...
Bosua, Henrika J.; Weldon, Christopher William; Terblanche, John S.(Wiley, 2023-03)
Variation in geographical range size among closely related species may result from differences in physiological traits, such as desiccation tolerance, that enable these species to interact with their environment or adapt ...
The scratch-digging Cape dune mole-rat (Bathyergus suillus), and the chisel-toothed digging naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) are African mole-rats that differ in their digging strategy. The aim of this study was to ...
Braunstein, S.; Bennett, Nigel C.; Voigt, Cornelia; Oosthuizen, Maria Kathleen(Taylor and Francis, 2023)
The Cape mole-rat (Georychus capensis) is a solitary, strictly subterranean rodent that is responsive to light and entrains to photic cues despite having a reduced visual system. Circadian entrainment is maintained throughout ...
To evaluate conservation interventions, it is necessary to obtain reliable population trends
for short (<10 years) time scales. Telemetry can be used to estimate short-term survival
rates and is a common tool for assessing ...
Visser, Fleur; Drouilly, Marine; Moodley, Yoshan; Michaux, Johan R.; Somers, Michael J.(Wiley, 2023-03)
Mismatches between conservation action and conservation needs have been
highlighted for diverse species. Lion (Panthera leo) conservation is no exception,
raising the question of whether current conservation strategies ...
Siebert, Julia; Sunnemann, Marie; Hautier, Yann; Risch, Anita C.; Bakker, Jonathan D.; Biederman, Lori; Blumenthal, Dana M.; Borer, Elizabeth; Bugalho, Miguel N.; Broadbent, Arthur A.D.; Caldeira, Maria C.; Cleland, Elsa; Davies, Kendi F.; Eskelinen, Anu; Hagenah, Nicole; Knops, Johannes M.H.; MacDougall, Andrew S.; McCulley, Rebecca L.; Moore, Joslin L.; Power, Sally A.; Price, Jodi N.; Seabloom, Eric W.; Standish, Rachel; Zimmermann, Stephan; Eisenhauer, Nico(Nature Research, 2023-12-01)
Covering approximately 40% of land surfaces, grasslands provide critical ecosystem services
that rely on soil organisms. However, the global determinants of soil biodiversity and functioning
remain underexplored. In this ...
Tieminie, Robinson Nghogekeh; Chia, Eugene Loh; Tieguhong, Julius Chupezi; Awamba, Felix L.(Springer, 2023-08)
Forest provides services, directly linked to micro and macro environment, water and soil resources, plants and animals' diversity, food production and security and energy resources. This study contributes to other studies ...
In species where sociality and group cohesion are primarily determined by the maintenance of a reproductive division of labour and cooperative behaviours, the eusocial Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis) presents a ...
Spondyliaspis cf. plicatuloides and Glycaspis brimblecombei (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) are invasive insect pests of Eucalyptus,
native to Australia. The insects feed on eucalypt sap, and both psyllid species exhibit clear ...
BACKGROUND : The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is a devastating invasive pest and a threat to food
security in Africa, with yield losses of 20–50%. Recent studies highlighted the importance of cereal crops ...
Du Rand, Esther Elizabeth; Pirk, Christian Walter Werner; Okosun, Olabimpe O.; Yusuf, Abdullahi A.(Taylor and Francis, 2024)
The social organization of honey bee colonies is predominantly controlled by the pheromonal cues produced by the queen, workers and brood. Pheromone composition is dependent on the social environment, context, audience and ...
Pangolins form a group of scaly mammals that are trafficked at record numbers for their meat and purported medicinal properties. Despite their conservation concern, knowledge of their evolution is limited by a paucity of ...
In Africa, nothing inspires fear more than lions. They are large, hunt in groups and kill prey much larger than themselves. Yet, evidence suggests that African wildlife are more afraid of humans than anything else that ...
Exposure to extreme temperatures can negatively affect animal reproduction, by disrupting the ability of individuals to produce any offspring (fertility), or the number of offspring produced by fertile individuals (fecundity). ...