• Profiling the diversity of the village chicken faecal microbiota using 16S rRNA gene and metagenomic sequencing data to reveal patterns of gut microbiome signatures 

  Nene, Mxolisi; Kunene, Nokuthula W.; Pierneef, Rian; Hadebe, Khanyisile (Frontiers Media, 2025-02)

  INTRODUCTION: The production environment of extensively raised village chickens necessitates their adaptability to low-resource systems. The gut microbiome plays a critical role in supporting this adaptability by influencing ...
• Development and validation of a knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) questionnaire for healthcare professionals on environmental sustainability in healthcare in Southern Africa 

  Lister, Helga Elke; Mostert, Karien; Botha, Tanita; Field, Emma; Knock, Danté; Mubi, Natasha; Odendaal, Stefani; Rohde, Megan; Maric, Filip (F1000 Research Ltd, 2024-10)

  BACKGROUND: The triple planetary crisis of climate change, environmental pollution, and biodiversity loss is increasingly driving poor health outcomes worldwide. Healthcare systems and services are often not environmentally ...
• Reinstatement of Aloe mutans (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae), a distinctive, endemic, maculate aloe from the central Limpopo province of South Africa 

  Smith, Gideon F.; Figueiredo, Estrela; Klopper, Ronell Renett (Magnolia Press, 2024-03-12)

  Until 1987, Aloe mutans (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae) was accepted as a distinctive species of maculate aloe from South Africa’s Limpopo province. However, this species thereafter often has been included in the synonymy ...
• Petalidium namibense (Acanthaceae), a new species from Namibia 

  Swanepoel, Wessel; Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam) (Magnolia Press, 2024-11-12)

  Petalidium namibense, hitherto confused with P. englerianum, P. rossmannianum, and the widespread P. variabile, is here described as a new species. It is a range-restricted species, only known from the area to the southwest, ...
• Gene transfer between fungal species triggers repeated coffee wilt disease outbreaks 

  Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Public Library of Science, 2024-12-06)

  Two outbreaks of coffee wilt disease have devastated African coffee production. A PLOS Biology study suggests that horizontal gene transfer via large Starship transposons between 2 fungal species played a key role in the ...
• On the impact of re-mating and residual fertility on the sterile insect technique efficacy : case study with the medfly, Ceratitis capitata 

  Dumont, Yves; Oliva, Clelia F. (Public Library of Science, 2024-05-06)

  The sterile insect technique (SIT) can be an efficient solution for reducing or eliminating certain insect pest populations. It is widely used in agriculture against fruit flies, including the Mediterranean fruit fly ...
• Southern Ocean food-webs and climate change : a short review and future directions 

  Queiros, Jose P.; Borras-Chavez, Renato; Friscourt, Noemie; Groß, Jasmin; Lewis, Candice B.; Mergard, Georgia; O’Brien, Katie (Public Library of Science, 2024-03-11)

  Food-webs are a critical feature of ecosystems and help us understand how communities will respond to climate change. The Southern Ocean is facing rapid and accelerating changes due to climate change. Though having evolved ...
• Advancing action on the UN sustainable development goals 

  Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Males, Jamie (Public Library of Science, 2024-01-04)

  The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of objectives that were agreed by the global community in 2015 as a “shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future” ...
• Petalidium etendekaense (Acanthaceae), a new species from Namibia, with notes on the taxonomic identity of P. glutinosum 

  Swanepoel, Wessel; Manzitto-Tripp, Erin A.; Dexter, Kyle G.; Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam) (Magnolia Press, 2024-02-01)

  Petalidium etendekaense, previously mistaken for P. glutinosum and P. variabile, is now described as a new species. The name P. pilosibracteolatum is considered synonymous with the older P. glutinosum, the latter of which ...
• Clarifying the placement of Trifolium capense in leobordea (Fabaceae) 

  Le Roux, M. Marianne; Klopper, Ronell Renett; Boatwright, James S. (Magnolia Press, 2024-01-24)

  No abstract available.
• Cyphia deliae (Campanulaceae: Cyphioideae), a new species from South Africa and Eswatini 

  Steyn, Hester Maria; Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam) (Magnolia Press, 2024-01-09)

  Cyphia deliae, previously confused with C. bolusii, is described here as a new species. It is a range-restricted species known only from the Barberton Centre of Endemism, a biogeographical region that spans the border ...
• Aloe burgersfortensis (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae): a distinctive, winter-flowering maculate aloe endemic to the southeastern Limpopo and northwestern Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa 

  Smith, Gideon F.; Figueiredo, Estrela; Klopper, Ronell Renett (Magnolia Press, 2024-02-01)

  Aloe burgersfortensis (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae), which generally has been included in the synonymy of A. parvibracteata since 2000, is formally reinstated as an accepted species that is endemic to the southeastern ...
• Chalaropsis pruni sp. nov. (Ceratocystidaceae), a new species from Prunus serrulata var. pubescens in South Korea 

  Cho, Sung-Eun; Seo, Sang-tae; Nam, Youngwoo; Wingfield, Michael J.; Lee, Dong-hyeon (Magnolia Press, 2024-11-12)

  A routine survey in a natural forest located in the Gangwon Province of Korea was undertaken in 2022 to establish an inventory of potentially pathogenic fungi that might affect tree health in the country. An ophiostomatoid ...
• Transgenerational cross-susceptibility to heat stress following cold and desiccation acclimation in the angoumois grain moth 

  Mpofu, Precious; Machekano, Honest; Airs, Paul M.; Nyamukondiwa, Casper (Wiley, 2024-12)

  The Angoumois grain moth, Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier), is a significant cosmopolitan primary pest of cereals worldwide and has thrived in divergent environments. However, the mechanisms underlying its survival in ...
• Quantum plasmonics model of refractive index sensing using photon correlations 

  Ugwuoke, Luke C.; Kruger, T.P.J. (Tjaart); Tame, Mark S. (American Physical Society, 2024-10-10)

  The interaction between the electric dipole moments of a quantum emitter and a metal nanoparticle gives rise to unique optical properties, such as interference-induced photon correlations, that could be useful for enhanced ...
• Influences of climate variability on land use and land cover change in rural South Africa 

  Mogonong, Buster Percy; Twine, Wayne; Feig, Gregor Timothy; Van der Merwe, Helga; Fisher, J.T. (Jolene) (MDPI, 2024-04)

  Changes in land use and land cover over space and time are an indication of biophysical, socio-economic, and political dynamics. In rural communities, land-based livelihood strategies such as agriculture are crucial for ...
• Successful alien plant species exhibit functional dissimilarity from natives under varied climatic conditions but not under increased nutrient availability 

  Milanovic, Marija; Bakker, Jonathan D.; Biederman, Lori; Borer, Elizabeth; Catford, Jane A.; Cleland, Elsa; Hagenah, Nicole; Haider, Sylvia; Harpole, W. Stanley; Komatsu, Kimberly; Macdougall, Andrew S.; Roemermann, Christine; Seabloom, Eric W.; Knapp, Sonja; Kuehn, Ingolf (Wiley, 2025-03)

  AIMS : The community composition of native and alien plant species is influenced by the environment (e.g., nutrient addition and changes in temperature or precipitation). A key objective of our study is to understand how ...
• Plant community responses to climate change : the importance of ecological context dependencies 

  Michalet, Richard; Dolezal, Jiri; Lenoir, Jonathan; Le Roux, Peter Christiaan; Rumpf, Sabine; Wipf, Sonja (Wiley, 2025-03)

  No abstract available.
• Fine scale patterns and drivers of plant species richness on a sub-Antarctic island 

  Tsamba, Joshua; Le Roux, Peter Christiaan; Pertierra, Luis R.; Kuhlase, Bongekile Sinenhlanhla Nontokozo; Greve, Michelle (Wiley, 2025-03)

  AIMS : Cold environments, such as polar systems, are highly vulnerable to global change drivers such as climate change and invasive species. Therefore, it is essential to assess what drives the diversity of native and ...
• Weathering profile of completely weathered rock from the Dullstroom Formation, South Africa 

  Swart, Duan; Dippenaar, Matthys Alois (Springer, 2025-05)

  This study investigates the weathering profile of completely weathered rock derived from the Dullstroom Formation in South Africa. The research emphasizes the significance of the soil-rock interface, particularly the ...

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