A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers MFJ Aronson, FA La Sorte, CH Nilon, M Katti, MA Goddard, CA Lepczyk, ... Proceedings of the royal society B: biological sciences 281 (1780), 20133330, 2014 | 1704 | 2014 |
The concept of ecosystem services in adaptive urban planning and design: A framework for supporting innovation J Ahern, S Cilliers, J Niemelä Landscape and Urban Planning 125, 254-259, 2014 | 565 | 2014 |
Hierarchical filters determine community assembly of urban species pools MFJ Aronson, CH Nilon, CA Lepczyk, TS Parker, PS Warren, SS Cilliers, ... Ecology 97 (11), 2952-2963, 2016 | 382 | 2016 |
Ecosystem services of urban green spaces in African countries—perspectives and challenges S Cilliers, J Cilliers, R Lubbe, S Siebert Urban Ecosystems 16, 681-702, 2013 | 324 | 2013 |
Urban green infrastructure and ecosystem services in sub-Saharan Africa MJ Du Toit, SS Cilliers, M Dallimer, M Goddard, S Guenat, SF Cornelius Landscape and Urban Planning 180, 249-261, 2018 | 286 | 2018 |
Planning for the future of urban biodiversity: a global review of city-scale initiatives CH Nilon, MFJ Aronson, SS Cilliers, C Dobbs, LJ Frazee, MA Goddard, ... BioScience 67 (4), 332-342, 2017 | 220 | 2017 |
Grassland biome L Mucina | 195 | 2006 |
Political legacy of South Africa affects the plant diversity patterns of urban domestic gardens along a socio-economic gradient CS Lubbe, SJ Siebert, SS Cilliers Scientific Research and Essays 5 (19), 2900-2910, 2010 | 159 | 2010 |
Rethinking urban green infrastructure and ecosystem services from the perspective of sub-Saharan African cities S Lindley, S Pauleit, K Yeshitela, S Cilliers, C Shackleton Landscape and Urban Planning 180, 328-338, 2018 | 149 | 2018 |
Beta diversity of urban floras among E uropean and non‐E uropean cities FA La Sorte, MFJ Aronson, NSG Williams, L Celesti‐Grapow, S Cilliers, ... Global ecology and biogeography 23 (7), 769-779, 2014 | 136 | 2014 |
Urbanization erodes ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and may cause microbial communities to converge DJ Epp Schmidt, R Pouyat, K Szlavecz, H Setälä, DJ Kotze, I Yesilonis, ... Nature ecology & evolution 1 (5), 0123, 2017 | 114 | 2017 |
Vegetation of road verges on an urbanisation gradient in Potchefstroom, South Africa SS Cilliers, GJ Bredenkamp Landscape and Urban Planning 46 (4), 217-239, 2000 | 103 | 2000 |
Patterns of exotic plant invasions in fragmented urban and rural grasslands across continents SS Cilliers, NSG Williams, FJ Barnard Landscape Ecology 23, 1243-1256, 2008 | 97 | 2008 |
Overview on urban nature conservation: situation in the western-grassland biome of South Africa SS Cilliers, N Müller, E Drewes Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 3 (1), 49-62, 2004 | 92 | 2004 |
Urban socioeconomic inequality and biodiversity often converge, but not always: A global meta-analysis ER Kuras, PS Warren, JA Zinda, MFJ Aronson, S Cilliers, MA Goddard, ... Landscape and Urban Planning 198, 103799, 2020 | 88 | 2020 |
A global comparison of surface soil characteristics across five cities: a test of the urban ecosystem convergence hypothesis RV Pouyat, ID Yesilonis, M Dombos, K Szlavecz, H Setälä, S Cilliers, ... Soil Science 180 (4/5), 136-145, 2015 | 85 | 2015 |
Sustainable urban landscapes: South African perspectives on transdisciplinary possibilities S Cilliers, M Du Toit, J Cilliers, E Drewes, F Retief Landscape and Urban Planning 125, 260-270, 2014 | 84 | 2014 |
The need for an urban ecology of the Global South CM Shackleton, SS Cilliers, MJ du Toit, E Davoren Urban ecology in the Global South, 1-26, 2021 | 75 | 2021 |
Aspects influencing the selection of representative urbanization measures to quantify urban–rural gradients MJ Du Toit, SS Cilliers Landscape Ecology 26, 169-181, 2011 | 75 | 2011 |
Vernal pool vegetation of California: variation within pools M Barbour, A Solomeshch, C Witham, R Holland, R MacDonald, S Cilliers, ... Madrono, 129-146, 2003 | 71 | 2003 |