This study presents a more rigorously defined and explicitly mapped 'Drakensberg'centre of
plant endemism that aligns floristic and ecological boundaries. It also revisits the plant …

Knowledge about ecological conditions and processes in centers of endemism (CoEs) is still
limited with respect to various systematic groups of organisms, ecosystem types, ecological …

Rapid woody encroachment by native species is transforming grasslands and savannas
across the world. The drivers of this encroachment are diverse, complex, and potentially …

Global climate change is a major challenge for the future with serious potential impacts on
biodiversity. Biodiversity in mountains is particularly vulnerable as many montane species …

Climatic, edaphic, and topographic differences between mountains and surrounding
lowlands result in mountains acting as terrestrial islands with high levels of endemic biota …

The Northern Temperate Weeds programme is a novel biological control (biocontrol)
programme started in 2017, with the aim of reducing the impacts of northern temperate …

The growing invasion of ecosystems by invasive alien plants (IAPs) has substantially
affected biodiversity worldwide, compromising provision of ecosystem services. In this study …

The world's freshwater supplies are increasingly constrained by population growth,
urbanization, pollution, eutrophication, changing rainfall patterns, and shrinking cryospheric …

Although the Nyanga massif hosts Zimbabwe's highest peak (Mt Nyangani), forms part of the
Chimanimani–Nyanga Centre of Floristic Endemism and is a popular tourist destination, its …

The six major mountain ranges in South Africa support critically important ecosystem
services—notably water production—and are rich in biodiversity and endemism. These …