The flora of the south-western tip of southern Africa, the Cape flora, with some 9000 species
in an area of 90000 km2 is much more speciose than can be expected from its area or …

Mountainous rangelands provide key ecosystem goods and services, particularly for human
benefit. In spite of these benefits, mountain grasslands are undergoing extensive land-cover …

The distribution of southern Africa's woody flora (N= 1372 species) describes a best-to-east
pattern of increasing species richness, being lowest in arid to semiarid areas and highest in …

Predictable geographic patterns in the distribution of species richness, especially the
latitudinal gradient, are intriguing because they suggest that if we knew what the controlling …

Cereal–legume intercropping plays an important role in subsistence food production in
developing countries, especially in situations of limited water resources. Crop simulation can …

Invasive alien plants are consumptive water-users, and may have reduced river flows in
South Africa by about 6.7% according to a broad-scale study. An effective programme to …

Convergence between species niches and biological traits was investigated for 88
Leucadendron taxa in the Cape Floristic region. First, niche separation analysis was …

The major constraints to nutrient uptake by vascular plants in mediterranean South Africa
and Western Australia are: very infertile soils, relatively low temperatures when water …

Aims (1) To define the physical correlates of indigenous forest in KwaZulu‐Natal province
and develop a model, based on climatic parameters, to predict the potential distribution of …

Recent studies at the macro‐scale have demonstrated that geographic gradients in the
richness of plants, in particular of woody plants such as trees and shrubs, can be viewed as …