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Soil biology and biochemistry - a new direction for South African soil science?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: R.J. Haynes --- Discipline of Soil Science, M.H. Graham --- Discipline of Soil Science,The importance of soil biology and biochemistry is reviewed from a world perspective but using examples from South African research where appropriate. The significance and relevance of microbial biomass C, basal respiration, metabolic quotient and soil enzymology are discussed and... -
Comparison of Pine and Eucalypt Profitabilities and Costs in South Africa between 1991 and 1995
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: WillemS. Olivier --- , GrahamD. Rusk --- ,The annual cost surveys conducted by Forestry Economics Services are used to establish profitability and cost trends from 1991 to 1995. Numerous factors such as topography, changing markets, changing techniques and the mix of growers participating in the surveys imply... -
Merging Professional Training and Community Engagement Agendas: A Case Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tanya M. Graham --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Kerry J. Gordon --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Sarah A. Uren --- Independent Counselling and Advisory Services, South Africa Lauren Fitchet --- Independent Counselling and Advisory Services, South Africa Victoria A. Hall --- Independent Counselling and Advisory Services, South Africa Malose Langa --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThis case study explored the emancipatory foundations of community work through a schools-based peer support intervention. We use a case study approach to describe the context in which the intervention was developed, its emancipatory theoretical foundations, and the project's implementation... -
ON A MAYER-VIETORIS SEQUENCE IN THE COHOMOLOGY OF GROUPS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Graham Ellis --- Department of Mathematics, Ireland Keith Hardie --- Department of Mathematics, South AfricaWe study an exact sequence in the cohomology of groups arising from a group G with two normal subgroups M, N ◃ G, the coefficients being in a G/MN-module A. -
IDEAL DETERMINED VARIETIES HAVE UNBOUNDED DEGREES OF PERMUTABILITY
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: GrahamD. Barbour --- Department of Computer Science, South Africa JamesG. Raftery --- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, South AfricaIt is proved that for every integer n ≥ 2, there is a (finitely generated congruence distributive) ideal determined variety that is congruence (n + 1)-permutable but not congruence n-permutable. This answers a question of Gumm and Ursini. -
The attitudes of isiXhosa-speaking students toward language of learning and teaching issues at Rhodes University, South Africa: General trends1
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Philomina Aziakpono --- English Language and Linguistics Department, Grahamstown Ian Bekker --- English Language and Linguistics Department, GrahamstownThis paper, selectively based on the results of Aziakpono (2007), examines the beliefs of isiXhosa-speaking students and in the process reveals their attitudes toward various languages of learning and teaching (LOLT) issues at Rhodes University, South Africa. The relevant data... -
‘Before we were sleeping, now we are awake’: Preliminary evaluation of the Stepping Stones sexual health programme in The Gambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Katie Paine --- , The Gambia Graham Hart --- MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Scotland Michelle Jawo --- , The Gambia Saihou Ceesay --- , Mariama Jallow --- , Linda Morison --- , Gijs Walraven --- , The Gambia Keith McAdam --- , The Gambia Matthew Shaw --- , The GambiaCommunity-based behavioural interventions aimed at reducing risky sexual behaviour have yet to be shown to be effective in the developing world. Stepping Stones is a participatory STI/HIV prevention workshop programme based on empowerment techniques, which has been adapted to an... -
miniSASS — A novel technique for community participation in river health monitoring and management
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: P Mark Graham ChrisWS Dickens R Jim TaylorReliable indicators of water quality and river health are often difficult and expensive to derive. This paper reports on a process to develop a low technology, scientifically reliable and robust technique to monitor water quality in rivers and streams. With... -
Modelling highly variable daily maximum water temperatures in a perennial South African river system
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: NicholasA Rivers-Moore CarelN Bezuidenhout GrahamPW JewittThirty-three months of observed hourly water temperatures were used to calculate daily maximum water temperatures for nine sites within the Sabie-Sand River system, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. A suite of statistical models for simulating daily maximum water temperatures, of differing... -
The South African Scoring System (SASS) Version 5 Rapid Bioassessment Method for Rivers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: C WS Dickens --- , South Africa PM Graham --- , South AfricaThe assessment of biota in rivers is a widely recognised means of determining the condition or ‘health’ of rivers. Benthic macroinvertebrates, in particular, are recognised as valuable organisms for bioassessments, due largely to their visibility to the naked eye, ease... -
SHORT NOTES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: M.B. Markus --- , G.J. Broekhuysen --- Department of Zoology, G.K. Lestrange --- Department of Zoology, N. Myburgh --- Department of Zoology, G.J. Broekhuysen --- , A.J. Tree --- , Northern Rhodesia P. Borsutzky --- , S.W.A. K.B. Newman --- , W.J. Lawson --- , I.G. B. Little --- , Graham Child --- , R.K. Brooke --- , Southern Rhodesia R.K. SCHMIDT --- , M.B. MARKUS --- Department of Zoology, J.M. WINTERBOlTOM --- , H.VON MALTZAHN --- , S.W.A. J.R. GRINDLEY --- , -
A SURVEY OF MIXED “HERONRIES” IN THE OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Graham Child --- , -
SHORT NOTES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: J. Cooper --- , South Africa P.D. Morant --- , South Africa GrahamC. Hickman --- Department of Zoology, South Africa J.H. Grobler --- , DavidM. Skead --- Transvaal Nature Conservation Division, South Africa D.R. Aspinwall --- , Zambia -
SHORT NOTES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Jack Vincent --- , T. O'Connor --- , P.G. Ryan --- , J. M.D. Graham --- , B.A. Carr --- , -
SHORT NOTES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Peter Ryan --- FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa. Graham Avery, South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa, Humphrey Crick --- Culterty Field Station, Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Newburgh, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, H. D. Jackson --- Natural History Museum, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, -
Book Review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Chris Brown --- Rhodes University, Grahamstown, -
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor as a nomadic species in African shallow alkaline lakes and pans: genetic structure and future perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Serena Zaccara --- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Italy Giuseppe Crosa --- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Italy Isabella Vanetti --- Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Sciences, Italy Giorgio Binelli --- Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Sciences, Italy Brooks Childress --- , UK Graham McCulloch --- Department of Zoology, Ireland DavidM Harper --- Department of Ornithology, KenyaThe Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor is a nomadic species, which inhabits shallow alkaline lakes and pans in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. The extent of genetic diversity and the degree of differentiation within and among populations are important factors to... -
A study of gross morphological and histological syringeal features of true francolins (Galliformes: Francolinus, Scleroptila, Peliperdix and Dendroperdix spp.) and spurfowls (Pternistis spp.) in a phylogenetic context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: TshifhiwaG Mandiwana-Neudani --- Department of Botany, South Africa Cecilia Kopuchian --- División Ornitología, Argentina Graham Louw --- Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa TimothyM Crowe --- , South AfricaModern taxonomies of francolins recognise 41 congeneric species, forming the largest genus of terrestrial gamebirds (Galliformes). Recent molecular, ecological and behavioural studies challenge this view, suggesting that they comprise two unrelated, monophyletic groups. There are ‘true’ francolins (Francolinus, Dendroperdix, Peliperdix... -
Notes on Baobabs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: Graham Guy -
Productivity in the South African forestry industry over the past decade
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: Andrew Crickmay Michael Hlengwa Willem Olivier [d849306e39] Graham Rusk -
Waterbirds at Paarl Waste Water Treatment Works, South Africa, 1994–2004: seasonality, trends and conservation importance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: DougM Harebottle AnthonyJ Williams Yvonne Weiss GrahamB TongNumbers of waterbirds were counted monthly from May 1994 to April 2004 at Paarl Waste Water Treatment Works, South Africa. Seventy-two waterbird species were recorded, of which 33 species (46%) were recorded breeding. Mean summer and winter counts were 2822... -
Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor populations in eastern and southern Africa are not genetically isolated
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Serena Zaccara Giuseppe Crosa Brooks Childress Graham McCulloch DavidM HarperA preliminary analysis of the phylogeographic pattern of the two main African populations of Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor from East and southern Africa was carried out to evaluate possible gene flow. A fragment of mitochondrial DNA encoding the NADH dehydrogenase... -
A perceived local extinction of Red-billed Oxpeckers in the Yabelo region, southern Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: RichardJ Mellanby --- Project Yabelo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, UK Celia Broadhurst --- Project Yabelo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, UK Mengistu Wondafrash --- Project Yabelo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, UK Mihiret Ewnetu --- Project Yabelo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, UK Sandy Watt --- Project Yabelo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, UK Rob Critchlow --- Project Yabelo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, UK Aman Dadesa --- Project Yabelo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, UK Tom Deas --- Project Yabelo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, UK Chere Enawgaw --- Project Yabelo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, UK Berihun Gebremedhin --- Project Yabelo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, UK Ellie Graham --- Project Yabelo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, UK Sarah MacLean --- Project Yabelo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, UK Ben Ross --- Project Yabelo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, UK -
The Function and Content of Amusement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Ward E. Jones --- Department of Philosophy Rhodes University Grahamstown, South AfricaOnce we establish that the fundamental subject matter of the study of humour is a mental state - which I will call finding funny - then it immediately follows that we need to fmd the content and function of this... -
Group Responsibility in the Aftermath of Apartheid
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Rianna Oelofsen --- Philosophy Department Rhodes University Grahamstown, South AfricaThis paper deals with the issue of collective responsibility in the aftermath of apartheid. For the purposes of this paper I assume that there is such a thing as collective responsibility and, given this assumption, I show that determining precisely... -
The Epistemology of Testimony: Fulfilling the Sincerity Condition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Tess Dewhurst --- Philosophy Dept. Rhodes University Grahamstown,In this paper I aim to defend the claim that we are a priori entitled to accept that a speaker is being sincere, unless there are positive reasons not to. I look initially at the trust approach to testimony, which... -
De- and rehumanization in the wake of atrocities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Rianna Oelofsen --- Department of Philosophy Rhodes University Grahamstown,This paper investigates the phenomena of de- and rehumanization. Daniel Bar-Tal has identified different societal activities and beliefs common in situations of protracted conflict, of which dehumanization is one. The reversal of dehumanization, namely rehumanization, is necessary in order to... -
Progressive Politics: Liberalism, Humanism, and Feminism in Nussbaum’s Capabilities Approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Rosa Terlazzo --- Philosophy Department Rhodes University Grahamstown,A purely theoretical analysis of Martha Nussbaum’s basis of the capabilities approach in feminist (rather than more broadly liberal humanist) justice yields a philosophical project that may appear inconsistent, if not incoherent. However, I suggest in this paper that when... -
Marx, Rationalism and the Critique of the Market
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Tony Fluxman --- Department of Political and International Studies Rhodes University Grahamstown, South AfricaThis paper discusses Marx’s critique of the market in the light of Allan Megill’s recent book, Karl Marx: the Burden of Reason. Megill offers two main arguments concerning Marx’s critique. Firstly, Megill claims that, contrary to Marxian orthodoxy, Marx’s well-known... -
Richard Liversidge, 1926–2003
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Graham Martin -
Breeding of Greater and Lesser Flamingos at Sua Pan, Botswana, 1998–2001
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Graham McCulloch Kenneth IrvineAerial surveys of flamingo breeding colonies were conducted during three consecutive breeding seasons between October 1998 and July 2001, in the south of Sua Pan, Makgadikgadi, Botswana. Rainfall during the rainy seasons of 1998–1999, 1999–2000 and 2000–2001 was 442mm, 851mm... -
A comparison of productive and non-productive green water-use efficiency of Podocarpus henkelii and Pinus patula in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Hartley H Bulcock --- Centre for Water Resources Research, South Africa Mark B Gush --- CSIR, South Africa Graham PW Jewitt --- Centre for Water Resources Research, South AfricaA number of studies undertaken in South Africa to quantify the green water-use (total evaporation) of introduced commercial forestry species have shown conclusively that green water-use from commercial forest plantations is substantially higher than from the original grasslands or fynbos... -
Position paper of the National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa (NOFSA) on the use of parathyroid hormone (PTH 1–34) in the treatment of osteoporosis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Stephen Hough --- National Osteoporosis Foundation, Brynne Ascott-Evans --- National Osteoporosis Foundation, Tobie de Villiers --- National Osteoporosis Foundation, Jan de Weerd --- National Osteoporosis Foundation, Graham Ellis --- National Osteoporosis Foundation, Stan Lipschitz --- National Osteoporosis Foundation, -
The Consumer Protection Act: another arrow for the dissatisfied patient's quiver
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Graham Howarth [AN0001] Raizel Davidow -
Tablet computers for recording tuberculosis data at a community health centre in King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality, Eastern Cape: a proof of concept report
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Don O’Mahony --- Department of Family Medicine, Graham Wright --- Department of Family Medicine,Background: Data at primary healthcare (PHC) clinics are handwritten in registers by nurses for submission to the District Health Information System (DHIS). Compared to pen and paper, data capture, using handheld computers, has fewer errors, is more efficient and is... -
Breeding biology of the White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis in Kruger National Park, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Campbell Murn --- Hawk Conservancy Trust, UK Graham J Holloway --- School of Biological Sciences, UKInformation on the breeding biology of the White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis is limited and published data are few. Within the Kruger National Park in north-east South Africa there is a regionally important population of about 60 White-headed Vulture pairs, of... -
Preliminary observations on the diet of leopards (Panthera pardus) from a conservation area and adjacent rangelands in the Baviaanskloof region, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Theresia Ott --- Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Department of Zoology, South Africa Graham I. H. Kerley --- Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Department of Zoology, South Africa André F. Boshoff --- Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Department of Zoology, South AfricaPastoralists on rangelands adjacent to the Baviaanskloof Provincial Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, report stock losses through predation by leopards (Panthera pardus). This leads, in certain cases, to persecution of the leopards. This study attempted to quantify livestock depredation by leopards... -
Do dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion) show developmental plasticity?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Ashadee K. Miller --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Graham J. Alexander --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaDevelopmental plasticity results from environmental influences on the phenotype of an organism during its development, and its effects are irreversible. The phenomenon of phenotype–genotype uncoupling (plasticity) causes problems in species delineations, and has been suggested as a cause underlying a... -
A comparative analysis of the diets of Varanus albigularis and Varanus niloticus in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Kim Dalhuijsen --- Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa William R. Branch --- Bayworld, South Africa Graham J. Alexander --- Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaWe present data from gut content analyses of Varanus albigularis (savanna monitor) and V. niloticus (water monitor) in South Africa. Both species are generalist, opportunistic feeders. We did not detect any sex-based differences in the diet of V. albigularis, and... -
The common warthog and its parasites in the Free State Province (South Africa) cannot be used to test the ‘enemy release’ hypothesis for an introduced species: the value of reference point information for testing hypotheses of change
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Graham I.H. Kerley --- Centre for African Conservation Ecology Department of Zoology, André F. Boshoff --- Centre for African Conservation Ecology Department of Zoology, -
The effect of STC on earnings retention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: M Graham --- Department of Accounting,The objective of this study is to determine whether or not the introduction of STC has resulted in South African companies retaining a greater amount of their earnings than prior to the introduction of STC. A statistical analysis of retention... -
A comment on “Portfolio rebalancing in South Africa”
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: David Bradfield --- Department of Statistical Sciences, South Africa Graham Barr --- Department of Economics and Department of Statistical Sciences, South AfricaIn this comment we add to the discussion on rebalancing portfolios by Sher and Barr (2011). In particular we highlight how a recent rebalancing proposal by Chan and Ramkumar (2011) is found to significantly improve rebalancing performance. An important feature... -
Evidence of a value-growth phenomenon on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: M Graham [AN0001] E Uliana [AN0001] -
The Lived Experiences of Professional Clinical Psychologists who Recently Started a New Academic Career
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Graham A. du Plessis [B0001] Larise M. du Plessis [B0002] Carol Saccaggi [B0003]Employing an adapted Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) method, the experience of practicing Clinical Psychologists entering academia is explored. The article explores the recursive process between individual and institution as professional and academic identities develop in the context of a multiplicity... -
Book Review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Graham du Plessis [B0001] -
The moving finger: Asian international hotel school students developing English language writing skills
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Peter Graham --- Stenden Rangsit University, Rattanakunakorn Building, 52/347 Muang Ake, Phaholyothin Road, Lak-Hok, Pathumthani, Bangkok, ThailandThe number of international English as a Second Language hospitality students completing their degree programs in Australasia has risen dramatically in the past decade. One factor that may be motivating students to undertake tertiary studies in Australasia is the expectation... -
Reactions of Cryptomys Hottentotus to Water (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Zoologica Africana • Authors: Graham C. Hickman --- Department of Zoology,Mortalities did not result from the escape of mole-rats from flooded burrows; and under laboratory testing, Cryptomys hottentotus was not hesitant to enter water. Swimming motions were coordinated and effective, enabling animals to swim for up to 14 minutes. Moderate... -
Book Review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: Graham I. H Kerley --- Terrestrial Ecology Research Unit, -
Editorial
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: Alan Hodgson Ric Bernard Grahamstown -
Skull morphometrics of male Subantarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus tropicalis) from Marion and Gough Islands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Graham I.H. Kerley --- Zoology Department, South Africa Bryce R. Allen --- Zoology Department, South Africa Marthán N. Bester --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaSkull morphometrics of two populations of Subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) were compared in order to identify possible geographic variation as an indicator of gene flow between the populations, as well as a potential tool to identify the source of... -
The Bees of the World
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: H.R. Hepburn --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Grahamstown -
The Karoo: Ecological Patterns and Processes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Chris Brown --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Grahamstown -
The Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Chris Brown --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Grahamstown Alan Hodgson --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Grahamstown -
A contribution from barn owl pellets to known micromammalian distributions in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: D. Margaret Avery --- South African Museum (Iziko Museums of Cape Town), South Africa Graham Avery --- South African Museum (Iziko Museums of Cape Town), South Africa Anthony Roberts --- KwaZulu Natal Nature Conservation Service, South AfricaSamples of barn owl pellets were collected from the Dundee, Estcourt and Kokstad areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, during March 2000 for their micromammalian prey remains. Other material collected from near Pietermaritzburg in 1988/89 by the late J.O. Wirminghaus was... -
Xenopus laevis embryos and tadpoles as models for testing for pollution by zinc, copper, lead and cadmium
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Lorren K. Haywood --- Ecophysiological Studies Research Group, School of Animal, South Africa Graham J. Alexander --- Ecophysiological Studies Research Group, School of Animal, South Africa Marcus J. Byrne --- Ecophysiological Studies Research Group, School of Animal, South Africa Ewa Cukrowska --- School of Chemistry, South AfricaThe toxicity of bio available Zn, Cu, Pb, and Cd on the life stages of Xenopus laevis embryos and tadpoles was investigated. Cu and Cd were found to affect the hatching success of the embryos, with a strong negative relationship... -
Adult African sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus, population dynamics in a small invaded warm-temperate impoundment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Anthony J. Booth --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa Graham R.L. Traasg --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa Olaf L.F. Weyl [AN0002]African sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus, is a successful aquatic invader as it has a eurytopic physiology, is highly fecund, grows quickly and has an omnivorous diet. Despite possible threats that include predation of and competition with indigenous species, habitat degradation,... -
Factors Influencing the Countability of Animals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: A. Graham --- Wildlife Services, Kenya R. Bell --- Wildlife Services, Kenya -
Two Experimental Censuses
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: R. M. Watson --- , G. M. Jolly --- A.R.C. Unit of Statistics, A. D. Graham --- Wildlife Services Ltd., -
Repertoire performed in Anglican parishes in the Diocese of Cape Town: congregational music and local developments, 2009–2012
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa • Authors: Andrew-John Bethke --- Cathedral Director of Music, PO Box 2052, Grahamstown, 6140. South African College of Music, University of Cape Town,This essay explores the congregational repertoire of hymnody in the Anglican parishes of the Diocese of Cape Town, South Africa. This research was conducted over three years (2009–2012) using various media, including a survey, parish visits, interviews and archival visits... -
Using Rasch modelling to examine the international personality item pool (IPIP) values in action (VIA) measure of character strengths
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Graham A. du Plessis --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Gideon P. de Bruin --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis paper investigates the psychometric properties of the values in action (VIA) character strengths (Peterson and Seligman, 2004). A sample of 904 South African undergraduate students (female=77%, male=23%, black=70%, mean age=21.07 years, SD age=2.73 years) was assessed using a 380-item... -
Diet of nesting African Crowned Eagles Stephanoaetus coronatus in emerging and forest–savanna habitats in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Gerard Malan --- Department of Nature Conservation, South Africa Eleen Strydom --- Department of Nature Conservation, South Africa Susanne Shultz --- Faculty of Life Sciences, UK Graham Avery --- Natural History Collections Department, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to investigate the species composition of prey caught in the forest, savanna and emerging habitats in which African Crowned Eagles Stephanoaetus coronatus breed in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. At the 17 nest sites, the... -
Manual of Freshwater Assessment for South Africa: Dragonfly Biotic Index. Suricata 2
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Helen M Barber-James --- Department of Freshwater Invertebrates, Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa; and Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa -
Carbon Accounting and Savanna Fire Management
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Graham von Maltitz --- Natural Resources and the Environment (NRE), CSIR, South Africa -
Selective predation and prey class behaviour as possible mechanisms explaining cheetah impacts on kudu demographics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Douglas F Makin --- Centre for African Conservation Ecology, South Africa Graham IH Kerley --- Centre for African Conservation Ecology, South AfricaA number of predator–prey studies show that certain prey demographic classes are targeted over others. The possible mechanisms driving these effects can be two-fold. Firstly, a preference for a certain demographic class results in selective predation by a predator. Secondly,... -
RETRACTED ARTICLE: The moving finger: Asian international hotel school students developing English language writing skills
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Peter Graham --- Stenden Rangsit University, ThailandA thorough investigation has determined that the article “The moving finger: Asian international hotel school students developing English language writing skills” by Peter Graham published in Research in Hospitality Management (2012) Volume 1 Issue 2, pp. 53-63, is substantially similar... -
Is the Black Harrier Circus maurus a specialist predator? Assessing the diet of a threatened raptor species endemic to southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Marie-Sophie Garcia-Heras --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa François Mougeot --- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC), Spain Beatriz Arroyo --- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC), Spain Graham Avery --- Iziko South African Museum, South Africa Margaret Avery --- Iziko South African Museum, South Africa Robert E Simmons --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South AfricaStudying the diet of wild animals is central for understanding their flexibility in food requirements. The Black Harrier Circus maurus is an endangered raptor in South Africa and Namibia. To date, information about the diet of the species is insufficient... -
On Baking a Cake: The Phenomenological Method in Positive Psychology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Graham A. du Plessis --- Senior Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, South Africa Carolina du Plessis --- Carolina du Plessis Lecturer, Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe field of positive psychology has burgeoned since its formal inception with Martin Seligman’s 1998 APA presidential address. Aimed at better baking the positive half of the psychology “cake”, the gains in research and practice over the past decade and... -
“He always published his findings” – a tribute to André Francois Boshoff (1945–2016)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Graham Kerley --- Centre for African Conservation Ecology, South Africa -
Fishery benefits from exploiting spawning aggregations not solely dependent on enhanced fish density
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: J Robinson --- Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Australia NAJ Graham --- Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Australia A Grüss --- Department of Marine Biology and Ecology, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, USA C Gerry --- Seychelles Fishing Authority, Seychelles J Bijoux --- Seychelles Fishing Authority, SeychellesThe vulnerability of spawning aggregations to exploitation varies among fisheries as a result of differences in the population-density changes associated with this behaviour. However, vulnerability to fishing is also influenced by technology, environmental factors, and fish and fisher behaviours. Focusing... -
Occurrence of oestrogenic pollutants and widespread feminisation of male tilapia in peri-urban dams in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: C Teta --- Department of Environmental Science and Health, Zimbabwe; Current address: Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa BF Holbech --- Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark L Norrgren --- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sweden YS Naik --- Research and Innovation, ZimbabwePeri-urban water bodies are at risk from excessive pollution as they are direct sinks for urban effluents. The occurrence of oestrogenic and androgenic endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in effluents and water bodies around the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, and their... -
An Easy Alliance: The Relationship Between Phenomenology and Psychobiography
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Carol du Plessis --- , Graham du Plessis --- , -
Reconsidering Mqhayi’s literary canon in relation to his 19th and 20th century works
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Ntombomzi Rose-May Mazwi --- School of Languages & Literatures (African Language Studies Section), GrahamstownThe purpose of this paper is to engage with the thoughts, ideas and knowledge embedded in the writings of SEK Mqhayi, during the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on his biographical poems in particular. He wrote these poems in honour... -
Evaluating the performance of South African primary care: a cross-sectional descriptive survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Graham Bresick --- Division of Family Medicine, Klaus B von Pressentin --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Robert Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Introduction: In 2018 governments reaffirmed their commitment to implementing primary health care (PHC) in the Astana Declaration. South Africa has introduced a number of health reforms to strengthen PHC and enable universal health coverage (UHC). UHC requires access to quality... -
Child and adolescent mental health in Africa: A qualitative analysis of the perspectives of emerging mental health clinicians and researchers using an online platform
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Eugene Lee Davids --- Adolescent Health Research Unit, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, South Africa Leigh Adams Tucker --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Grace Nduku Wambua --- See Me, Kenya Deborah Leigh Fewster --- Occupational Therapy Department, South Africa Liezl Schlebusch --- Centre for Autism Research in Africa, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, South Africa Saira BS Karrim --- Speech-Language Therapy, South Africa Mouna Attia --- Psychiatry Department, Tunisia Joachim Nyoni --- Ministry of General Education, Zambia Fikirte Girma Bayouh --- Department of Psychiatry, Ethiopia Hillary Kuteesa --- College of Health Science, Uganda Takoua Brahim --- Psychiatry Department, Tunisia Michelle Hoogenhout --- Division of Developmental Paediatrics, South Africa Rahma Ben Moussa Kahloul --- Psychiatry Department, Tunisia Nicola Jearey-Graham --- Psychology Department, South Africa Habte Belete Gobie --- College of Medicine and Health Science, Ethiopia Joyce Sserunjogi Nalugya --- Department of Psychiatry, UgandaObjective: Using a social ecological framework, this study aimed to establish emerging mental health clinicians and researchers’ perspectives about child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) in Africa. -
Application of principles from the International < IR > Framework for including sustainability disclosures within South African integrated reports
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Shelly Herbert --- , South Africa Mark Graham --- , South AfricaWith the introduction of integrated reporting, organisations are now encouraged to integrate sustainability disclosures within their integrated reports, in addition to traditional sustainability reporting practices. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the International < IR > Framework (the Framework) led to... -
Type of diabetes mellitus and health-related quality of life in Nigeria: Ethnic and sex differences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Onyekachi Prince David --- , Denmark Graham Edgar --- , UK Dianne Catherwood --- , UK Abigail Olubola Taiwo --- , UKThis study examined quality of life (QoL) differences among diabetic patients in Nigeria by ethnicity, sex, and type of diabetes. Out-patients (n = 486) with diabetes mellitus (Type I = 16%; female = 71%; Igbo = 25% Hausa = 22%,... -
Honouring the opening: Unfolding the rich ground between the philosophical thinking of Martin Heidegger and practice-based empirical work
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Kitty Maria Suddick --- , United Kingdom Vinette Cross --- , United Kingdom Pirjo Vuoskoski --- , Finland Kathleen T. Galvin --- , United Kingdom Graham Stew --- , United KingdomThe aim of this article is to bring philosophical thinking closer to practice-based empirical work. Using Martin Heidegger’s philosophy, it offers a bridge between these two worlds, attempting to provide philosophical depth to the findings of a hermeneutic phenomenological study... -
Tribute to a legend of southern African herpetology: Wulf Dietrich Haacke (1936–2021), with a bibliography of his herpetological contributions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Michael F Bates --- National Museum, South Africa Graham J Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Aaron M Bauer --- Villanova University, USAWindhoek-born Wulf Dietrich Haacke’s career as a herpetologist while associated with the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria spanned more than 50 years. He passed away on 30 June 2021 at the age of 84. This tribute summarises various aspects of his... -
Applying legitimacy theory to understand sustainability reporting behaviour within South African integrated reports
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Shelly Herbert --- , South Africa Mark Graham --- , South AfricaSustainability disclosures are frequently included within integrated reports, in order to provide disclosures relating to the capitals identified in the International <IR> Framework (the Framework). South Africa has been at the forefront of integrated reporting, following the guidance of King... -
Shifted models cannot be used for predicting responses of biodiversity to global change: the African elephant as an example
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Graham IH Kerley --- , South Africa Sophie Monsarrat --- , South Africa -
Mistaken identity: challenges with specimen identification for morphologically conservative skinks (Trachylepis) leads to taxonomic error
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Kirstin Stephens --- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South Africa Graham J Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Buyisile G Makhubo --- School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Nicolas S Telford --- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South Africa Krystal A Tolley --- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South AfricaIt is commonly recognised that natural history datasets contain locality errors that can compromise the utility of those datasets. However, another source of error in these datasets is taxonomic misidentifications, and this type of error is potentially common, particularly with... -
Tropidosaura essexi Hewitt, 1927 (Reptilia: Lacertidae) is live bearing: the only viviparous African lacertid
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Gary K Nicolau --- Rhodes University, South Africa Emily A Jackson --- Rhodes University, South Africa Adriaan Jordaan --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Graham J Alexander --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaViviparity has evolved independently multiple times within squamate reptiles. In the Lacertidae, two genera and several species from the Northern Hemisphere are known to be viviparous. However, although viviparity is present in many African reptiles, all African lacertids were considered... -
Do rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus) choose to defecate near water?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: ShirleenL. Lazenby --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa GrahamJ. Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa -
Diel activity patterns in a captive colony of rinkhals, Hemachatus haemachatus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: GrahamJ. Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa CatherineL. Marshall --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa -
How to make measurements in thermoregulatory studies: the heating debate continues
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Shelley Currin --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Graham John Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa -
A respone to Hertz, Huey and Stevenson
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Graham John Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Shelley Currin --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa -
Book review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: GrahamJ. Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa -
Anurans in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania: Comparison between miombo woodland, evergreen forest and teak plantations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Roy Hinde --- Society for Environmental Exploration, United Kingdom Graham Corti --- Society for Environmental Exploration, United Kingdom Eibleis Fanning --- Society for Environmental Exploration, United Kingdom RichardK.B. Jenkins --- Society for Environmental Exploration, United Kingdom -
Book review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Peter Meylan --- Eckerd College, USA AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USA Lorren Haywood --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa GrahamJ. Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaFossil snakes of North America: Origin, evolution, distribution, paleoecology (Life of the past). J. Alan Holman 2000. Indiana University Press. Price: US $69.95 (hardcover) ISBN: 0253337216. -
Book review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: DonaldG. Broadley --- Biodiversity Foundation for Africa, Zimbabwe Stephen Spawls --- Sandford International School , GrahamJ. Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa MartinJ. Whiting --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaA Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. Stephen Spawls, Kim Howell, Robert Drewes and James Ashe + consultants Alex Duff‐MacKay and Harald Hinkel. 2002. Academic Press, London & San Diego. Hardback, 543 pp. £29.95 ISBN 0–12–656470–1. -
Book review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: WilliamR. Branch --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa SimonP. Lailvaux --- Tulane University, USA GrahamJ. Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaBiology of the Vipers. by Gordon W. Schuett, Mats Höggren, Michael E. Douglas, and Harry Greene (eds.). 2002. Eagle Mountain Publishing, Utah. Hardback, 580 pp, 16 colour plates. US$75.00. ISBN 0–9720154–0‐X. (available from Eagle Mountain Publishing, Utah, empub@msn.com). -
Book review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: DonaldG. Broadley --- Biodiversity Foundation for Africa, Zimbabwe TobyJ. Hibbitts --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa GrahamJ. Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa GrahamJ. Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaCommon Amphibians and Reptiles of Botswana ‐ more than just creepy‐crawlies. By Bernhard and Renata Clauss. 2002. Gamsberg Macmillan, Windhoek. Soft cover, vi + 114 pages, 308 colour photos. 39 Pula ISBN 99916–0‐396–4. -
Herpetofaunal utilisation of riparian buffer zones in an agricultural landscape near Mtunzini, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Bryan Maritz --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa GrahamJ. Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaWe measured herpetofaunal species richness and abundance in riparian and non‐riparian habitats of an agriculture‐dominated landscape to compare herpetofaunal utilisation of these two habitat types. Riparian areas hosted higher mean species richness and abundance than non‐riparian areas. Riparian and non‐riparian... -
Breaking ground: Quantitative fossorial herpetofaunal ecology in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Bryan Maritz --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa GrahamJ. Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaBasic ecological data are lacking for many species of herpetofauna, particularly fossorial species. Quantitative analyses of the factors that may influence the occurrence of fossorial herpetofaunal species are rare, with minimal work conducted in southern Africa. We mapped the absolute... -
The impacts of past cultivation on the reptiles in a South African grassland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Gavin P. R. Masterson --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Bryan Maritz --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Darian Mackay --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa GrahamJ. Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaHabitat transfonnation is the primary anthropogenic threat to global biodiversity. Fragmentation of reptile populations following habitat transfonnation within a landscape can lead to the extirpation of species. We investigated the effects of land-use on the species richness and abundance of... -
Assimilation efficiency and gut passage time in an African elapid snake, Hemachatus haemachatus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: GrahamJ. Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa ShirleyA. Hanrahan --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Duncan Mitchell --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaWe measured apparent assimilation efficiency (AAE) and gut passage time in the African elapid snake Hemachatus haemachatus under laboratory conditions. AAE was dependent on food type, being 89.8% when snakes were fed frogs and 82.8% when fed mice. Differences in... -
Namaqua Dwarf Adders are generalist predators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Bryan Maritz --- , , USA Graham J. Alexander --- , , South AfricaPrey items vary greatly in the total amount of energy they provide and the costs associated with their location, capture, consumption and assimilation. As a result not all prey types are of equal value, and the relative frequency with which... -
Restoring breeding habitat for Giant Bullfrogs (Pyxicephalus adspersus) in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Ryan L. Thomas --- , , South Africa Lynne Owen-Smith --- , , South Africa Deanne C. Drake --- , , South Africa Graham J. Alexander --- , , South AfricaHabitat fragmentation and transformation arising from urbanisation are leading causes of frog population declines. Artificial wetlands are sometimes used in remediation to minimise biodiversity loss in urban landscapes, but little is known about the specific habitat requirements of frog species... -
Burrow site selection in the Sungazer (Smaug giganteus): a threatened South African endemic lizard
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Wade K Stanton-Jones --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Daniel JD Natusch --- Macquarie University, Australia Graham J Alexander --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaElucidating factors that drive microhabitat selection in a species is important for informing the conservation management of the species. For species that use microhabitats as long-term refuge sites, selection pressures are likely to be strong because the microhabitat must fulfil... -
Science in decline: Is quality sacrificed for quantity and ease of access?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Krystal A. Tolley --- Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South Africa Graham J. Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa -
Susceptibility of dwarf chameleons to climate and land use change: a vulnerability framework for conservation planning
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Tyron K Clark --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Graham J Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Krystal A Tolley --- South African National Biodiversity Institute, South AfricaClimate and land use changes are eroding biodiversity globally, and reptiles are highlighted as being particularly susceptible. In South Africa, global changes threaten the persistence of an assemblage of dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion) located in a biodiversity hotspot. We used ecological... -
Is psychological resilience associated with changes in youth sport participants’ health-related quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Carolyn T Graham --- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada Heather A Shepherd --- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada Olivia Galea --- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada Daniel C Kopala-Sibley --- Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Canada Carolyn A Emery --- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada Keith Owen Yeates --- Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, CanadaObjectives: This study investigated the quality of life of youth sport participants over the COVID-19 pandemic as moderated by psychological resilience. -
Threshold changes in the production potential of bush clumps along piosphere gradients in arid thicket mosaics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Anton Schmidt --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Graham Kerley --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Munyaradzi Manjoro --- Sol Plaatje University, South AfricaVarious studies have noted threshold changes in vegetation composition and structure and soil physical and chemical properties in the Albany Thicket biome of South Africa. The aim of this study is to assess if these changes to the environment have... -
Long-term temporal patterns of human-carnivore conflict in the Chobe Enclave, northern Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Gosiame Neo-Mahupeleng --- Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Botswana Richard Fynn --- Okavango Research Institute, University of Botswana, Botswana Moseki Ronald Motsholapheko --- Okavango Research Institute, University of Botswana, Botswana Matshelo Makondo --- , Botswana Kaelo Nkile --- , Botswana Reneilwe Dipheko --- , Botswana Graham IH Kerley --- Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela University, South AfricaIn some areas, human and carnivore livelihoods overlap causing human-carnivore conflict (HCC), hence there is a need for carnivore conservation efforts. The decline of most large carnivore populations are linked to HCC, primarily due to the killing of carnivores by... -
Dung and carrion beetle diversity in small forest patches versus large continuous forest in the southern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Graham van Bergen --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Anina Coetzee --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Jan A Venter --- Nelson Mandela University, South Africa Francois Roets --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Rudi C Swart --- Nelson Mandela University, South AfricaNaturally fragmented indigenous forests in the southern Cape of South Africa are particularly understudied in terms of beetle diversity. This study therefore aimed to determine whether southern Afrotemperate forest dung and carrion beetle diversity differs between continuous forest and naturally... -
Participant acceptability and clinician satisfaction of cognitive behavioural therapy and medication management algorithm compared with enhanced standard care for treatment of depression among youth with HIV
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Emily A Barr --- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA Kristin Baltrusaitis --- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA Betsy D Kennard --- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA Graham J Emslie --- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA Chelsea Krotje --- , USA Kevin Knowles --- , USA Sarah Buisson --- , USA Lauren Bergam --- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA Jaime G Deville --- David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, USA Susan L Gillespie --- , USA Melissa Shikora --- , USA Ellen Townley --- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, USA David E Shapiro --- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA Larry K Brown --- Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USABackground: Primary results of the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Network (IMPAACT) 2002 trial showed that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and medication management algorithm (MMA) (COMB-R) significantly improved depression in youth with HIV (YWH) compared with enhanced standard...