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The Impact of Harvesting Operations on Timber Quality: Causes and Remedies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: Walter Warkotsch --- Forest Engineering Technology, Faculty of Forestry,Forests are devastated daily to satisfy the world's timber demands. Tropical forests throughout the world are exploited and endangered. An obligation therefore exists to avoid damage to timber and minimise waste wherever possible. -
The use of degradation gradients for the assessment and ecological interpretation of range condition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: O.J.H. Bosch --- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Republic of South Africa H.G. Gauch --- Department of Soil, Crop and Atmospheric Sciences, United States of AmericaMultivariate procedures were used to subdivide the southern African climatic climax grasslands of the 700–800‐mm rainfall zone into relatively homogeneous grazing areas. A degradation gradient was constructed for each of these areas. This was done by means of centred PCA... -
Plant species dynamics in the Southern Tall Grassveld under grazing, resting and fire
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: C.D. Morris --- Department of Grassland Science, Republic of South Africa N.M. Tainton --- Department of Grassland Science, Republic of South Africa M.B. Hardy --- Department of Agricultural Development (Natal Region), Republic of South AfricaAn analysis of temporal changes in botanical composition in a long‐term grazing trial indicates that species dynamics in the Southern Tall Grassveld of Natal are determined by the specific combination of grazing, mowing and fire impacts. Species composition of a... -
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Recovery of grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] from atrazine and cyanazine phytotoxicity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: M.R. le Court de Billot --- , P.C. Nel --- Department of Plant Production,Recovery of growth following atrazine and cyanazine toxicity and the effect on subsequent grain yield of sorghum were studied in nutrient solutions in two separate experiments. In Experiment I, concentrations of atrazine and cyanazine were decreased at weekly intervals based... -
Heat-shock protein synthesis in cotton is cultivar dependent
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J.A. de Ronde --- , Republic of South Africa A. van der Mescht W.A. Cress --- Department of Botany, Republic of South AfricaThe synthesis of heat-related proteins in six cotton cultivars was examined. The protein profiles of heat-stressed plants were highly cultivar specific. Heat-related proteins did not result from protein degradation. Recovery to normal protein synthesis occurred within an hour after the... -
Measurements of mineralization, nitrification and denitrification in laboratory incubations of soil from a semi-arid natural grassland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: G.H. Wiltshire --- Department of Soil Science, Republic of South Africa C.C. du preez --- Department of Soil Science, Republic of South AfricaExperiments were done to compare three incubation methods after it was found that prolonged incubation of soil in sealed preserving jars resulted in the exhaustion of head- space oxygen and anaerobiosis in the soil. Nitrate added to soil from the... -
Comparison of maize genotypes for grain yield, nitrogen uptake and use efficiency in Western Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: D. Tolessa --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South Africa C.C. Du Preez --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South Africa G.M. Ceronio --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South AfricaNitrogen is the most limiting nutrient in the production of maize in western Ethiopia with its favourable climate for this crop. This is because Nitisols inherently low in N are used for maize production by resource-poor farmers who cannot afford... -
Fate of nitrogen applied to maize on conventional and minimum tilled Nitisols in Western Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: D. Tolessa --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South Africa C.C. Du Preez --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South Africa G.M. Ceronio --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South AfricaMaize production in western Ethiopia is practiced mainly on Nitisols inherently low in N. Neither conventional nor minimum tilled maize reaches its full yield potential without fertilization. A large amount of applied N usually escapes from the soil-crop system and... -
Effect of tillage system and nitrogen fertilization on efficacy of applied nitrogen by maize in Western Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: D. Tolessa --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South Africa C.C. Du Preez --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South Africa G.M. Ceronio --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South AfricaNitrogen is the most limiting nutrient for maize production under conventional and minimum tillage systems in western Ethiopia. Thus application of N is essential to sustain production in the region. However, very little is known about the efficiency of the... -
Fire and the dynamics of semi-arid grassland: influence on plant survival, productivity and water-use efficiency
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: H A SnymanThere is a lack of knowledge concerning the effect of fire behaviour on the vegetation dynamics of semi-arid climates. Arising from this, an investigation was initiated to characterise the behaviour of fires burning with the wind (head fire) and against... -
A comparison of pod and seed characteristics, nutritive value, digestibility and seed survival in cultivars from different Medicago species fed to sheep
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: T.N. Kotzé --- Department of Agriculture, Republic of South Africa T.S. Brand --- Department of Agriculture, Republic of South Africa G.A. Agenbag --- Department of Agronomy and Pasture Science, Republic of South AfricaThis study was conducted to compare pod and seed characteristics, nutritive value, digestibility and seed survival of intact medic pods after ingestion by sheep. Different diets comprising the intact pods of six cultivars of the medic species that are most... -
Production speed effects on log-making error rates and value recovery for a mechanized processing operation in radiata pine in New Zealand
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: G.E. Murphy H.D. Marshall A.W. EvansonMechanized processing operations are complex "man-machine" systems. The impacts of changes to work practices are, therefore, dependent on the effects the changes have on both the machine and the man. A mechanized processor, delimbing and cutting tree length stems into... -
Heroin Dependence Recovery
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Monika dos Santos --- University of South Africa, Fred van Staden --- University of South Africa,The consequences of heroin dependence can be extremely difficult to escape from, resulting in unpleasant and potentially terrifying experiences. This descriptive study explores the factors which are important in achieving abstinence, in allowing recovery to be maintained in the longer... -
Rape and Trauma: A Case Study of a Journey of Recovery
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Maria Papaikonomou --- University of South Africa,This case study presents the results of a counselling intervention with a rape survivor. The woman was twenty-nine years old at the time of the violation. The objective of this study was to explore the dynamics which the woman engaged... -
From biomass mining to sustainable fishing — using abundance and size to define a spatial management framework for deep-water lobster
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: JC Groeneveld --- , South Africa SP Kirkman --- Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa M Boucher --- Marine Biology Research Institute, Department of Zoology, South Africa D Yemane --- Branch: Fisheries, Department of Agriculture, South AfricaBased on the assumption that depleted stocks would have recovered during a six-year layoff from fishing, trapping for deep-water spiny lobster Palinurus delagoae and slipper lobster Scyllarides elisabethae off eastern South Africa resumed in 2004 until 2007. A generalised linear... -
Pinus saw timber tree optimisation in South Africa: a comparison of mechanised tree optimisation (harvester/processor) versus current manual methods
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: John Eggers --- , South Africa Andrew McEwan --- , South Africa Beatrice Conradie --- , South AfricaBoth Cut to Length (CTL) and Full Tree/Tree Length (FT/TL) ground-based systems are used to harvest pine in South Africa. The fully mechanised CTL system is the most recently introduced system in South Africa. One of the reasons for the... -
Machine productivity and residual harvesting residues associated with a cut-to-length harvest system in southern Tasmania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: MR Ghaffariyan --- , Australia J Sessions --- Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management, USA M Brown --- Office of PVC Research, AustraliaThe cut-to-length method is a preferred method for harvest of pine plantations in Australia. The cut-to-length method studied in southern Tasmania consists of a feller-buncher, processor, forwarder, grapple loader and tractortrailers that were producing only pulp logs for the plantation... -
Nitrogen uptake of a perennial ryegrass–white clover pasture following strategic nitrogen fertiliser application during the cool seasons in the Western Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: J Labuschagne MB Hardy GA AgenbagThe effect of four fertiliser nitrogen (N) levels (0, 50, 100 or 150 kg N ha−1) applied as a single dressing in either autumn (late April), early winter (early June), late winter (mid July), early spring (late August) or late... -
Testing the suitability of the Nepal-Somers stand table projection method for Eucalyptus grandis plantations in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: J Corral-Rivas --- Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, México S Sánchez Orois --- , Germany H Kotze --- , South Africa K von Gadow --- , GermanyThis study presents an application of a stand table projection method for varying stand densities of Eucalyptus grandis in South Africa. The projections of diameter at breast height (dbh) class frequencies are compatible with future values of basal area and... -
Percentile-based Weibull diameter distribution model for Pinus kesiya stands in Benguet province, Philippines
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Roscinto Ian C Lumbres --- Warm Temperate and Subtropical Forest Research Center, Republic of Korea Young Jin Lee --- Department of Forest Resources, Republic of KoreaThis study was conducted to develop a diameter distribution model for Pinus kesiya stands in Benguet province, Philippines, using the percentile-based Weibull model. The performance of the different equations was examined using evaluation statistics such as the fit index (FI)... -
Recovery room nurses' knowledge regarding postoperative airway emergencies in adults in private hospitals in Northern Gauteng, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: T van Huyssteen --- Critical care unit, South Africa ADH Botha --- Department of Nursing Science, South AfricaBackground: Recovery room nurses should have the knowledge and skill to identify and manage postoperative airway emergencies in adult patients. Aim: To determine the knowledge of recovery room nurses regarding postoperative airway emergencies in adult patients in private hospitals in... -
A pilot study to determine the profile of recovery room nurses in Johannesburg hospitals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: J Scribante --- Department of Anaesthesiology, Health Sciences, HC Perrie --- Department of Anaesthesiology, Health Sciences,Background: Apart from anecdotal evidence, very little is known of the recovery room nurses in South Africa. -
Haemodynamic and anaesthetic advantages of dexmedetomidine
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: SH Rao --- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, India B Sudhakar --- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, India PK Subramanyam --- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, IndiaObjectives: The aim of this study was to describe the effect of dexmedetomidine on haemodynamic stability in the intraoperative period, as well as on the pressor response to intubation and extubation and the requirement of inhalation anaesthetics and recovery. -
Is my patient adequately awake for recovery room discharge?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: SX Coles --- ,Recovery after anaesthesia must be monitored carefully, and patients should be assessed before they are discharged to the ward or some other area where they are less likely to receive the same level of care. While the anaesthetist is responsible... -
The psychometric properties of the Recovery Experiences Questionnaire of employees in a higher education institution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karina Mostert --- WorkWell: Research Unit for Economic and Management Sciences, South Africa Crizelle Els --- WorkWell: Research Unit for Economic and Management Sciences, South AfricaThe objective of this study was to investigate the factorial validity and reliability of scores from the Recovery Experience Questionnaire (REQ) in a higher education institution. As part of the measure validation, the relationships of the four recovery dimensions (psychological... -
Competing seed consumers drive the evolution of scatter-hoarding: Why rodents do not put all their seeds in one larder
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Ursina D. Rusch --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa Jeremy J. Midgley --- Department of Botany, South Africa Bruce Anderson --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South AfricaCompetition for food resources amongst animal seed dispersers and pilferers has driven dispersers to increasingly innovative seed-caching methods.We determined cache sizes in the field as well as seed cache recovery ability of a scatter-hoarding mouse, Acomys subspinosus, and compared these... -
Planning to recover from the loss of computer facilities
Trends in South Africa over the last five years Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: J. Miller --- Graduate School of Business, M. A. Wenham --- Graduate School of Business,A national survey of computer disaster recovery planning by major computer users in South Africa was conducted in 1990. The results are reported in this article and show that most firms are highly dependent on their computer systems. Almost a... -
Aquatic macroinvertebrate responses to pollution of the Boesmanspruit river system above Carolina, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: RB Tate --- Digby Wells Environmental, South Africa A Husted --- Digby Wells Environmental, South AfricaThe upper Boesmanspruit river system received much attention in 2012 when a pollution event in January rendered the drinking water of the town of Carolina non-potable. The responses of aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages in the upper Boesmanspruit system to that event... -
Disaster recovery experiences of a South African rural farming community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Christiaan Becker --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South Africa Vera Roos --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South Africa Hendri Coetzee --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South AfricaThis study explored the bush fire disaster experiences and coping of South African farmers. Participants consisted of seven male farmers (6 = White Afrikaans-speaking; 1 = Black Tswana-speaking). Data were collected using semi-structured interviews, nine months after the disaster, and analysed thematically. The findings... -
Recovery of bird communities after selective logging and clear-cutting in Kibale National Park, Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Pirita Latja --- Department of Biology, Finland Geoffrey M Malinga --- Department of Biology, Finland Anu Valtonen --- Department of Biology, Finland Heikki Roininen --- Department of Biology, FinlandIn the face of the continuing destruction of tropical rainforests, a major challenge is to understand the consequences of these habitat changes for biodiversity and the time scale at which biodiversity can recover after such disturbances. In this study, we... -
Escapism motive for sport consumption as a predictor of meaning in life
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Frederick W. Stander --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThe objective of this study was to examine whether spectator escapism motive for sport consumption could predict meaning in life, and to explore the role of psychological ownership in this relationship. A sample of 806 football spectators (African = 85%,... -
Survival estimates for the greater crested tern Thalasseus bergii in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Payo-Payo --- Group of Ecology and Animal Demography (GEDA), Spain A Sanz-Aguilar --- Group of Ecology and Animal Demography (GEDA), Spain D Gaglio --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa RB Sherley --- Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, United Kingdom TR Cook --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa R Altwegg --- Statistics in Ecology, Environment and Conservation, Department of Statistical Sciences, and African Climate and Development Initiative, South Africa PG Ryan --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South AfricaThe nominate race of the greater crested tern Thalasseus bergii breeds only along the coast of the Benguela region (west coast) of southern Africa, where its population is increasing, in contrast to other species of breeding seabirds in the region... -
Development and validation of the isiZulu quality of recovery score
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: S Sikhakhane --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa B Kusel --- Department of Anaesthesia, South Africa RN Rodseth --- Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, Critical Care and Pain Management, South AfricaBackground: Recovery from anaesthesia and surgery is an important marker of the quality of perioperative care. One extensively validated score in assessing this is the Quality of Recovery–15 items (QoR-15) score. This study aimed to translate the QoR-15 score into... -
Menthol as an alternative anaesthetic and sedative for rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: C Teta --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa H Kaiser --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South AfricaMenthol is known for its analgesic properties, but relatively little information is available on its potential as an anaesthetic on fish. The purpose of this study was to assess anaesthetic and sedative effectiveness of menthol and its safety in rainbow... -
Volume recovery and estimation of commercial volumes of Okan (Cylicodiscus gabunensis Harms) in southern Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Julien M Seka --- Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, National Forestry School, Cameroon Jean Bégin --- Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, Geography and Geomatics, CanadaThe objective of this study was to quantify the volume of residues and develop volume equations for estimation of commercial outside-bark volumes of Okan (Cylicodiscus gabunensis) at different logging stages. Two hundred and five stems with diameter at breast height... -
Revegetation of marginal saline rangelands of southern Tunisia using pastoral halophytes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Abderrazak Tlili --- , Tunisia Emna Ghanmi --- , Tunisia Naziha Ayeb --- , Tunisia Mounir Louhaichi --- , Jordan Mohamed Neffati --- , Tunisia Mohamed Tarhouni --- , TunisiaRevegetation of marginalised rangelands using pastoral halophytes is considered an appropriate scientific and environmental approach to rehabilitation. Atriplex halimus L. (Amaranthaceae), A. mollis Desf. (Amaranthaceae), Cenchrus ciliaris L. (Poaceae) and Lotus creticus L. (Fabaceae) are promising species for arid rangeland... -
An analysis of South African sawmilling competitiveness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: S Grobbelaar --- , South Africa JK Visser --- , South AfricaThe South African sawn timber market supply and demand are in equilibrium and significantly associated with the local residential construction market. During the great financial crisis (GFC), the local residential construction market contracted. This caused a reduction in sawn timber... -
A decade of surf-zone linefish monitoring in the Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area, with a preliminary assessment of the effects of rezoning and resource use
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: K Bullock --- , South Africa A Wood --- , South Africa VA Dames --- , South Africa JA Venter --- , South Africa J Greeff --- , South AfricaAn 11-year assessment of surf-zone linefish (marine fish captured on hook and line) was carried out in the Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, by research fishing to determine species and size composition, movement and... -
Short-term recovery of macroinvertebrate communities following a flash flood in an urban river: a case study of the Palmiet River in Durban, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: N Khumalo --- , South Africa S Mdluli --- , South Africa J Lebepe --- , South AfricaExtreme floods have become frequent in the urban Palmiet River due to exacerbating climate change. Therefore, the current study aimed to explore a short-term recovery of macroinvertebrate communities following a flash flood in the Palmiet River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Different... -
Assessment of plant species composition and natural regeneration in abandoned settlements in the lower montane forest of Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Imani Abinery Kikoti --- , Tanzania Cosmas Mligo --- , Tanzania Henry Joseph Ndangalasi --- , TanzaniaAnthropogenic modification of montane forests to other land uses has significant effects on native vegetation and the ecological functions of plant communities, such as in the forests of Mount Kilimanjaro. This study was carried out in Kilimanjaro National Park at... -
Post-fire tree regeneration from seed of the endangered Nothofagus alessandrii Espinosa in the Maule region of central Chile
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Persy Gómez --- , Chile Sergio Espinoza --- , Chile Pedro Garrido --- , Chile José San Martín --- , Chile Yony Ormazábal --- , ChileThe endemic ruil (Nothofagus alessandrii Espinosa) forest is one of the most endangered forest ecosystems in central Chile, where its regeneration is challenged by factors such as low seedling germination capacity and recently by fire. In this study, we sampled... -
The effects of eucalyptus Eucalyptus globulus and oregano Origanum vulgare essential oils on anaesthesia response in a Namibian marine species, silver kob Argyrosomus inodorus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: NN Gabriel --- , Namibia C Chikwililwa --- , Namibia GM Liswaniso --- , Namibia S Louw --- , Namibia A Namwoonde --- , NamibiaThe anaesthetic effectiveness of separate and combined eucalyptus Eucalyptus globulus and oregano Origanum vulgare essential oils (EO) were investigated in silver kob Argyrosomus inodorus and were compared with clove oil Eugenia caryophyllata. Argyrosomus inodorus adults (595.61 [SE 11.82] g) were... -
Relevance and therapeutic implication of macroprolactinemia detection using PEG 6000 in women of childbearing age with hyperprolactinemia: experience at a tertiary hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Anne Ongmeb Boli --- Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease Unit, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Cameroon Martine Claude Etoa Etoga --- Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease Unit, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Cameroon Francine Mekobe Mendane --- University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon Charly Feutseu --- Biotechnology Centre, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon Eloumba Mbono Samba --- Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease Unit, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Cameroon Amazia Falmata --- University of Bamenda, Cameroon Arnaud Manga Ndi --- Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease Unit, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Cameroon Jean-Claude Katte --- Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease Unit, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Cameroon Mesmin Dehayem --- Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease Unit, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Cameroon Vicky Jocelyn Ama Moor --- University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon Jean Claude Mbanya --- Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease Unit, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Cameroon Eugène Sobngwi --- Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease Unit, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Cameroon -
Muscle ultrasound: a reliable bedside tool for dietitians to monitor muscle mass
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Lizl Veldsman --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Alison Lupton-Smith --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Guy A Richards --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Renée Blaauw --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa -
“Tell a good story of China”: Experiences of state-sponsored overseas Chinese academics navigating frictions and identity in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Chen Tian --- , South AfricaThis study explores the experiences of state-sponsored overseas Chinese academics (OCAs) in South Africa and the frictions they encounter while adapting to a new professional environment. An in-depth analysis of China’s managed cultural globalisation, state-sponsored OCAs’ internal and international mobilities,... -
Effects of diamond mining on sandy beaches in southern Namibia – the use of Tylos granulatus (Isopoda: Oniscidea) as an indicator species
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: K Hutchings --- , South Africa A Rees --- , South Africa A Pulfrich --- , South Africa BM Clark --- , South AfricaSandy beaches provide vital ecosystem services and support diverse ecological communities but are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic pressures. In particular, intertidal mining disrupts sandy beaches and challenges their resilience, yet these ecosystems retain some capacity for environmental recovery. This study... -
Foraging behaviour of scatter-hoarding gerbils (Gerbilliscus (Gerbillurus)) influences seed fate and dispersal for key plant species in the Namib Desert
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Saima D Shikesho --- Gobabeb-Namib Research Institute, Namib Naukluft National Park, Namibia Eugene Marais --- Gobabeb-Namib Research Institute, Namib Naukluft National Park, Namibia Jeremy J Midgley --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaHairy-footed gerbils (Gerbilliscus (Gerbillurus) spp.) in the Namib Desert play a dual ecological role as both seed dispersers and predators, a behaviour typical of scatter-hoarding species. The fate of seeds following their removal by these gerbils, whether consumed immediately or...