Life form and species diversity on abandoned croplands, Roggeveld, South Africa

Evaluation of Central North American prairie management based on species diversity, life form, and individual species metrics.

Reintroduction of fire and grazing, alone or in combination, has increasingly been recognized as central to the restoration of North American mixed-grass and tallgrass prairies. Although ecological studies of these systems are abundant, they have generally been observational, or if experimental, have focused on plant species diversity. Species diversity measures alone are not sufficient to info...

Shifting Species in South Africa - Summary

The answer to the main research question on how wildlife is officially classified in South Africa lies in the process of boundary making. Within this work I have dissected boundary making into three particular types of boundaries, namely material boundaries, policy boundaries and imagined boundaries. I noted that the three boundaries are closely related and sometimes overlapping. Stemming from ...

Review of Echinococcus species in South Africa.

Study of flora, life form, chrotype, diversity and evenness of Artemisia aucheri Boiss. and Artemisia melanolepis Boiss. habitats in South-East of Sabalan

The aim of this study was to investigate the flora, life form, chrotype, diversity and evenness of accompanying species of Artemisia melanolepis Boiss. and Artemisia aucheri Boiss. in the south east of Sabalan. Species were collected and identified. Overall, 82 identified plant species was belonging to 23 families and 61 genera. Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Lamiaceae and Poaceae families were the domi...

Feeding Practices, Food Variety, and Dietary Diversity – Indicators of Nutritional Status among Historically Disadvantaged Agri-business Families, South Africa

nutritional status of historically disadvantaged smallholder food producers and their family members. Food Variety Scores (FVS) and Dietary Diversity Scores (DDS) are some of the indicators of nutritional status. This study sought to evaluate the nutritional status of children of historically disadvantaged agri-business smallholders at Alfred Nzo District. Methods: This study’s purposeful...