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UCT RESEARCH REPORT 2012
Parr, C., Gray, E. andBond, W.J. 2012. Cascading biodiversity
and functional consequences of a global change-induced
biome switch. Diversity and Distributions, 18: 493-503.
Payri, C., N’Yeurt, A.D.R. and Mattio, L. 2012. Benthic algal
and seagrass communities in BaaAtoll, Maldives. Atoll
Research Bulletin, 590: 31-70.
Peters, D.P.C., Belnap, J., Ludwig, J.A., Collins, S.L.,
Paruelo, J., Hoffman, M.T. and Havstad, K.M. 2012. How
can science be general, yet specific? The conundrum of
rangeland science in the 21st century. Rangeland Ecology
& Management, 65: 613-622.
Reynders, M., Vrijdaghs, A., Larridon, I., Huygh, W., Leroux,
O., Muasya, A.M. and Goetghebeur, P. 2012. Gynoecial
anatomy and development in Cyperoideae (Cyperaceae,
Poales): congenital fusion of carpels facilitates evolutionary
modifications in pistil structure. Plant Ecology and
Evolution, 145: 96-125.
Rohde, R. and Hoffman, M.T. 2012. The historical ecology
of Namibian rangelands: vegetation change since 1876 in
response to local and global drivers. Science of the Total
Environment, 416: 276-288.
Sirami, C. and Monadjem, A. 2012. Changes in bird
communities in Swaziland savannas between 1998 and 2008
owing to shrub encroachment. Diversity and Distributions,
18: 390-400.
Skelton, R., Midgley, J.J., Nyaga, J., Johnson, S.D. and
Cramer, M.D. 2012. Is leaf pubescence of Cape Proteaceae
a xeromorphic or radiation-protective trait? Australian
Journal of Botany, 60: 104-113.
Staver, A., Bond, W.J., Cramer, M.D. and Wakeling, J. 2012.
Top-down determinants of niche structure and adaptation
among African Acacias. Ecology Letters, 15: 673-679.
Stock, W.D. and Verboom, G.A. 2012. Phylogenetic
ecology of foliar N and P concentrations and N:P ratios
across mediterranean-type ecosystems. Global Ecology
and Biogeography, 21: 1147-1156.
Suinyuy, T.N., Donaldson, J. and Johnson, S.D. 2012.
Geographical variation in cone volatile composition among
populations of the African cycad Encephalartos villosus.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 106: 514-527.
Terer, T., Triest, L. and Muasya, A.M. 2012. Effects of
harvesting Cyperus papyrus in undisturbed wetland, Lake
Naivasha, Kenya. Hydrobiologia, 680: 135-148.
Terer, T., Muasya, A.M., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Ndiritu, G.
and Triest, L. 2012. Integrating local ecological knowledge
Joubert, D.F., Smit, G.N. and Hoffman, M.T. 2012. The role
of fire in preventing transitions from a grass dominated
state to a bush thickened state in arid savannas. Journal of
Arid Environments, 87: 1-7.
Klak, C. and Bruyns, P.V. 2012. Phylogeny of the
Dorotheantheae (Aizoaceae), a tribe of succulent annuals.
Taxon, 61(2): 293-307.
Klak, C. 2012. Two new species of Cleretum (Ruschioideae-
Dorotheantheae, Alzoaceae) from the northern Cape,
South Africa. Haseltonia, 18: 27-33.
Kunz, N.S., Hoffman, M.T. and Weber, B. 2012. Effects
of heuweltjies and utilization on vegetation patterns
in the Succulent Karoo, South Africa. Journal of Arid
Environments, 87: 198-205.
Malan, H.L., Mesjasz-Przybylowicz, J., Przybylowicz, W.,
Farrant, J.M. and Linder, P.W. 2012. Distribution patterns of
the metal pollutants Cd and Ni in soybean seeds. Nuclear
Instruments &Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam
Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 273: 157-160.
Marline, L., Andriamiarisoa, R.L., Bardat, J., Chuah-Petiot,
M., Hedderson, T.A., Reeb, C., Strasberg, D., Wilding,
N. and Ah-Peng, C. 2012. Checklist of the bryophytes of
Madagascar. Cryptogamie Bryologie, 33(3): 199-255.
Matimati, I., Musil, C.F., Raitt, L. and February, E.C. 2012.
Diurnal stem diameter variations show CAM and C3
photosynthetic modes and CAM-C3switches in arid
South African succulent shrubs. Agricultural and Forest
Meteorology, 161: 72-79.
Midgley, J.J., Gallaher, K. and Kruger, L.M. 2012. The role
of the elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the tree squirrel
(Paraxerus cepapi) in marula (Sclerocarya birrea) seed
predation, dispersal and germination. Journal of Tropical
Ecology, 28: 227-231.
Milandri, S., Winter, K.J., Chimphango, S.B., Armitage,
N.P., Mbui, D.N., Jackson, G.E. and Liebau, V. 2012. The
performance of plant species in removing nutrients from
stormwater in biofiltration systems in Cape Town. Water
SA, 38(5): 655-662.
Muasya, A.M., Reynders, M., Goetghebeur, P., Simpson, D.
and Vrijdaghs, A. 2012. Dracoscirpoides (Cyperaceae) - a
new genus from southern Africa, its taxonomy and floral
ontogeny. South African Journal of Botany, 78: 104-115.
Muasya, A.M., Viljoen, J.-A., Stirton, C.H. and Helme,
N.A. 2012. Two new leafless species of Ficinia (Cypereae,
Cyperaceae) from the Greater Cape Floristic Region of
South Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 79: 96-101.