A high resolution and continuous isotopic speleothem record of paleoclimate and paleoenvironment from 90 to 53 ka from Pinnacle Point on the south coast of South …

M Bar-Matthews, CW Marean, Z Jacobs… - Quaternary Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
Coastal South Africa draws interdisciplinary interests due to the co-occurrence of a rich
record for early human behavioral modernity, hyper-diverse vegetation with very high …

Describing a drowned Pleistocene ecosystem: last Glacial Maximum vegetation reconstruction of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain

RM Cowling, AJ Potts, J Franklin, GF Midgley… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pleistocene ecosystems provided the stage for modern human emergence. Terrestrial
vegetation communities structure resources for human foragers, providing plant food, wood …

[PDF][PDF] Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria, version 1.1

LM Bland, DA Keith, RM Miller, NJ Murray… - … Union for the …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Executive Summary The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems is a global framework for monitoring
the status of ecosystems. It is part of the growing toolbox for assessing risks to biodiversity …

Pinnacle Point Cave 13B (Western Cape Province, South Africa) in context: the Cape floral kingdom, shellfish, and modern human origins

CW Marean - Journal of human evolution, 2010 - Elsevier
Genetic and anatomical evidence suggests that Homo sapiens arose in Africa between 200
and 100ka, and recent evidence suggests that complex cognition may have appeared …

Diverse functional responses to drought in a Mediterranean‐type shrubland in South Africa

AG West, TE Dawson, EC February… - New …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Mediterranean‐type ecosystems contain 20% of all vascular plant diversity on Earth and
have been identified as being particularly threatened by future increases in drought. Of …

A fundamental, eco‐hydrological basis for niche segregation in plant communities

YN Araya, J Silvertown, DJ Gowing… - New …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ecologists still puzzle over how plant species manage to coexist with one another while
competing for the same essential resources. The classic answer for animal communities is …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of urbanization in a biodiversity hotspot: Conservation challenges in Metropolitan Cape Town

AG Rebelo, PM Holmes, C Dorse, J Wood - South African Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
The City of Cape Town (City) covers 2460km2 in the southwestern corner of the Cape
Floristic Region biodiversity hotspot. Established in 1654, by 1700 there were no animals …

Environmental influences on human innovation and behavioural diversity in southern Africa 92–80 thousand years ago

A Mackay, SJ Armitage, EM Niespolo… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Africa's Middle Stone Age preserves sporadic evidence for novel behaviours
among early modern humans, prompting a range of questions about the influence of social …

Shrubland restoration following woody alien invasion and mining: effects of topsoil depth, seed source, and fertilizer addition

PM Holmes - Restoration ecology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Invasion by woody alien plants, construction, and mining operations are among the major
disturbances degrading vegetation in the Cape Floristic Kingdom, South Africa. The aim of …

Phylogeny of the tribe Indigofereae (Leguminosae–Papilionoideae): Geographically structured more in succulent‐rich and temperate settings than in grass‐rich …

BD Schrire, M Lavin, NP Barker… - American Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This analysis goes beyond many phylogenies in exploring how phylogenetic structure
imposed by morphology, ecology, and geography reveals useful evolutionary data. A …