A vegetation classification approach is needed that can describe the diversity of terrestrial
ecosystems and their transformations over large time frames, span the full range of spatial …

Flavour is a very important attribute contributing to the sensory quality of meat and meat
products. Although the sensory quality of meat includes orthonasal and retronasal aroma …

A biome is a key community ecological and biogeographical concept and, as such, has
profited from the overall progress of community ecology, punctuated by two major …

The visual progression of sirex (Sirex noctilio) infestation symptoms has been categorized
into three distinct infestation phases, namely the green, red and grey stages. The grey stage …

Considerable advances have been made since the first estimates of the impacts of invasive
alien plants on water resources in the early 1990s. A large body of evidence shows that …

Increases in woody plant cover in savanna grassland environments have been reported on
globally for over 50 years and are generally perceived as a threat to rangeland productivity …

Determining the timing and drivers of Pleistocene hydrological change in the interior of
South Africa is critical for testing hypotheses regarding the presence, dynamics, and …

Abstract Although the Middle Stone Age (MSA) of southern Africa, associated with major
cultural innovation including aspects of symbolic behavior and the development of complex …

The devastating socioeconomic impacts of recent droughts have intensified the need for
improved drought monitoring in South Africa (SA). This study has shown that not all indices …

Abstract Hopper (Plant Soil 322: 49–86, 2009) introduced landscape age, climate buffering,
and soil nutrient status as descriptors for a continuum between old, climatically buffered …