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I have a keen interest in the effects of global change on natural resources and its underlying biodiversity, and the implications of these impacts on sustainable futures.

This is a substantial research challenge, and I prefer to work in a team with each team member contributing a vital skill; many of my graduate students are co-supervised by colleagues with complementary expertise.

I find it rewarding to work at the boundary of traditional disciplines and I think this integration is vital if we are to make a useful contribution to the global change challenge.

In my current position as Dean of the Faculty of the Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria, I am responsible for all aspects of teaching, learning, research and community engagement in the largest science faculty in South Africa. We have ~7000 students (1500 postgraduates) and ~300 academic staff. The University of Pretoria has 13 ESI ranked subjects, seven of which is in the Faculty of the Natural and Agricultural Sciences.

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University of Pretoria: Pretoria, Gauteng, ZA

2019-10-01 to present | Dean (Natural and Agricultural Sciences)
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University of Pretoria: Pretoria, ZA

2019-10-01 to present | Professor
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University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg-Braamfontein, ZA

2016-04-01 to 2019-09-30 | Professor
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University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg-Braamfontein, ZA

2014-04-01 to 2019-09-30 | Director (Global Change Institute)
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University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg-Braamfontein, ZA

2014-04-01 to 2019-09-30 | Exxaro chair in Global Change and Sustainability (Global Change Institute)
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Quantifying the sensitivity of L-Band SAR to a decade of vegetation structure changes in savannas

Remote Sensing of Environment
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2022.113369
Part of ISSN: 0034-4257
Contributors: Konrad Wessels; Xiaoxuan Li; Alexandre Bouvet; Renaud Mathieu; Russell Main; Laven Naidoo; Barend Erasmus; Gregory P. Asner
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Extreme heat events, high ambient temperatures and human morbidity and mortality in Africa: A systematic review

South African Journal of Science
2022-11-30 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2022/12047
Part of ISSN: 1996-7489
Contributors: Albert Edgar Manyuchi; matthew chersich; coleen vogel; Caradee Wright; Ruwadzano Matsika; Barend Erasmus
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Aboveground biomass density models for NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission

Remote Sensing of Environment
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112845
Part of ISSN: 0034-4257
Contributors: Laura Duncanson; James R. Kellner; John Armston; Ralph Dubayah; David M. Minor; Steven Hancock; Sean P. Healey; Paul L. Patterson; Svetlana Saarela; Suzanne Marselis et al.
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The self-reported human health effects associated with heat exposure in Agincourt sub-district of South Africa

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
2022-02-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1057/s41599-022-01063-1
Part of ISSN: 2662-9992
Contributors: Albert Edgar Manyuchi; Coleen Vogel; Caradee Y. Wright; Barend Erasmus
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Systems approach to climate services for health

Climate Services
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cliser.2021.100271
Part of ISSN: 2405-8807
Contributors: Albert Edgar Manyuchi; Coleen Vogel; Caradee Y. Wright; Barend Erasmus
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Scholarship on urban Africa’s water crisis narratives: the state of the art

Water SA
2021-04-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.17159/wsa/2021.v47.i2.10922
Part of ISSN: 1816-7950
Contributors: David Olivier; C Vogel; BFN Erasmus
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Modeling the multi‐functionality of African savanna landscapes under global change

Land Degradation & Development
2021-04-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.3925
Part of ISSN: 1085-3278
Part of ISSN: 1099-145X
Contributors: Reimund P. Rötter; Simon Scheiter; Munir P. Hoffmann; Mirjam Pfeiffer; William C.D. Nelson; Kingsley Ayisi; Peter Taylor; Jan‐Henning Feil; Sara Yazdan Bakhsh; Johannes Isselstein et al.
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Contrasting capabilities of two ungulate species to cope with extremes of aridity

Scientific Reports
2021-02-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83732-w
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Contributors: Melinda Boyers; Francesca Parrini; Norman Owen-Smith; Barend F. N. Erasmus; Robyn S. Hetem
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A portfolio perspective of rural livelihoods in Bushbuckridge, South Africa

South African Journal of Science
2020-09-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2020/7522
Contributors: Fatima H. Ragie; David W. Olivier; Lori M. Hunter; Barend F.N. Erasmus; Coleen Vogel; Mark Collinson; Wayne Twine
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How to halt the global decline of lands

Nature Sustainability
2020-02-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-0477-x
Contributors: Louise Willemen; Nichole N. Barger; Ben ten Brink; Matthew Cantele; Barend F. N. Erasmus; Judith L. Fisher; Toby Gardner; Timothy G. Holland; Florent Kohler; Janne S. Kotiaho et al.
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Climate change and control of diarrhoeal diseases in South Africa: Priorities for action

South African Medical Journal
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7196/samj.2019.v109i6.14075
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2-s2.0-85069262977
Contributors: Boeckmann, M.; Roux, T.; Robinson, M.; Areal, A.; Durusu, D.; Wernecke, B.; Manyuchi, A.; Pham, M.D.; Wang, C.; Hetem, R. et al.
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Fuelwood extraction intensity drives compensatory regrowth in African savanna communal lands

Land Degradation and Development
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.3210
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2-s2.0-85056700057
Contributors: Mograbi, P.J.; Witkowski, E.T.F.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Asner, G.P.; Fisher, J.T.; Mathieu, R.; Wessels, K.J.
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How Does Climate Change Influence the Economic Value of Ecosystem Services in Savanna Rangelands?

Ecological Economics
2019-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.11.015
Contributors: Simon Scheiter; Judith Schulte; Mirjam Pfeiffer; Carola Martens; Barend F.N. Erasmus; Wayne C. Twine
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Animal taxa contrast in their scale-dependent responses to land use change in rural Africa

PLoS ONE
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194336
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2-s2.0-85046656728
Contributors: Foord, S.H.; Swanepoel, L.H.; Evans, S.W.; Schoeman, C.S.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Corrie Schoeman, M.; Keith, M.; Smith, A.; Mauda, E.V.; Maree, N. et al.
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Impacts of Climate Change on Health and Wellbeing in South Africa

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2018-08-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15091884
Contributors: Matthew F. Chersich; Caradee Y. Wright; Francois Venter; Helen Rees; Fiona Scorgie; Barend Erasmus
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Elephant-mediated compositional changes in riparian canopy trees over more than two decades in northern Botswana

Journal of Vegetation Science
2018-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12638
Part of ISSN: 1100-9233
Contributors: Gabriella Teren; Norman Owen-Smith; Barend F. N. Erasmus; David Ward
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How vulnerable are ecosystems in the Limpopo province to climate change?

South African Journal of Botany
2018-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2018.02.394
Contributors: S. Scheiter; C. Gaillard; C. Martens; B.F.N. Erasmus; M. Pfeiffer
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A radar- and LiDAR-based earth observation system for monitoring savanna woody structure in southern Africa

Biodiversity & Ecology
2018-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00345
Part of ISSN: 1613-9801
Contributors: Renaud Mathieu; Konrad Wessels; Russell Main; Laven Naidoo; Frans van der Bergh; Barend Erasmus
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Data from: Woody encroachment over 70 years in South African savannas: overgrazing, global change or extinction aftershock?

Dryad
2017 | Dataset
DOI: 10.5061/DRYAD.4544K
Contributors: Nicola Stevens; Barend Erasmus; Sally Archibald; William Bond
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Humans and elephants as treefall drivers in African savannas

Ecography
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.02549
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2-s2.0-85010387214
Contributors: Mograbi, P.J.; Asner, G.P.; Witkowski, E.T.F.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Wessels, K.J.; Mathieu, R.; Vaughn, N.R.
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Planning for the Maintenance of Floristic Diversity in the Face of Land Cover and Climate Change

Environmental Management
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-017-0829-0
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2-s2.0-85011672613
Contributors: Jewitt, D.; Goodman, P.S.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; O’Connor, T.G.; Witkowski, E.T.F.
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Variation by geographic scale in the migration-environment association: Evidence from rural South Africa

Comparative Population Studies
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12765/CPoS-2017-11en
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2-s2.0-85031296640
Contributors: Hunter, L.M.; Leyk, S.; Maclaurin, G.J.; Nawrotzki, R.; Twine, W.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Collinson, M.
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Mapping landscape beta diversity of plants across KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, for aiding conservation planning

Biodiversity and Conservation
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-016-1190-y
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2-s2.0-84983504258
Contributors: Jewitt, D.; Goodman, P.S.; O’Connor, T.G.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Witkowski, E.T.F.
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Sequestration of precious and pollutant metals in biomass of cultured water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7292-y
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2-s2.0-84980017974
Contributors: Newete, S.W.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Weiersbye, I.M.; Byrne, M.J.
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Synergistic effects of climate and land-use change on representation of African bats in priority conservation areas

Ecological Indicators
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.04.039
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2-s2.0-84966335438
Contributors: Smith, A.; Schoeman, M.C.; Keith, M.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Monadjem, A.; Moilanen, A.; Di Minin, E.
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Thresholds of change in a multi-use conservation landscape of South Africa: Historical land-cover, future transformation and consequences for environmental decision-making

Environmental Conservation
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892916000084
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2-s2.0-84969670152
Contributors: Coetzer-Hanack, K.L.; Witkowski, E.T.F.; Erasmus, B.F.N.
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Woody encroachment over 70 years in South African savannahs: Overgrazing, global change or extinction aftershock?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0437
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2-s2.0-84982893635
Contributors: Stevens, N.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Archibald, S.; Bond, W.J.
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Biomass increases go under cover: Woody vegetation dynamics in South African rangelands

PLoS ONE
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127093
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2-s2.0-84929353163
Contributors: Mograbi, P.J.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Witkowski, E.T.F.; Asner, G.P.; Wessels, K.J.; Mathieu, R.; Knapp, D.E.; Martin, R.E.; Main, R.
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Climate-induced change of environmentally defined floristic domains: A conservation based vulnerability framework

Applied Geography
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.06.004
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2-s2.0-84935017855
Contributors: Jewitt, D.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Goodman, P.S.; O'Connor, T.G.; Hargrove, W.W.; Maddalena, D.M.; Witkowski, E.T.F.
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Evidence for climate-induced range shift in Brachystegia (miombo) woodland

South African Journal of Science
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2015/20140280
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2-s2.0-84938254028
Contributors: Pienaar, B.; Thompson, D.I.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Hill, T.R.; Witkowski, E.T.F.
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Modelling the current and future dry-season distribution of the edible stinkbug Encosternum delegorguei in sub-Saharan Africa

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/eea.12309
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2-s2.0-84930755470
Contributors: Dzerefos, C.M.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Witkowski, E.T.F.; Guo, D.
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Monitoring vegetation dynamics with medium resolution MODIS-EVI time series at sub-regional scale in southern Africa

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.01.002
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2-s2.0-84934937077
Contributors: Dubovyk, O.; Landmann, T.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Tewes, A.; Schellberg, J.
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Observed range dynamics of South African amphibians under conditions of global change

Austral Ecology
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12215
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2-s2.0-84927912059
Contributors: Botts, E.A.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Alexander, G.J.
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Observing vegetation dynamics at medium spatial scale: Lessons from Africa and Asia

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
2015 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326694
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2-s2.0-84962535810
Contributors: Dubovyk, O.; Landmann, T.; Erasmus, B.; Thonfeld, F.; Schellberg, J.; Menz, G.
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Systematic land-cover change in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Implications for biodiversity

South African Journal of Science
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2015/20150019
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2-s2.0-84935000792
Contributors: Jewitt, D.; Goodman, P.S.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; O'Connor, T.G.; Witkowski, E.T.F.
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The Impacts of Changes in Land Use on Woodlands in an Equatorial African Savanna

Land Degradation and Development
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2279
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2-s2.0-84944626693
Contributors: Kalema, V.N.; Witkowski, E.T.F.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Mwavu, E.N.
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What lies beneath: Detecting sub-canopy changes in savanna woodlands using a three-dimensional classification method

Applied Vegetation Science
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12160
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2-s2.0-84930762756
Contributors: Fisher, J.T.; Witkowski, E.T.F.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Mograbi, P.J.; Asner, G.P.; van Aardt, J.A.N.; Wessels, K.J.; Mathieu, R.
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Digestive efficiencies are independent of gut passage times in rainbow skinks (Trachylepis margaritifer)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.06.002
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2-s2.0-84903206130
Contributors: Miller, A.K.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Alexander, G.J.
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Extracting structural vegetation components from small-footprint waveform lidar for biomass estimation in savanna ecosystems

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2013.2274761
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2-s2.0-84894470845
Contributors: McGlinchy, J.; Van Aardt, J.A.N.; Erasmus, B.; Asner, G.P.; Mathieu, R.; Wessels, K.; Knapp, D.; Kennedy-Bowdoin, T.; Rhody, H.; Kerekes, J.P. et al.
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Hyperspectral reflectance features of water hyacinth growing under feeding stresses of Neochetina spp. and different heavy metal pollutants

International Journal of Remote Sensing
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.873145
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2-s2.0-84893946860
Contributors: Newete, S.W.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Weiersbye, I.M.; Cho, M.A.; Byrne, M.J.
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Investigating potential determinants of the distribution limits of a savanna woody plant: Colophospermum mopane

Journal of Vegetation Science
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12098
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2-s2.0-84894355340
Contributors: Stevens, N.; Swemmer, A.M.; Ezzy, L.; Erasmus, B.F.N.
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Management approaches of conservation areas: Differences in woody vegetation structure in a private and a national reserve

South African Journal of Botany
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.10.016
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2-s2.0-84889608852
Contributors: Fisher, J.T.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Witkowski, E.T.F.; van Aardt, J.; Asner, G.P.; Wessels, K.J.; Mathieu, R.
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Reviewing Biosphere Reserves globally: Effective conservation action or bureaucratic label?

Biological Reviews
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12044
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2-s2.0-84891658575
Contributors: Coetzer, K.L.; Witkowski, E.T.F.; Erasmus, B.F.N.
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Rural Outmigration, Natural Capital, and Livelihoods in South Africa

Population, Space and Place
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/psp.1776
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2-s2.0-84903774971
Contributors: Hunter, L.M.; Nawrotzki, R.; Leyk, S.; Maclaurin, G.J.; Twine, W.; Collinson, M.; Erasmus, B.
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Savanna woody vegetation classification - now in 3-D

Applied Vegetation Science
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12048
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2-s2.0-84890315766
Contributors: Fisher, J.T.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Witkowski, E.T.F.; van Aardt, J.; Wessels, K.J.; Asner, G.P.
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The effect of water pollution on biological control of water hyacinth

Biological Control
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2014.08.006
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2-s2.0-84907564719
Contributors: Newete, S.W.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Weiersbye, I.M.; Byrne, M.J.
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A comparison between field-measured NDVI and visual estimates of grass greenness in buffalo-foraging areas

African Journal of Ecology
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/aje.12076
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2-s2.0-84886289285
Contributors: Parrini, F.; Macindoe, M.; Erasmus, B.F.N.
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A tale of two villages: assessing the dynamics of fuelwood supply in communal landscapes in South Africa

Environmental Conservation
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/s0376892912000264
Part of ISSN: 0376-8929
Contributors: Erasmus, B. F. N.; Matsika, R.; Twine, W. C.
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Distributional niche of relatively rare sable antelope in a South African savanna: habitat versus biotic relationships

Ecography
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07333.x
Part of ISSN: 0906-7590
Contributors: Chirima, G. J.; Erasmus, B. F. N.; Owen-Smith, N.; Parrini, F.
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Double jeopardy: The dichotomy of fuelwood use in rural South Africa

Energy Policy
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.10.030
Part of ISSN: 0301-4215
Contributors: Erasmus, B. F. N.; Matsika, R.; Twine, W. C.
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