2017

Abstracts

Presentations

2017 Fynbos Forum Presentations - Nine Sessions

Session 1: Diversity & Coexistence: Past present future 

Kristen Nolting: Functional Trait Divergence and Eco-physiological Convergence in Protea Species in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

      pdf Kristen Nolting - Functional Trait Divergence (4.49 MB)

Lara Kaiser: Cross-generation interactions between overstorey and understorey plants in Fynbos

      pdf Lara Kaiser- Cross gerenation interactions between overstory & understory plants (1.32 MB)

Genevieve Theron: Testing pollinator-mediated floral evolution of Ferraria (Iridaceae)

      pdf Gl Theron - Investigating pollinator driven selection of flora traits (2.58 MB)

Marike Louw: Listen up! Eavesdropping on a Cape Peninsula Endemic

      pdf Marike Louw - Estimating calling population densities (4.83 MB)

R. M Cowling: A coastal adaptation in the Cape flora: does it exist?

      pdf RM Cowling - A coastal adaptation in the Cape flora (9.80 MB)

 

Session 2: Aliens

Tineke Kraaij: Seed bank and growth comparisons of native (Virgilia divaricata) and invasive alien (Acacia mearnsii and A. Melanoxylon) plants: implications for conservation

      pdf Tineke KRAAIJ - Seed bank and growth comparisons of keurboom and 2 invasives (6.84 MB)

Mlungele Nsikani: Acacia saligna’s soil legacy effects: what do they do and for how long?

      pdf Mlungele M Nsikani - Invasive species and their negative impact on the ecosystem (2.46 MB)

Alistair Galloway: The impact of pine plantations on fynbos above-ground vegetation and seed soil bank composition

      pdf Alistair Galloway - The impact of pine plantations on fynbos above ground vegetation (5.57 MB)

Roderick Juba: Assessing ecological impacts of alien clearing methods along WC riparian zones, implications for ecosystem recovery.

      pdf Juba R - Assessing ecological impacts of alien clearing methods along WC riparian zones (1.40 MB)

Kelby English: Potential factors influencing the establishment success of Dicomada rufa, a biological control agent for Hakea sericea in SA.

      pdf Kelby English - Potential factors influencing the establishment success of Dicomanda rufa (615 KB)

Candice Lyons: Update to biocontrol endeavours against Hakea sericea in the Western Cape– Aphanasium australe and Dicomada rufa.

      pdf Dr Candice Lyons - Update to biological endeavours against Hakea sericea (1.44 MB)

Thembelihle Mlokoti: Mortality of the leaf-mining moth, Aristaea thalassias (Lepidoptera: Myrtaceae), a biological control agent of Leptospermum laevigatum

      pdf Thembelihle Mlokoti - Mortality of the leaf mining moth (1.09 MB)

Jan-Hendrik Keet: Assessing the impacts of invasive legumes on soil conditions and microbial community composition in a biodiversity hotspot.

      pdf Jan Hendrik Keet - Aseesing the impact of invasive lagumes on soil condotions (5.45 MB)

Staci Warrington: Testing major plant-microbial mutualism hypotheses in invasion ecology: a case study using Australian acacias and rhizobia

      pdf Staci Warrington - Testing major mutualism hypotheses in invasion ecology (2.55 MB)

 

Session 3: Fire

Jasper Slingsby: Postfire regeneration in the Cape Floristic Region

      pdf Slingsby - Fieldtrips (9.68 MB)

Glenn Moncrieff: Trait controls on post-fire recovery in the fynbos biome

      pdf Glenn Moncrieff-Trait controls on postfire recovery (1.54 MB)

Hannah Simon: Unpacking a pixel: drivers of seasonality in vegetation greenness in fynbos

      pdf Hannah Simon - Unpacking a pixel (2.41 MB)

Nyasha Magadzire: Role of fire in the distribution of vegetation in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem

      pdf Nyasha Magadzire - Role of fire in the distribution of vegetation in a MTE (2.39 MB)

Nasiphi Ntshanga: Assessing the threat of landscape transformation and habitat fragmentation for ecosystems in the Fynbos Biome of South Africa

      pdf Nasiphi Ntshanga - Landscape transformation and habitat fragmentation (4.10 MB)

Lena Alice Schmidt: An experimental study of plant-pollinator interactions along a post-fire succession gradient

      pdf Lena Alice Schmidt - An experimental study of plant pollinator interactions (1.17 MB)

 

Session 4: Pathogens 

Joey Hulbert: Indigenous plant pathogens and their contributions to plant community diversity

      pdf Joey Hulbert - Indigenous Plant Pathogens & their contributions to Plant community diversity (154.27 MB)

Nicolas Louw: A diminishing silver lining in the Cape Floristic Region : re-evaluating the decline of Leucadendron argenteum

      pdf Nicolas Louw - A diminishing silver lining in Table Mountain National Park (4.01 MB)

Nombuso Ngubane: Long-distance dispersal characterises the population structure of Protea-associated fungi

      pdf Nombuso Ngubane - Population genetics (2.85 MB)

Mashudu Nndanduleni: Can fire be used in a garden to cleanse the disease in the flowerbed?

      pdf Mashudu Nndanduleni - Can fire be used in the garden to cleanse the bed diseases (14.72 MB)

Caroline Gelderblom: Fynbos Forum- the way forward

      pdf Caroline Gelderblom - Fynbos Forum of the future (1.58 MB)

 

Session 5: Ecological Restoration 

Stephen Cousins: Testing for fire-dependency in critically endangered renosterveld shrublands and soil seed banks in the Swartland, South Africa

      pdf SR Cousins - Testing for fire dependency in Swartland Shale Renosterveld (9.71 MB)

Zoe Poulsen: Conserving Living Landscapes: Investigating impacts of livestock grazing and assessing rangeland restoration potential in Overberg renosterveld

      pdf Zoë Poulsen - Conserving Living Landscapes (7.91 MB)

Stuart Hall: Implications for management of lowland fynbos ecosystems resulting from restoration experiments in Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

      pdf Stuart Hall - Implications for management of lowland fynbos ecosystems (1.28 MB)

Johann van Biljon: Lessons learnt in implementing the Berg and Breede River Riparian Rehabilitation Programme (DEADP)

      pdf Johann van Biljon - Lessons learnt (4.71 MB)

Dean Impson: Moving forward with rotenone projects: rapid removal of non-native fishes from two farm dams and strong recovery of threatened fishes in a priority river for fish conservation

      pdf Dean Impson - Moving forward with rotenone projects (5.98 MB)

Wessel Vermeulen: Planning for the rehabilitation of plantation “exit” areas in the Garden Route National Park

      pdf Wessel Vermeulen - Plantation Exit Areas (2.16 MB)

Thabang Sibiya: Long-term monitoring of the recovery of fynbos in clearfelled pine plantations in the Garden Route, Western Cape

      pdf T E Sibiya - Assessing the recovery of fynbos in clearfelled plantation (2.00 MB)

Petro Botha: Taking urban conversation by the horns-the four legged approach.

      pdf Petro Botha - Taking urban conservation by the horns (9.77 MB)

Johann van Biljon: An ecological approach to landscaping

      pdf Johann van Biljon - An ecological approach to landscaping (2.88 MB)

Stephanie Midgley: Using restoration of ecological infrastructure as an approach to climate change adaptation and mitigation for agriculture in the Fynbos Biome

      pdf Stephanie Midgley - Using restoration of ecological infrastructure as an approach to climate change (3.28 MB)

Bongani Mnisi: THE IINGCUNGCU PROJECT: Restoring nectar feeding birds, building biodiversity leadership.

      pdf Bongani Mnisi - IINGCUNGCU Project (6.87 MB)

Session 6: Sustainable use and cultivation 

Martina Treurnicht: Spatial variation in sensitivity of serotinous Proteaceae to wildflower harvesting inferred from large-scale demographic data in the Cape Floristic Region

      pdf Martina Treurnicht - Wildflower Harvesting (2.48 MB)

Timothy Macqueen: Re-opening the case for wild Frankenflora: testing Protea species for hybidization using DNA and HRM analysis

      pdf Timothy Macqueen - Re opening the case for wild Frankenflora (3.38 MB)

Nicholas Galuszynski: How can farmers help in conserving the evolutionary potential of Honeybush (Cyclopia spp)?

      pdf Nicholas Galuszynski - Mapping Honeybush (2.10 MB)

 

Session 7: Climate Change

Edmund February: Collapse of an iconic conifer: Long-term changes in the demography of Widdringtonia cedarbergensis using repeat photography

      pdf February E - Collapse of an iconic conifer (4.08 MB)

Andrew Turner: Climate, fire and frogs: a sign of things to come?

      pdf Andrew Turner - Climate, fire and frogs (1.51 MB)

Tanisha Williams: Predicting Plant Responses to Climate Change in a Biodiversity Hotspot

      pdf Tanisha Williams - Predicting Plant Responses to Climate Change (4.84 MB)

Pam Booth- The Knysna Fires

      pdf Pam Booth - The Knysna Fires (6.20 MB)

 

Session 8: Planning and Management 

Alana Duffell-Canham: The 2017 Western Cape Biodiversity Spatial Plan

      pdf Alana Duffell Canham - The Western Cape Biodiversity Spatial Plan (3.31 MB)

Julia Wood: The doughnut of protected areas management in the city of Cape Town

      pdf Julia Wood - The doughnut of protected are management (1.21 MB)

Kerry Maree: TMFs contribution towards implementing the Western Cape Protected Area Expansion

      pdf Kerry Maree - The Table Mountain Fund (1.75 MB)

Odette Curtis: Gains and Losses in the Renosterveld: are we winning or losing?

      pdf Dr Odette Curtis - Gains and losses in the Overberg Renosterveld (27.82 MB)

Clive McDowell: Lowland Natural Corridors in Greater Cape Town: the M3 Road Verge, Constantia as a Case Study

      pdf Lowland Natural Corridors in Greater Cape Town (47.35 MB)

Fezile Mathenjwa: Thinking ahead: making sure we have an insurance policy for our threatened plant species

      pdf Fezile Mathenjwa - Thinking ahead (2.62 MB)

Rupert Koopman: Marasmodes : a Canary in the donut

      pdf Rupert Koopman - The canary in the donut (2.55 MB)

Ismail Ebrahim: Hands off! Identifying critical habitat sites for threatened plant species

      pdf Ebrahim I - Identifying critical habitat sites for threatened plant species (1.51 MB)

Dale Wright: Bird-friendly: Habitat Management Guidelines for the endemic birds of the Fynbos Biome

      pdf Dale Wright - Bird Friendly (3.18 MB)

Louis Van Wyk: Living alongside meso-predators on an eco-sensitive estate

      pdf Louis van Wyk - Living alongside meso predators on an eco sensitive estate (3.25 MB)

Felicia Magutywa: Effects of various Wastewater Effluent Discharge on Environmental and Biological Conditions of the Vygekraal and Kuils Rivers downstream of Athlone and Zandvliet WWTWs respectively.

      pdf Felicia Magutywa - Effects of Athlone and Zandvliet Wastewater Effluent Discharge (1.37 MB)

Joshua Gericke: Estuary mouth breaching as an emergency control measure for Prymnesium parvum: A Zandvlei case study

      pdf Joshua Gericke - Managing Prymnesium Parvum (1.20 MB)

David Le Maitre: Protecting the Strategic Water Source Areas of the Fynbos Biome for water security under climate change

      pdf David Le Maitre - Protecting the Strategic Water Source Areas (5.49 MB)

Maya Beukes: PRESENCE: Using knowledge to build a living landscape

      pdf Maya - Using Knowledge to Create a Living Landscape (13.69 MB)

Julia Wood: Biodiversity planning forum

      pdf Wood - Biofiversty Planning Forum (519 KB)

 

Session 9: Citizen Science 

Sophia Turner: How the Ant taught Scholars about Science – a story by Iimbovane Outreach Project

      pdf Sophia Turner - Iimbovane (8.44 MB)

Georgina van Biljon: Environmental education opportunities in aftercare facilities in the Cape Winelands.

      pdf Georgina van Biljon - EE Opportunities in Aftercare Facilities (1.79 MB)

Randall Josephs: Citizen scientist at work: Collecting long-term monitoring data.

      pdf Randall Josephs - Citizen Scientist at work (2.63 MB)

Joey Hulbert: Revealing hidden threats to fynbos biodiversity with citizen science

      pdf Joey Hulbert - Revealing hidden threats (234.34 MB)

Louise Matschke: Changing lives through nature- Reconnecting people to nature; the CEET creche to career model explained

      pdf Louise Matschke - Changing lives through nature (5.89 MB)

Boitshekwane Kgantsi: Table Mountain Fund (TMF) Small Grant Programme

      pdf Boitshekwane Kgantsi - TMF Small Grant Programme (1.79 MB)