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2017 Fynbos Forum
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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.
Kelby English: Potential factors influencing the establishment success of Dicomada rufa, a biological control agent for Hakea sericea in SA.
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
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
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)