Publications

Clements, H. S., Do Linh San, E., Hempson, G., Linden, B., Maritz, B., Monadjem, A., Reynolds, C., Siebert, F., Stevens, N., Biggs, R., De Vos, A., Blanchard, R., Child, M., Esler, K. J., Hamann, M., Loft, T., Reyers, B., Selomane, O., Skowno, A. L., … Woodhouse, G. M. (2024). The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa's major land uses. Scientific Data, 11(1), 191. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02832-6 Cite

Milton, S. J., Clark, C., Hundermark, C. R., Hurt, C., & Van der Merwe, H. (2024). Population trends in an endemic dwarf succulent over two decades: rainfall, elevation, microsite and landuse effects. Journal of Arid Environments, 223, 105181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2024.105181 Cite

Neethling, C. D., Milton, S. J., Buschke, F. T., Henschel, J. R., van Deventer, P. W., & Esterhuyse, S. (2023). A bioassay of mine-affected soils and ameliorants in semi-arid rehabilitation. South African Journal of Plant and Soil, 40(4–5), 227–239. https://doi.org/10.1080/02571862.2023.2259863 Cite

Mogonong, B. P., Fisher, J. T., Furniss, D., & Jewitt, D. (2023). Land cover change in marginalised landscapes of South Africa (1984–2014): Insights into the influence of socio-economic and political factors. South African Journal of Science, 119(7/8). https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2023/10709 Cite

Samuels, M. I., Saaed, M., Jacobs, S., Masubelele, M. L., Van der Merwe, H., & Khomo, L. (2023). Vegetation structure and composition at different elevational intervals in the arid Tankwa Karoo National Park, South Africa. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 4, 115–126. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.86310 Cite

Arena, G., Hoffman, M., van der Merwe, H., & O'Connor, T. (2023). Expansion of the Grassland Biome in the eastern Karoo corresponds with changes in rainfall and livestock numbers. African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 40(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2023.2175035 Cite

Henschel, J. R., Milton, S. J., & Seymour, C. L. (2023). Where birds are rare or fill the air: Documenting Karoo complexity: Richard Dean (10 August 1940—3 August 2022). Journal of Arid Environments, 214, 105000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2023.105000 Cite

Gunter, F., Oldeland, J., Picker, M. D., Henschel, J. R., & Jürgens, N. (2023). Cryptic subterranean diversity: regional phylogeography of the sand termite Psammotermes allocerus Silvestri, 1908 in the wider Namib region. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 23(1), 139–150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-022-00580-w Cite

Geldenhuys, C. (2023). Vegetation response to grazing and drought (13 yr) in a conservation area in the Succulent Karoo, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2023.105093 Cite

Henschel, J. R., Dean, W. R. J., Milton, S. J., & Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (2023). Coexistence of Ammoxenus (Gnaphosidae) spider species on and between termitaria of Microhodotermes viator (Hodotermitidae) at a Karoo site. African Entomology. https://doi.org/10.17159/2254-8854/2023/a16110 Cite

Mogonong, B. (2023). Vegetation description around the savanna flux measurement site at Benfontein Nature Reserve, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany. Cite

South African Environmental Observation Network, Arid Lands Node, Henschel, J. R., & Jürgens, N. (2022). Animals. Biodiversity & Ecology, 7, 229–249. https://doi.org/10.7809/b-e.00369 Cite

University of Hamburg, Gunter, F., Henschel, J. R., Picker, M. D., Oldeland, J., & Jürgens, N. (2022). Phylogeny of sand termites. Biodiversity & Ecology, 7, 51–54. https://doi.org/10.7809/b-e.00364 Cite

University of Hamburg, Gunter, F., Oldeland, J., Henschel, J. R., Picker, M. D., & Jürgens, N. (2022). Not one but several: Morphological diversity within the sand termite. Biodiversity & Ecology, 7, 46–51. https://doi.org/10.7809/b-e.00363 Cite

University of Hamburg, Gunter, F., Oldeland, J., Henschel, J. R., Picker, M. D., & Jürgens, N. (2022). Reproduction of sand termites and local genetic patterns. Biodiversity & Ecology, 7, 54–55. https://doi.org/10.7809/b-e.00365 Cite

Vernon, C. J., & Dean, W. R. J. (2022). The introduction of the Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar to southern Africa. Ostrich, 93(3), 157–159. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2022.2063428 Cite

Dean, W. R. J., Åhlander, E., & Johansson, U. S. (2022). Avian type localities and the type specimens collected by Johan August Wahlberg in southern Africa. Zootaxa, 5134(4), 521–560. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5134.4.3 Cite

Rogers, D. C., & Meyer-Milne, E. (2022). Review of the Limnadiidae (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata) of southern Africa. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 42(1), ruac019. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruac019 Cite

Gula, J., Clay Green, M., Fritts, S., Dean, W. R. J., & Gopi Sundar, K. (2022). Assessments of range-wide distribution of six African storks and their relationships with protected areas. Ostrich, 93(1), 34–52. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2022.2045642 Cite

Milton, S. J., Short, S., & Dean, W. R. J. (2022). Decline in whistling rat ( Parotomys brantsii ) density: Possible response to climate change in the Karoo, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology, 60(4), 969–979. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13063 Cite

Seymour, C. L., Joseph, G. S., Calitz, W., Henschel, J. R., Ramaswiela, T., & van der Merwe, H. (2022). Mean height increase in saplings of a keystone woody savanna species over 15 years similar to that over a single season. Ecosphere, 13(9). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4173 Cite

Meyer-Milne, E., Brendonck, L., & Pinceel, T. (2022). Egg banks in dryland wetlands provide information on the diversity and vulnerability of branchiopod communities along a longitudinal aridity gradient. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 30(4), 813–826. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-021-09852-2 Cite

Dippenaar, A. S., Dean, W. R. J., & Milton, S. J. (2022). A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Tierberg Long Term Ecological Research site, Prince Albert, Western Cape, South Africa. Cite

Henschel, J. R., & Maggs-Kölling, G. (2022). Namibia Scientific Society and Gobabeb: 69. Cite

Henschel, J. R., & Wassenaar, T. D. (2022). Tenebrionid Beetle Diversity Increases with Aridity. 69. Cite

Musengi, K., & Van der Merwe, H. (2022). Long-term monitoring of Aloidendron dichotomum populations: Does tracking individuals make a difference to general demographic findings? South African Journal of Botany, 152, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2022.12.002 Cite

Dean, W. R. J. (2021). A review of the conservation status of birds in the Guineo‐Congolian forest of Africa. Journal of Field Ornithology, jofo.12388. https://doi.org/10.1111/jofo.12388 Cite

Rogers, D. C., & Meyer-Milne, E. (2021). Review of the southern African Leptestheriidae (Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata), II: Diagnoses and key. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 41(4), ruab072. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruab072 Cite

Van der Merwe, H., Milton, S. J., Dean, W. R. J., O'Connor, T. G., & Henschel, J. R. (2021). Developing an environmental research platform in the Karoo at the Square Kilometre Array. South African Journal of Science, 117(11/12). https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2021/10511 Cite

Musengi, K., Mbonani, S., & Byrne, M. J. (2021). Host suitability of three Opuntia taxa for the Dactylopius opuntiae (Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae) 'stricta' lineage. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 31(11), 1161–1173. https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2021.1932747 Cite

Henschel, J. R. (2021). Long-Term Population Dynamics of Namib Desert Tenebrionid Beetles Reveal Complex Relationships to Pulse-Reserve Conditions. Insects, 12(9), 804. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12090804 Cite

Urban, M., Schellenberg, K., Morgenthal, T., Dubois, C., Hirner, A., Gessner, U., Mogonong, B., Zhang, Z., Baade, J., Collett, A., & Schmullius, C. (2021). Using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Time Series for Slangbos Mapping in the Free State Province, South Africa. Remote Sensing, 13(17), 3342. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13173342 Cite

Kwon, T., Shibata, H., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Schmidt, I. K., Larsen, K. S., Beier, C., Berg, B., Verheyen, K., Lamarque, J.-F., Hagedorn, F., Eisenhauer, N., Djukic, I., & TeaComposition Network. (2021). Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4, 678480. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480 Cite

Rogers, D. C., & Meyer-Milne, E. (2021). Two new species of fairy shrimps (Anostraca: Branchipodidae, Streptocephalidae) from the Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 41(2), ruab016. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruab016 Cite

Rogers, D. C., Tladi, M., Wasserman, R. J., & Meyer-Milne, E. (2021). Review of the southern African Leptestheriidae (Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata) I: redescription of Leptestheria brevirostris Barnard, 1924 with comments on diagnostic characters. Zootaxa, 4974(2). https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4974.2.2 Cite

Milton, Suzanne. J., & Dean, W. Richard. J. (2021). Anthropogenic impacts and implications for ecological restoration in the Karoo, South Africa. Anthropocene, 36, 100307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2021.100307 Cite

Jürgens, N., Gunter, F., Oldeland, J., Groengroeft, A., Henschel, J. R., Oncken, I., & Picker, M. D. (2021). Largest on earth: Discovery of a new type of fairy circle in Angola supports a termite origin. Ecological Entomology, 46(4), 777–789. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12996 Cite

Frye, H. A., Aiello‐Lammens, M. E., Euston‐Brown, D., Jones, C. S., Kilroy Mollmann, H., Merow, C., Slingsby, J. A., van der Merwe, H., Wilson, A. M., & Silander, J. A. (2021). Plant spectral diversity as a surrogate for species, functional and phylogenetic diversity across a hyper‐diverse biogeographic region. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(7), 1403–1417. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13306 Cite

Meyer-Milne, E., Brendock, L., & Pinceel, T. (2021). Egg morphology may underpin the successful distribution of large branchiopods in temporary waters. Aquatic Ecology, 16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-020-09826-1 Cite

Arena, G., Dean, W. R. J., & Milton, S. J. (2020). Ant Communities in Two Habitats in Succulent Karoo Shrubland. African Entomology, 28(1), 202. https://doi.org/10.4001/003.028.0202 Cite

Elizabeth Meyer-Milne, Musa C. Mlambo, & D. Christopher Rogers. (2020). Distribution of Clam Shrimps (Crustacea: Laevicaudata and Spinicaudata) in South Africa, with New Records from the Northern Cape Province. Zoological Studies, 無(59). https://doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2020.59-39 Cite

Petersen, H., Jack, S. L., Hoffman, M. T., & Todd, S. W. (2020). Patterns of plant species richness and growth form diversity in critical habitats of the Nama-Karoo Biome, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 135, 201–211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2020.08.028 Cite

van der Merwe, H. (2020). Vegetation of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), South Africa: A baseline to measure local and global change. South African Journal of Botany, 132, 22–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2020.03.025 Cite

Seymour, C. L., Milton, S. J., Altwegg, R., Joseph, G. S., & Dean, W. R. J. (2020). Addition of Nitrogen Increases Variability of Vegetation Cover in an Arid System with Unpredictable Rainfall. Ecosystems, 23(1), 175–187. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00396-4 Cite

van der Merwe, H., van Rooyen, N., Bezuidenhout, H., du P. Bothma, J., & van Rooyen, M. W. (2020). Woody vegetation change over more than 30 years in the interior duneveld of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Bothalia, African Biodiversity & Conservation, 50(Volume 50 No. 1). https://doi.org/10.38201/10.38201/btha.abc.v50.i1.2 Cite

Meyer-Milne, E., & Mlambo, M. (2019). A tale of records from Hakskeen Pan, the first record of Pumilibranchipus deserti Hamer and Brendonck, 1995 (Anostraca, Branchiopoda) from South Africa and the pursuit of a new world land speed record. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 44(4), 409–413. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2019.1671165 Cite

Walker, C. (2019). Cosmopolitan Karoo: Land, Space and Place in the Shadow of the Square Kilometre Array. Journal of Southern African Studies, 45(4), 641–662. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2019.1645493 Cite

Van der Merwe, H., Van Rooyen, N., Bezuidenhout, H., Bothma, J. D. P., & Van Rooyen, M. W. (2019). Vachellia erioloba dynamics over 38 years in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa. Koedoe, 61(1). https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v61i1.1534 Cite

van der Merwe, H., & Milton, S. J. (2019). Growth in three Karoo shrub species under various grazing treatments: the tracking of marked individuals over 25 years. African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 36(1), 61–66. https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2018.1508071 Cite

van der Merwe, H., & Milton, S. J. (2019). Testing the Wiegand-Milton model: A long-term experiment to understand mechanisms driving vegetation dynamics in arid shrublands. Austral Ecology, 44(1), 49–59. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12651 Cite