SALLnet – South African Limpopo Landscapes Network

Conference Contributions

2022

  • Tropentag 2022: Bringhenti, T., Abdulai, I., Hoffmann, M.P., Moriondo, M., Joubert, E., Taylor, P.T., Foord, S., Rötter, R.P.: Improving water use efficiency for a more sustainable production of Macadamia ssp. in South Africa. oral presentation).
  • SPACES II Synthesis Meeting 2022: Rötter, R.P., Scheiter, S., Bringhenti, T.: Integrating groundwork and modelling to assess the multi-functionality of African savanna landscapes under climate change. 14 June 2022 at SPACES II Pro-ject Synthesis Meeting, Pretoria, South Africa (oral presentation).
  • SALLnet Final Meeting 2022: Bringhenti, T., Weier, S., Taylor, P.T.: Management recommendations for a more sustainable macadamia cultivation, SALLnet Final Meeting, Stakeholder day. 21.06.2022 (oral presentation)
  • SALLnet Final Meeting 2022: Lamega, S., Behn, K.: Interactions between smallholder livestock keeping and range-land management, SALLnet Final Meeting, Stakeholder day. 21.06.2022 (oral presentation)
  • SALLnet Final Meeting 2022: Scheiter, S., Pfeiffer, M.: Effects of mixed crop-livestock management scenarios in smallholder farming systems, SALLnet Final Meeting, Stakeholder day. 21.06.2022 (oral presentation)
  • SALLnet Final Meeting 2022: Feil, J.H., Yazdan Bakhsh, S., Rötter, R.P. Ayisi, K.K.: Effects of technology change on farm household income and policy implications, SALLnet Final Meeting, Stakeholder day. 21.06.2022 (oral presen-tation)


2021

  • IGC-IRC2021: Lamega, S. A., Komainda, M., Hoffmann, M. P., Odhiambo, J. J., Ayisi, K. K.,
    Isselstein, J.: Closing feed gaps with winter forage production in Limpopo. What is the potential? International Grassland /Rangeland Congress 2021, online. (oral presentation).
  • IGC-IRC2021: Muller, M., Siebert, F., Linstädter, A, Thompson, D.I., Siebert, S.J.: Climate variability in the Woodbush Granite Grasslands of South Africa: Effects on grassland diversity. International Grass-land/Rangeland Congress 2021, Kenya (virtual). (oral presentation).
  • ACCESS-ACyS Symposium 2021: Bouarakia, O., Anders, M., Linden, V., Grass, I., Westphal, C., Taylor, P., Foord, S.: Effect of seasonality and elevation on yield and insect damage in macadamia orchards in Limpopo, South Africa.(oral presentation)
  • IGC-IRC2021: Lamega, S. A., Komainda, M., Hoffmann, M. P., Odhiambo, J. J., Ayisi, K. K.,
    Isselstein, J: Assessing feed gaps on smallholder livestock farms in Limpopo: production system and coping strategies.
    International Grassland /Rangeland Congress 2021, online. (poster presentation)
  • Grass, I.: Reconciling agricultural production with biodiversity conservation through ecological intensification and diversification. Tropentag 2021. Stuttgart, Germany. Invited keynote talk.
  • Grass, I.: Insect diversity and ecosystem services management in agricultural landscapes. 22nd Congress of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, Limpopo, South Africa. Invited keynote talk.
  • GFÖ2021: Behn, K., Pfeiffer, M., Mokoka, V., Mudongo, E., Ruppert, J., Scheiter, S, Ayisi, K., Linstädter, A.: Drought length matters for vegetation resistance and resilience in a South African savanna grassland.
    Virtuelle 50. Jahrestagung der GfÖ, online (oral presentation).
  • GFÖ2021: Mokoka, V., Behn, K., Mudongo, E., Ruppert, J., Ayisi, K., A Linstädter: What characterizes winner and loser species? Effects of severe drought and grazing on a dryland grassland. Virtuelle 50. Jahrestagung der GfÖ, online. (oral presentation)
  • GFÖ 2021: Anders, M., Grass, I., Whyte, V.M.G., Taylor, P.J., Westphal, C.: Ecological intensification through integrated pollination
    management in macadamia orchards     (oral presentation)
  • International Congress of Zoology: Mina Anders, Valerie Linden, Ingo Grass, Peter Taylor, Catrin Westphal, Biological pest control and pollination in macadamia orchards: Effects of landscape composition and altitudinal gradients , November 2021 (oral presentation)
  • IGC-IRC2021: Behn, K., Mudongo, E., Mokoka, V., Ruppert, J., Linstädter, A.: Which role play grazing and drought duration for desertification? Insights from a tipping point experiment in southern Africa.
    International Grassland/Rangeland Congress 2021, Kenya.
  • EGU2021: Nelson, W.C.D., Hoffmann, M.P., May, C., Mashao, F., Ayisi, K.: Constraints and options to sustainably intensifying smallholder maize farming systems in southern Africa. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2021, online. (oral presentation)
  • ICZ2021: Anders, M., Grass, T., Linden, V.M.G., Taylor, P.T., Westphal, C.: Biological pest control and pollination in macadamia orchards – Effects of landscape composition and altitudinal gradients. 23rd International Congress of Zoology 2021, Cape Town. (oral presentation)
  • IGC-IRC2021: Muller, M., Siebert, F., Linstädter, A, Thompson, D.I., Siebert, S.J.: Climate variability in the Woodbush Granite Grasslands of South Africa: Effects on grassland diversity. International Grassland/Rangeland Congress 2021, Kenya.
  • ACCESS-ACyS Symposium 2021: Mokono, K.: The influence of environmental change on the provision of cultural ecosystems services in the selected rural villages of Limpopo Province. (oral presentation).
  • 1st Joint Student Symposium of the Forb Ecology Research Group (FERG) & GeoEcology Research Group from the North-West University, and Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences (APES) from Wits University: Muller, M: Small patches of diversity: the value of pristine grassland fragments. (oral presentation, awarded with “stu-dent´s choice award”).
  • Oberseminar Universität Potsdam: Muller, M.: Drought effects on floristic diversity in a threatened South African grassland. (oral presentation).
  • Tropentag 2021: Grass, I.: Reconciling agricultural production with biodiversity conservation through ecological intensification and diversification (oral presentation)
  • 22nd Congress of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa: Grass, I.: Insect diversity and ecosystem services management in agricultural landscapes (oral presentation)
  • ASAP Online Training School, Agroforestry systems in temperate: Behn, K.: SALLnet and the DroughtAct Experiment. (oral presentation).
  • GEWISOLA2021 (paper submitted): Yazdan Bakhsh, S., Feil, J.-H.: Typology of small-scale farmers in southern Africa and implications for policy design. Evidence from Germany. 61. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaus e.V. (GEWISOLA), 2021, Berlin.
  • Landscape2021: Nelson, W.C.D., Hoffmann, M.P., May, C., Dung, Lam Quang, D., Mashao, F., Ayisi, K.K., Vadez, V., Rötter, R.P.: A multi-disciplinary approach to understand the potential and limitations of smallholder farmers in sustainably intensifying maize production in southern Africa. Landscape 2021 - Diversity for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture, online. (poster presentation)
  • Landscape2021 (abstract accepted): Rötter, R. P. et al.: Towards integrated modelling of the multi-functionality of African savanna landscapes under alternative climate and policy scenarios. Landscape2021 - Diversity for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture, online. (oral presentation)
  • Landscape2021 (abstract accepted): Lamega, S. et al.: Dealing with seasonal livestock feed gaps in smallholder mixed-farming systems: A case study in Limpopo. Landscape 2021 - Diversity for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture, online. (poster presentation)


2020

  • EGU2020: Roetter, R., Nelson, W., Isselstein, J., Scheiter, S., Pfeiffer, M., Hoffmann, M., Ayisi, K., Linstädter, A., Behn, K., Westphal, C., Grass, I., Feil, J.-H., Odhiambo, J., Taylor, P., Twine, W., Merante, P., Bracho Mujica, G., Bringhenti, T., Lamega, S., Yazdan Bakhsh, S., Krieger, W., Linden, V., Weier, S., Erasmus, B.: Modelling impacts of climate change and alternative management interventions on the multi-functionality of agricultural landscapes in southern Africa. EGU General Assembly 2020, online.
  • iCROPM2020: Nelson, W.C.D., Recktenwald, C., Koch, M., Merante, P., Hoffmann, M.P., Rötter, R.P.: How much can irrigation reduce climate-induced risk to sustainably intensifying maize production in southern Africa? iCROPM 2020, Montpellier (poster presentation as part of session five).
  • IGC2020 (postponed to October 2021): Lamega, S.A., Komainda, M., Hoffmann, M.P., Odhiambo, J.J.O., Ayisi, K.K., Isselstein, J.: Assessing feed gaps in smallholder livestock farms of Limpopo: production system and coping strategies. IGC 2020, Delhi (abstract accepted for a poster presentation, conference paper submitted for proceedings).
  • IGC2020 (postponed to October 2021): Lamega, S.A., Komainda, M., Hoffmann, M.P., Odhiambo, J.J.O., Ayisi, K.K., Isselstein, J.: Closing feed gaps by winter forage production in Limpopo: what is the potential? IGC 2020, Delhi (abstract accepted for oral presentation, conference paper submitted for proceedings).
  • SSNM2020: Muller, M., Siebert, F., Linstädter, A., Thompson, D.I., Siebert, S.J.: Grassland diversity and functioning under increased climate and land-use change in South Africa. Savanna Science Network Meeting, Skukuza, South Africa (oral presentation).
  • SSNM2020: Scheiter, S., Moncrieff, G.R., Pfeiffer, M., Higgins, S.I.: Ecosystems driven by disturbance are committed to larger changes under elevated CO2. Savanna Science Network Meeting, Skukuza, South Africa, Skukuza, South Africa (oral presentation).
  • SPACES II MTM2020: Bringhenti, T., Abdulai, I., Taylor, P., Moriondo, M., Hoffmann, M.P., Odhiambo, J., Nelson, W.C.D., Rötter, R.P.: Ecophysiological characterization of macadamia orchards in Limpopo. South Africa. SPACES II Midterm Meeting (poster presentation).
  • SPACES II MTM2020: Ferreira, N.C.R., Bracho-Mujica, G., Nelson, W., Lam, Q.D., Abdulai, I., Rötter, R.: Spatio-temporal analysis of droughts in Limpopo province and their impacts on maize production. SPACES II Midterm Meeting (poster presentation).
  • SPACES II MTM2020: Isselstein, J., Linstädter, A., Westphal, C., Grass, I., Feil, J.-H., Nelson, W.C.D., Scheiter, S., Rötter, R.P.: South African Limpopo Landscapes Network. SPACES II Midterm Meeting (oral and poster presentation).
  • SPACES II MTM2020: Lamega, S., Komainda, M., Hoffmann, M., Odhiambo, J., Ayisi, K., Isselstein, J.: Livestock feed gaps in a smallholder system in Limpopo: Farmer’s perspective. SPACES II Midterm Meeting (poster presentation).
  • SPACES II MTM2020: Scheiter, S., Pfeiffer, M., Kumar, D., Martens, C., Moncrieff, G.R., Higgins, S.I.: Is vegetation in Africa in equilibrium with environmental conditions? SPACES II Midterm Meeting (poster presentation).


2019

  • AKBiogeographie2019: Pfeiffer, M.: Plant traits, functional diversity, and vegetation patterns – how trait-based dynamic vegetation modelling can contribute to questions in biogeography. Arbeitskreis Biogeographie 2019, Frankfurt/Main (oral presentation).
  • GINKGO2019: Pfeiffer, M.: Plant traits, functional diversity, and vegetation patterns – how trait-based dynamic vegetation modelling can contribute to questions in biogeography. GINKGO network meeting on plant traits 2019, Frankfurt/Main (oral presentation).
  • IAVS2019: Linstädter, A.: Accumulating species in time and space: Does high temporal variability matter? 62nd Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science 2019, Bremen (oral presentation).
  • IAVS2019: Muller, M., Siebert, S., Siebert, F.: Where have all the flowers gone? Land-use change depletes the grassland diversity of South Africa. 62nd Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science 2019, Bremen (poster presentation).
  • IAVS2019: Mokoka, V., Behn, K., Mudongo, E., Ruppert, J., Linstädter, A.: Managing ecosystem functions and services in the face of drought: A plant functional trait perspective. 62nd Annual Symposium of the International Associa-tion for Vegetation Science 2019, Bremen (oral presentation).
  • SER2019: Muller, M., Siebert, S.J., Siebert, F.: Where have all the flowers gone? Land-use change depletes the grassland diversity of South Africa. Society for ecological restauration 2019, Cape Town, South Africa (oral presen-tation).
  • ISEM201/Invited Symposium on: Modelling the multi-functionality of southern African landscapes, organized by (session chairs): Rötter, R.P., Erasmus, B., Scheiter, S.: Ernst, Y., Erasmus, B.: Modelling land use as a driver of phenology shifts in the Lowveld Region of South Africa. International Society for Ecological Modelling Global Conference 2019, Salzburg (oral presentation).
  • ISEM201/Invited Symposium on: Modelling the multi-functionality of southern African landscapes, organized by (session chairs): Feil, J.-H., Yazdan Baksh, S., Rötter, R.P., Erasmus, B., Scheiter, S.: Agent-based modelling for integrated land use systems analysis in Southern Africa. International Society for Ecological Modelling Global Conference 2019, Salzburg. (Invited Session 19: Modelling the multi-functionality of landscapes, oral presentation).
  • ISEM201/Invited Symposium on: Modelling the multi-functionality of southern African landscapes, organized by (session chairs): Hoffmann, M., Scheiter, S., Pfeiffer, M., Nelson, W., Koch, M., Isselstein, J., Ayisi, K., Odhiambo, J., Bracho Mujica, G., Rötter R.P.: Coupling crop and vegetation modelling to quantify impact of cattle and crop management on ecosystem services in southern African landscapes. International Society for Ecological Modelling Global Conference 2019, Salzburg. (Invited Session 19: Modelling the multi-functionality of landscapes, oral presentation).
  • ISEM201/Invited Symposium on: Modelling the multi-functionality of southern African landscapes, organized by (session chairs): Rötter, R.P., Erasmus, B., Scheiter, S.: Scheiter, S., Martens, C., Gaillard, C., Schulte, J., Erasmus, B.F.N., Twine, W.C., Pfeiffer, M.: Climate change and land use impacts on vegetation – using dynamic vegetation models to understand multi-functionality in savanna rangelands. International Society for Ecological Modelling Global Conference 2019, Salzburg. (Invited Session 19: Modelling the multi-functionality of landscapes, oral presentation).
  • SSNM2019: Scheiter, S.: How Does Climate Change Influence the Economic Value of Ecosystem Services in Savanna Rangelands? Savanna Science Network Meeting 2019, Skukuza (oral presentation).
  • Tropentag 2019: Hoffmann, M.P., Swanepoel, C.M., Nelson, W.C.D., Beukes, D.J., van der Laan, M., Hargreaves, J.N.G., Rötter, R.P.: The role crop modelling can play in supporting diversification of cropping systems in southern Africa. Tropentag 2019, Kassel (Oral presentation).
  • Tropentag2019: Nelson, W.C.D., Hoffmann, M.P., Vadez, V., Rötter, R.P., Koch, M., Whitbread, A.: Can intercropping increase climate resilience of smallholder dryland cropping systems? Insights from experimentation and modelling. Tropentag 2019, Kassel (Oral presentation).
  • ZSSA2019: Linden, V.MG., Grass, I., Joubert, E., Tscharntke, T., Weier, S.M., Taylor P.J.: Ecosystem services and disservices by birds, bats and monkeys change with macadamia landscape heterogeneity. 39th Zoological Society of Southern Africa Congress, Skukuza, South Africa (oral presentation).
  • ZSSA2019: Taylor, P. J., Linden, V.M.G., Mphethe, V., Weier, S.: How resilient are bats to anthropogenic change? Land use effects on insectivorous bat ensembles in commercial and smallholder agricultural landscapes in Limpopo, South Africa. 39th Zoological Society of Southern Africa Congress, Skukuza, South Africa (oral presentation).
  • ZSSA2019: Swanepoel, C.M., Rötter, R.P., Hoffmann, M., Williams, S., Swanepoel, L.H., Keith, M., Belmain, S.R., Taylor, P.J.: Predation in agricultural rodent pest control: Underutilized ecosystem service or unrealistic expectation? 39th Zoological Society of Southern Africa Congress, Skukuza, South Africa (oral presentation).


2018

  • NCGC2018: Erasmus, B.F.N., Isselstein, J., Rötter, R.P., Ayisi, K., Evans, S., Evans, V., Fichtler, E., Frank, A.S.K., Foord, S., Gaillard, C., Gastrow, S., Grass, I., Hoffman, M., Keith, M., Linden, V., Linstädter, A., Maree, N., Mauda, E.V., Mokoka, V., Mudongo, E., Munyai, T.C., Numbudani, N., Odhiambo, J., Pfeiffer, M., Ruppert, J.C., Scheiter, S., Schellberg, J., Schoeman, C., Schoeman, C., Smith, A., Swanepoel, L., Taylor, P., Tewes, A., Twine, W., Weier, S.: Climate and land use impacts on livelihoods and natural resource management in rural Limpopo: outcomes of the Limpopo Living Landscapes (LLL) project. 4th National Conference on Global Change, Polokwane, South Africa (oral presentation).
  • NCGC2018: Koch, M., Hoffmann, M.P., Rötter, R.P.: Assessing climate change impact on productivity of three grain legumes in Southern Africa using two different approaches. 4th National Conference on Global Change, Polokwane, South Africa (oral presentation).
  • NCGC2018: Martens, C., Scheiter, S., Gaillard, C., Pfeiffer, M., Hickler, T.: The Potential of Dynamic Global Vegetation Models to provide Ecosystem Management Support in Southern Africa. 4th National Conference on Global Change, Polokwane, South Africa (oral presentation).
  • NCGC2018: Mudongo, E.I., Ruppert, J.C., Ayisi, K.K., Ngambi, J.W.: Relevance of grazing research under global change – A review of drought and grazing studies in semi-arid rangelands. 4th National Conference on Global Change, Polokwane, South Africa (oral presentation).
  • NCGC2018: Nelson, W.C.D., Hoffmann, M.P., Koch, M., Rötter, R.P., Vadez, V., Whitbread, A.M.: Exploiting genotype by management interactions of pearl millet-cowpea intercropping under different water supplies. 4th National Conference on Global Change, Polokwane, South Africa (oral presentation).
  • NCGC2018: Rötter, R.P., Erasmus, B.F.N., Isselstein, J., Ayisi, K., Bringhenti, T., Bruemmer, B., Feil, J.-H., Fichtler, E., Foord, S., Grass, I., Hoffmann, M., Koch, M., Linstädter, A., Odhiambo, J., Pfeiffer, M., Scheiter, S., Taylor, P., Swanepoel, L., Twine, W., Westphal, C.: New methodologies for analyzing alternative future scenarios of multi-functional land use in the framework of SPACES-SALLnet: the South African Limpopo Landscapes Network. 4th National Conference on Global Change, Polokwane, South Africa (oral presentation).