Limpopo Living Landscapes

Publications

2018



Weier, Sina M., Ingo Grass, Valerie M.G. Linden, Teja Tscharntke, Peter J.Taylor Natural vegetation and bug abundance promote insectivorous bat activity in macadamia orchards, South Africa Biological Conservation 226, 16-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.07.017


Grass, I., Meyer S., Taylor P.J., Foord S.H., Hajek P., Tscharntke T. Pollination limitation despite managed honeybees in South African macadamia orchards. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 260,1,11-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2018.03.010


Scheiter, S., Gaillard, C., Martens, C., Erasmus, B.F.N., Pfeiffer, M. How vulnerable are ecosystems in the Limpopo province to climate change? South African Journal of Botany 116, 86-95 DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2018.02.394


2017



Joseph, G. S.,Mauda, E. V., C. L. Seymour, T. C. Munyai, A. Dippenaar-Schoeman, and S. H. Foord. Landuse Change in Savannas Disproportionately Reduces Functional Diversity of Invertebrate Predators at the Highest Trophic Levels: Spiders as an Example. Ecosystems 1-13 DOI: 10.1007/s10021-017-0194-0


Mauda, E. V., G. S. Joseph, C. Seymour, T. Munyai, and S. H. Foord. Changes in landuse alter ant diversity, assemblages and dominant functional traits in African savannas. Biodiversity and Conservation 1-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10531-017-1474-x


Taylor P.J., Grass I., Alberts A.J., Joubert E., Tscharntke T. Economic value of bat predation services - a review and new estimates from macadamia orchards. Ecosystem Services 30, 372-381 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.11.015


2016


Bishop, T.R., Mark P. Robertson, Heloise Gibb, Berndt J. van Rensburg, Brigitte Braschler, Steven L. Chown, Stefan H. Foord, Caswell T., Munyai Iona Okey, Grace P. Tshivhandekano, Victoria Werenkraut and Catherine L. Parr. Ant assemblages have darker and larger members in cold environments. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25, 12, 1489-1499 DOI: 10.1111/geb.12516/abstract


Labuschagne, L., Swanepoel, L. H., Taylor, P. J., Belmain, S. R., Keith, M. Are avian predators effective biological control agents for rodent pest management in agricultural systems? Biological Control 101, 94-102 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2016.07.003


Linstädter, A., A. Kuhn, C. Naumann, S. Rasch, A. Sandhage-Hofmann, W. Amelung, J. Jordaan, C. C. Du Preez, and M. Bollig. Assessing the resilience of a real-world social-ecological system: Lessons from a multi-disciplinary evaluation of a South African pastoral system. Ecology and Society 21, 35 DOI: 10.5751/ES-08737-210335


Martin, R., A. Linstädter, K. Frank, and B. Müller. Livelihood security in face of drought - Assessing the vulnerability of pastoral households. Environmental Modelling & Software 75, 414-423 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.10.012


Mudongo, E.I., Fynn, R.W. and Bonyongo, M.C. Role of herbivore impact and subsequent timing and extent of recovery periods in rangelands. Rangeland Ecology & Management 69, 327-333 DOI: 10.1016/j.rama.2016.04.003


Oomen, R.J., Linstädter, A., Ruppert, J.C., Brüser, K., Schellberg, J., Ewert, F. Effect of Management on Rangeland Phytomass, Cover and Condition in Two Biomes in South Africa. African Journal of Range & Forage Science 33 (3), 185-198 DOI: 10.2989/10220119.2016.1218368


Parplies, A., Dubovyk, O., Tewes, A., Munda, J., Schellberg, J. Phenomapping of rangelands in South Africa using time series of RapidEye data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 53, 90-102 DOI:10.1016/j.jag.2016.08.001


Sennhenn, A., J.J.O. Ohdiambo, B.L. Maass and A.M. Whitbread. Considering effects of temperature and photoperiod on growth and development of Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet in the search of short-season accessions for smallholder farming systems. Experimental Agriculture 1-21 DOI: 10.1017/S0014479716000429


Williams-Guillén, K., Olimpi, E., Maas, B, Taylor P. J., Arlettaz, R. Bats in the anthropogenic matrix: challenges and opportunities for the conservation of Chiroptera and their ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes. In: Christian C. Voigt, Tigga Kingston (Eds). Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World, Chapter 6, 151-186 Springer International Publishing. ISBN: 978-3-319-25218-6 (Print) 978-3-319-25220-9 (Online)



2015




Dubovyk, O., Landmann, T., Erasmus, B.F.N., Tewes, A. 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 38, 175-183 DOI:10.1016/j.jag.2015.01.002.


Maas B, Karp DS, Bumrungsri S, Darras K, Gonthier D, Huang JCC, Lindell CA, Maine JJ, Mestre L, Michel LN, Morrison EB, Perfecto I, Philpott SM, Sekercioglu CH, Silva RM, Taylor PJ, Tscharntke T, Van Bael S, Whelan CJ, Williams-Guillén K. Bird and bat predation services in tropical forests and agroforestry landscapes. Biological Reviews 91-4, 1081-11001 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12211.


Müller, B., J. Schulze, D. Kreuer, A. Linstädter, and K. Frank. How to avoid unsustainable side effects of managing climate risk in drylands - The supplementary feeding controversy. Agricultural Systems 139, 153-165 DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2015.07.001


Ruppert, J. C., K. Harmoney, Z. Henkin, H. A. Snyman, M. Sternberg, W. Willms and A. Linstädter. Quantifying drylands` drought resistance and recovery: The importance of drought intensity, dominant life history and grazing regime. Global Change Biology 21, 258-1270 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12777


Tewes, A., F. Thonfeld, M. Schmidt, R.J. Oomen, Xiaolin Zhu, O. Dubovyk, G. Menz, J. Schellberg Using RapidEye and MODIS data fusion to monitor vegetation dynamics in semi-arid rangelands in South Africa. Remote Sensing 7, 6510-6534. DOI:10.3390/rs70606510


2014