A Global Comparison of Surface Soil Characteristics Across Five Cities

A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers

scientific article published on 12 February 2014

Allergenic tree pollen in Johannesburg and Cape Town as a public health risk: towards a sustainable implementation framework for South African cities

An Exploratory Case-Study Approach to Understand Multifunctionality in Urban Green Infrastructure Planning in a South African Context

An Exploratory Case-Study Approach to Understand Multifunctionality in Urban Green Infrastructure Planning in a South African Context

An ecological study of the plant communities in the proposed Highveld National Park, in the peri-urban area of Potchefstroom, South Africa

scientific article published in 2010

Aspects influencing the selection of representative urbanization measures to quantify urban–rural gradients

scientific article published in 2010

Beta diversity of urban floras among European and non-European cities

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Cities are Planning for Biodiversity

Cities are Planning for Biodiversity

Classification and description of the vegetation in the Spitskop area in the proposed Highveld National Park, North West Province, South Africa ⬇️

scientific article published on 18 January 2012

Closing the Gap Between Urban Planning and Urban Ecology: A South African Perspective

Closing the Gap Between Urban Planning and Urban Ecology: A South African Perspective

Comparative urban ecological research in developing countries

scientific article published on 25 June 2009

Could Purposefully Engineered Native Grassland Gardens Enhance Urban Insect Biodiversity?

scientific article published in 2022

Earthworm assemblages in urban habitats across biogeographical regions

scientific article published in 2020

Ecological and Allergenic Significance of Atmospheric Pollen Spectra from a Grassland-Savanna Ecotone in North-West Province (South Africa)

scientific article published in 2024

Economic Assessment of South African Urban Green Spaces Using the Proximity Principle: Municipal Valuation vs. Market Value

Economic Valuation of Urban Green Spaces across a Socioeconomic Gradient: A South African Case Study

Ecosystem services of urban green spaces in African countries—perspectives and challenges

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Food for Thought: Addressing Urban Food Security Risks through Urban Agriculture

Hierarchical filters determine community assembly of urban species pools. ⬇️

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Influence of socioeconomic status on design of Batswana home gardens and associated plant diversity patterns in northern South Africa

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Introducing GLUSEEN: a new open access and experimental network in urban soil ecology

article published in 2017

Landscape history, time lags and drivers of change: urban natural grassland remnants in Potchefstroom, South Africa

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Metagenomics Reveals Bacterial and Archaeal Adaptation to Urban Land-Use: N Catabolism, Methanogenesis, and Nutrient Acquisition

scientific article published on 10 October 2019

Nature-Based Solutions for Public Green Spaces in Sub-Saharan Africa—Integrating Place-Making and Green Infrastructure

Overview on urban nature conservation: situation in the western-grassland biome of South Africa

Planning for the Future of Urban Biodiversity: A Global Review of City-Scale Initiatives

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Quantifying Long-Term Urban Grassland Dynamics: Biotic Homogenization and Extinction Debts

Quantifying Long-Term Urban Grassland Dynamics: Biotic Homogenization and Extinction Debts

Reflecting on the Potential and Limitations of Urban Agriculture as an Urban Greening Tool in South Africa

Rethinking urban green infrastructure and ecosystem services from the perspective of sub-Saharan African cities

Revisiting the Proximity Principle with Stakeholder Input: Investigating Property Values and Distance to Urban Green Space in Potchefstroom

Role of Landscape Designers in Promoting a Balanced Approach to Green Infrastructure

Role of Landscape Designers in Promoting a Balanced Approach to Green Infrastructure

Social Aspects of Urban Ecology in Developing Countries, with an Emphasis on Urban Domestic Gardens

Stakeholder Perceptions of the Ecosystem Services of Health Clinic Gardens in Settlements and Small- to Medium-Sized Cities in the North-West Province, South Africa

Sustainable urban landscapes: South African perspectives on transdisciplinary possibilities

The concept of ecosystem services in adaptive urban planning and design: A framework for supporting innovation

scientific article published in May 2014

Urban socioeconomic inequality and biodiversity often converge, but not always: A global meta-analysis

Urbanisation and ecosystem services in sub-Saharan Africa: Current status and scenarios

Urbanization erodes ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and may cause microbial communities to converge.

scientific article published on 10 April 2017

Vegetation of inland endorheic pans in the North-West Province, South Africa

Vegetation of inland endorheic pans in the North-West Province, South Africa

Vernal pool vegetation of California: communities of long-inundated deep habitats

Vernal pool vegetation of California: communities of long-inundated deep habitats