List of works - Richard M. Cowling

A New Pleistocene Hominin Tracksite from the Cape South Coast, South Africa.

scientific article published on 28 February 2018

A dynamic ecological-economic model as a tool for conflict resolution in an invasive-alien-plant, biological control and native-plant scenario

article

A new research strategy for integrating studies of paleoclimate, paleoenvironment, and paleoanthropology

scientific article published in March 2015

An Assessment of Habitat Diversity and Transformation on La Réunion Island (Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean) as a Basis for Identifying Broad-scale Conservation Priorities

An ecological economic simulation model of mountain fynbos ecosystems

article

An operational model for implementing conservation action

scientific article published in April 2006

An operational model for mainstreaming ecosystem services for implementation

scientific article

Are We Destroying Our Insurance Policy? The Effects of Alien Invasion and Subsequent Restoration

Biodiversity in South African fynbos and Mediterranean heathland

Biomass of large herbivores in South African subtropical thicket

scientific article published in 2014

Challenges in invasive alien plant control in South Africa

article

Change the IUCN protected area categories to reflect biodiversity outcomes.

scientific article

Climate change and the integrity of science

scientific article

Coexistence ofBanksiaspecies in southwestern Australia: the role of regional and local processes

article

Comment on "Neutral ecological theory reveals isolation and rapid speciation in a biodiversity hot spot".

scientific article published in February 2006

Comparison of climate and environment on the edge of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain to the Little Karoo (South Africa) in Marine Isotope Stages 5–3 as indicated by speleothems

scientific article

Conservation planning as a transdisciplinary process.

scientific article

Conservation planning in a changing world

scientific article

Current patterns of habitat transformation and future threats to biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

article

Designing Conservation Corridors in Production Landscapes: Assessment Methods, Implementation Issues, and Lessons Learned

scientific article published in 2010

Designing large-scale conservation corridors for pattern and process

scientific article

Designing systematic conservation assessments that promote effective implementation: best practice from South Africa

scientific article published in June 2006

Devising appropriate policies and instruments in support of private conservation areas: lessons learned from the Klein Karoo, South Africa

scientific article

Dissecting the plant-insect diversity relationship in the Cape.

scientific article

Ecological research and conservation management in the Cape Floristic Region between 1945 and 2015: History, current understanding and future challenges

Ecosystem Services, Land-Cover Change, and Stakeholders: Finding a Sustainable Foothold for a Semiarid Biodiversity Hotspot

scholarly article by Belinda Reyers et al published 2009 in Ecology and Society

Effectiveness of the global protected area network in representing species diversity.

scientific article published in April 2004

Embracing opportunism in the selection of priority conservation areas

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Evaluating private land conservation in the Cape Lowlands, South Africa

scientific article published in October 2010

Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of invasive alien plant clearing: A case study from South Africa

article

Evolutionary stability, landscape heterogeneity, and human land-usage shape population genetic connectivity in the Cape Floristic Region biodiversity hotspot

scientific article published on 13 January 2021

Expanding protected areas beyond their terrestrial comfort zone: Identifying spatial options for river conservation

Expert-derived monitoring thresholds for impacts of megaherbivores on vegetation cover in a protected area

scientific article

Explaining the uniqueness of the Cape flora: incorporating geomorphic evolution as a factor for explaining its diversification

scientific article

Extinction of the blue antelope Hippotragus leucophaeus: modeling predicts non-viable global population size as the primary driver

Extinction risk and diversification are linked in a plant biodiversity hotspot

scientific article (publication date: May 2011)

Feeding ecology and sexual dimorphism in a speciose flower beetle clade (Hopliini: Scarabaeidae).

scientific article

Fire and Plant Diversification in Mediterranean-Climate Regions

scientific article published on 03 July 2018

Fire regimes in eastern coastal fynbos: Imperatives and thresholds in managing for diversity

Fire severity effects on resprouting of subtropical dune thicket of the Cape Floristic Region

scientific article published on 10 June 2020

Foraging potential of underground storage organ plants in the southern Cape, South Africa.

scientific article published on 13 November 2016

Fossil evidence for a hyperdiverse sclerophyll flora under a non-Mediterranean-type climate

scientific article (publication date: 26 February 2013)

Fragmentation of South African renosterveld shrublands: effects on plant community structure and conservation implications

article

Fusion or failure? The future of conservation biology

scientific article published on June 2006

Historical fire regimes in a poorly understood, fire-prone ecosystem: eastern coastal fynbos

How much evolutionary history in a 10 x 10 m plot?

scientific article published in May 2006

Hydrological responses of a valley-bottom wetland to land-use/land-cover change in a South African catchment: making a case for wetland restoration

article

Identifying spatial components of ecological and evolutionary processes for regional conservation planning in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

article

Impact of graminoid cover on postfire growth of nonsprouting Protea seedlings in the eastern Fynbos Biome of South Africa

scientific article published in 2010

Improving the Key Biodiversity Areas Approach for Effective Conservation Planning

article

Insect diversity in Cape fynbos and neighbouring South African vegetation

article by Şerban Procheş & Richard M. Cowling published September 2006 in Global Ecology and Biogeography

Integrating ecosystem services into conservation assessments: A review

article

Invest in opportunity, not inventory of hotspots.

scientific article

Knowing but not doing: selecting priority conservation areas and the research-implementation gap.

scientific article published on 09 May 2008

Land managers’ willingness-to-sell defines conservation opportunity for protected area expansion

article

Landscape fragmentation in South Coast Renosterveld, South Africa, in relation to rainfall and topography

article

Late Pleistocene records of speleothem stable isotopic compositions from Pinnacle Point on the South African south coast

article

Let the locals lead

Scientific article published in November 2009

Lightning and fire weather in eastern coastal fynbos shrublands: seasonality and long-term trends

Mainstreaming Biodiversity: Conservation for the Twenty-First Century

scientific article published in 2015

Mapping human and social dimensions of conservation opportunity for the scheduling of conservation action on private land

scientific article published in October 2010

Mediterranean Biomes: Evolution of Their Vegetation, Floras, and Climate

scientific article published in 2016

Meeting Human and Biodiversity Needs for 30 × 30 and beyond with an Iterative Land Allocation Framework and Tool

scientific article published on 14 January 2023

Modeling Invasive Plant Spread: The Role of Plant-Environment Interactions and Model Structure

article

Modern vegetation at the Klasies River archaeological sites, Tsitsikamma coast, south-eastern Cape, South Africa: a reference collection

scholarly article by Yvette van Wijk published in April 2017

Neutral ecological theory reveals isolation and rapid speciation in a biodiversity hot spot

scientific article published in September 2005

Non-linearities, synergisms and plant extinctions in South African fynbos and Australian kwongan

article

On the Nature of Gondwanan Species Flocks: Diversity of Proteaceae in Mediterranean South-western Australia and South Africa

article

On the accuracy of conservation managers' beliefs and if they learn from evidence-based knowledge: a preliminary investigation

scientific article

Options for the conservation of large and medium-sized mammals in the Cape Floristic Region hotspot, South Africa

article

Palaeoecology of giraffe tracks in Late Pleistocene aeolianites on the Cape south coast

Palaeoenvironments and plant availability during MIS 6 to MIS 3 on the edge of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain (south coast, South Africa) as indicated by phytolith analysis at Pinnacle Point

scientific article published in 2020

Patterns of geophyte diversity and storage organ size in the winter-rainfall region of southern Africa

article

Plant richness, turnover, and evolutionary diversity track gradients of stability and ecological opportunity in a megadiversity center

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

Predicting patterns of plant species richness in megadiverse South Africa

article

Predicting the Landscape-Scale Distribution of Alien Plants and Their Threat to Plant Diversity

article

Preserving the evolutionary potential of floras in biodiversity hotspots

scientific article

Progress and challenges in freshwater conservation planning

Proteaceae juvenile periods and post-fire recruitment as indicators of minimum fire return interval in eastern coastal fynbos

Rainfall reliability, a neglected factor in explaining convergence and divergence of plant traits in fire-prone mediterranean-climate ecosystems

article

Return rates from intertidal foraging from Blombos Cave to Pinnacle Point: Understanding early human economies

scientific article published on 25 February 2016

Revisiting monophyly in Haworthia Duval (Asphodelaceae): Incongruence, hybridization and contemporary speciation

scientific article published on August 2011

Richard Cowling III: 2008 holistic nurse of the year

scientific article published in January 2008

Rivers in peril inside and outside protected areas: a systematic approach to conservation assessment of river ecosystems

scientific article published in 2007

Safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Little Karoo, South Africa.

scientific article

Seasonal availability of edible underground and aboveground carbohydrate resources to human foragers on the Cape south coast, South Africa

scientific article published on 18 February 2016

Site selection for subtropical thicket restoration: mapping cold-air pooling in the South African sub-escarpment lowlands

scientific article published on 23 April 2020

Species richness of alien plants in South Africa: Environmental correlates and the relationship with indigenous plant species richness

article

Stochastic species turnover and stable coexistence in a species-rich, fire-prone plant community

scientific article

Systematic conservation planning products for land-use planning: Interpretation for implementation

Taxonomic, biological and geographical traits of species in a coastal dune flora in the southeastern Cape Floristic Region: regional and global comparisons

scientific article published in 2019

The Challenges of Alleviating Poverty through Ecological Restoration: Insights from South Africa's “Working for Water” Program

The composition, geography, biology and assembly of the coastal flora of the Cape Floristic Region

scientific article published on 11 August 2021

The current configuration of protected areas in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa—reservation bias and representation of biodiversity patterns and processes

article

The importance of C3 and C4 grasses and CAM shrubs in the Greater Cape Floristic Region under contemporary and Last Glacial Maximum climates

scientific article published in 2023

The road to sustainability must bridge three great divides.

scientific article published on January 2010

The role of private conservation areas in biodiversity representation and target achievement within the Little Karoo region, South Africa

article

Transformative leadership based on nursing science

scientific article published on 01 April 2014

USING A DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE MODEL FOR PLANNING THE MANAGEMENT OF ALIEN PLANT INVASIONS

article

Using a Dynamic Landscape Model for Planning the Management of Alien Plant Invasions

article

Using counterfactuals to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of controlling biological invasions

scientific article

Using counterfactuals to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of controlling biological invasions

article by Matthew M. McConnachie et al published 28 July 2015 in Ecological Applications

Validation of a spatial simulation model of a spreading alien plant population

article

Variation in plant diversity in mediterranean-climate ecosystems: the role of climatic and topographical stability

article

Vegetation responses to season of fire in an aseasonal, fire-prone fynbos shrubland

scientific article published on 10 August 2017

What predicts the richness of seeder and resprouter species in fire-prone Cape fynbos: Rainfall reliability or vegetation density?

scientific article published in 2018

List of works by Richard M. Cowling

A New Pleistocene Hominin Tracksite from the Cape South Coast, South Africa.

A dynamic ecological-economic model as a tool for conflict resolution in an invasive-alien-plant, biological control and native-plant scenario

A new research strategy for integrating studies of paleoclimate, paleoenvironment, and paleoanthropology

An Assessment of Habitat Diversity and Transformation on La Réunion Island (Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean) as a Basis for Identifying Broad-scale Conservation Priorities

An ecological economic simulation model of mountain fynbos ecosystems

An operational model for implementing conservation action

An operational model for mainstreaming ecosystem services for implementation

Are We Destroying Our Insurance Policy? The Effects of Alien Invasion and Subsequent Restoration

Biodiversity in South African fynbos and Mediterranean heathland

Biomass of large herbivores in South African subtropical thicket

Challenges in invasive alien plant control in South Africa

Change the IUCN protected area categories to reflect biodiversity outcomes.

Climate change and the integrity of science

Coexistence ofBanksiaspecies in southwestern Australia: the role of regional and local processes

Comment on "Neutral ecological theory reveals isolation and rapid speciation in a biodiversity hot spot".

Comparison of climate and environment on the edge of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain to the Little Karoo (South Africa) in Marine Isotope Stages 5–3 as indicated by speleothems

Conservation planning as a transdisciplinary process.

Conservation planning in a changing world

Current patterns of habitat transformation and future threats to biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

Designing Conservation Corridors in Production Landscapes: Assessment Methods, Implementation Issues, and Lessons Learned

Designing large-scale conservation corridors for pattern and process

Designing systematic conservation assessments that promote effective implementation: best practice from South Africa

Devising appropriate policies and instruments in support of private conservation areas: lessons learned from the Klein Karoo, South Africa

Dissecting the plant-insect diversity relationship in the Cape.

Ecological research and conservation management in the Cape Floristic Region between 1945 and 2015: History, current understanding and future challenges

Ecosystem Services, Land-Cover Change, and Stakeholders: Finding a Sustainable Foothold for a Semiarid Biodiversity Hotspot

Effectiveness of the global protected area network in representing species diversity.

Embracing opportunism in the selection of priority conservation areas

Evaluating private land conservation in the Cape Lowlands, South Africa

Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of invasive alien plant clearing: A case study from South Africa

Evolutionary stability, landscape heterogeneity, and human land-usage shape population genetic connectivity in the Cape Floristic Region biodiversity hotspot

Expanding protected areas beyond their terrestrial comfort zone: Identifying spatial options for river conservation

Expert-derived monitoring thresholds for impacts of megaherbivores on vegetation cover in a protected area

Explaining the uniqueness of the Cape flora: incorporating geomorphic evolution as a factor for explaining its diversification

Extinction of the blue antelope Hippotragus leucophaeus: modeling predicts non-viable global population size as the primary driver

Extinction risk and diversification are linked in a plant biodiversity hotspot

Feeding ecology and sexual dimorphism in a speciose flower beetle clade (Hopliini: Scarabaeidae).

Fire and Plant Diversification in Mediterranean-Climate Regions

Fire regimes in eastern coastal fynbos: Imperatives and thresholds in managing for diversity

Fire severity effects on resprouting of subtropical dune thicket of the Cape Floristic Region

Foraging potential of underground storage organ plants in the southern Cape, South Africa.

Fossil evidence for a hyperdiverse sclerophyll flora under a non-Mediterranean-type climate

Fragmentation of South African renosterveld shrublands: effects on plant community structure and conservation implications

Fusion or failure? The future of conservation biology

Historical fire regimes in a poorly understood, fire-prone ecosystem: eastern coastal fynbos

How much evolutionary history in a 10 x 10 m plot?

Hydrological responses of a valley-bottom wetland to land-use/land-cover change in a South African catchment: making a case for wetland restoration

Identifying spatial components of ecological and evolutionary processes for regional conservation planning in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

Impact of graminoid cover on postfire growth of nonsprouting Protea seedlings in the eastern Fynbos Biome of South Africa

Improving the Key Biodiversity Areas Approach for Effective Conservation Planning

Insect diversity in Cape fynbos and neighbouring South African vegetation

Integrating ecosystem services into conservation assessments: A review

Invest in opportunity, not inventory of hotspots.

Knowing but not doing: selecting priority conservation areas and the research-implementation gap.

Land managers’ willingness-to-sell defines conservation opportunity for protected area expansion

Landscape fragmentation in South Coast Renosterveld, South Africa, in relation to rainfall and topography

Late Pleistocene records of speleothem stable isotopic compositions from Pinnacle Point on the South African south coast

Let the locals lead

Lightning and fire weather in eastern coastal fynbos shrublands: seasonality and long-term trends

Mainstreaming Biodiversity: Conservation for the Twenty-First Century

Mapping human and social dimensions of conservation opportunity for the scheduling of conservation action on private land

Mediterranean Biomes: Evolution of Their Vegetation, Floras, and Climate

Meeting Human and Biodiversity Needs for 30 × 30 and beyond with an Iterative Land Allocation Framework and Tool

Modeling Invasive Plant Spread: The Role of Plant-Environment Interactions and Model Structure

Modern vegetation at the Klasies River archaeological sites, Tsitsikamma coast, south-eastern Cape, South Africa: a reference collection

Neutral ecological theory reveals isolation and rapid speciation in a biodiversity hot spot

Non-linearities, synergisms and plant extinctions in South African fynbos and Australian kwongan

On the Nature of Gondwanan Species Flocks: Diversity of Proteaceae in Mediterranean South-western Australia and South Africa

On the accuracy of conservation managers' beliefs and if they learn from evidence-based knowledge: a preliminary investigation

Options for the conservation of large and medium-sized mammals in the Cape Floristic Region hotspot, South Africa

Palaeoecology of giraffe tracks in Late Pleistocene aeolianites on the Cape south coast

Palaeoenvironments and plant availability during MIS 6 to MIS 3 on the edge of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain (south coast, South Africa) as indicated by phytolith analysis at Pinnacle Point

Patterns of geophyte diversity and storage organ size in the winter-rainfall region of southern Africa

Plant richness, turnover, and evolutionary diversity track gradients of stability and ecological opportunity in a megadiversity center

Predicting patterns of plant species richness in megadiverse South Africa

Predicting the Landscape-Scale Distribution of Alien Plants and Their Threat to Plant Diversity

Preserving the evolutionary potential of floras in biodiversity hotspots

Progress and challenges in freshwater conservation planning

Proteaceae juvenile periods and post-fire recruitment as indicators of minimum fire return interval in eastern coastal fynbos