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A PCR-based method to detect species of Gondwanamyces and Ophiostoma on surfaces of insects colonizing Protea flowers

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A new genus and eight new species of Tydeoidea (Acari: Trombidiformes) fromProteaspecies in South Africa

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A new species of Penicillium, P. ramulosum sp. nov., from the natural environment

scientific article

A plant pathology perspective of fungal genome sequencing

scientific article published on 09 February 2017

Abiotic variables dictate the best monitoring times for the endangered Table Mountain stag beetle (Colophon westwoodi Gray 1832, Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

scholarly article by Francois Roets published in May 2012

Alien plants have greater impact than habitat fragmentation on native insect flower visitation networks

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An Assessment of the Potential Economic Impacts of the Invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in South Africa

scientific article published on 14 April 2022

An Unusual Night-Flowering Oxalis from South Africa (Oxalidaceae)

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Armillaria root rot spreading into a natural woody ecosystem in South Africa

Arthropod assemblages deep in natural forests show different responses to surrounding land use

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Bark and ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae), their phoretic mites (Acari) and associated Geosmithia species (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) from Virgilia trees in South Africa

scientific article published on 3 April 2014

Bark beetle mycobiome: collaboratively defined research priorities on a widespread insect-fungus symbiosis

scientific article published on 03 June 2020

Better colony performance, not natural enemy release, explains numerical dominance of the exotic Polistes dominula wasp over a native congener in South Africa

Biodiversity and ecology of flower-associated actinomycetes in different flowering stages of Protea repens.

scientific article

Biotic and abiotic constraints that facilitate host exclusivity of Gondwanamyces and Ophiostoma on Protea

scientific article published on 6 October 2011

Bird and insect pollinators differ in specialization and potential pollination services along disturbance and resource gradients

scientific article published in 2023

Birds Mediate a Fungus-Mite Mutualism

scientific article published on 25 October 2017

Conserving a variety of ancient forest patches maintains historic arthropod diversity

article published in 2016

Contrasting carbon metabolism in saprotrophic and pathogenic microascalean fungi from Protea trees

scientific article published in 2017

Correction: Population structure of the invasive ambrosia beetle, Euwallacea fornicatus, indicates multiple introductions into South Africa

scientific article published in 2022

Cypress canker: An important disease discovered for the first time on a native South African tree

scientific article published in 2022

Detection of Fusarium euwallaceae and its vector Euwallacea fornicatus on pear (Pyrus communis) and in deciduous fruit orchards in South Africa

scholarly article published on 18 January 2024

Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the genetic characterisation of Knoxdaviesia proteae (Ascomycota: Microascales) using ISSR-PCR and pyrosequencing

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Dieback and mortality of South African fynbos shrubs is likely driven by a novel pathogen and pathogen-induced hydraulic failure

scholarly article by Anna L. Jacobsen et al. published 16 June 2011 in Austral Ecology

Discovery of substantial Oxalis (Oxalidaceae) diversity and endemism in an arid biodiversity hotspot

scientific article

Dung beetle richness decreases with increasing landscape structural heterogeneity in an African savanna-agricultural mosaic

Ecology and population structure of a tree wound-infecting fungus in a native South African forest environment

scientific article published on 16 September 2016

Fire impacts bacterial composition in <i>Protea repens</i> (Proteaceae) infructescences

scientific article published on 08 October 2021

Fungal Planet description sheets: 1042-1111 ⬇️

scientific article published on 29 June 2020

Fungal Planet description sheets: 107-127. ⬇️

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Fungal Planet description sheets: 1383–1435 ⬇️

scientific article published on 30 June 2022

Fungal Planet description sheets: 400-468 ⬇️

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Fungal Planet description sheets: 469-557 ⬇️

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Fungal Planet description sheets: 951-1041 ⬇️

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

Fungal conservation in Africa

Future danger posed by fungi in the Ophiostomatales when encountering new hosts

scientific article published in 2016

Genetic basis for high population diversity in Protea-associated Knoxdaviesia

scientific article

Genome sequences of Knoxdaviesia capensis and K. proteae (Fungi: Ascomycota) from Protea trees in South Africa

scientific article published on 29 February 2016

Genomic overview of closely related fungi with different Protea host ranges

scientific article published on 23 October 2018

Historical arthropod diversity patterns direct rehabilitation targets for Robben Island, South Africa, a continental island in a biodiversity hotspot

scientific article published in 2016

IMA Genome-F 11: Draft genome sequences of Fusarium xylarioides, Teratosphaeria gauchensis and T. zuluensis and genome annotation for Ceratocystis fimbriata

scientific article published on 13 September 2019

Impact of disease frequency and host density on pollination and transmission of an African anther-smut fungus.

scientific article published on 3 August 2012

Importance of biotic niches versus drift in a plant‐inhabiting arthropod community depends on rarity and trophic group

scientific article published in 2019

Importance of habitat heterogeneity in remnant patches for conserving dung beetles

Individual tree context and contrast dictate tree physiological features and arthropod biodiversity patterns across multiple trophic levels

scientific article published in 2019

Interactions among predators and plant specificity protect herbivores from top predators.

scientific article published on 4 May 2018

Interactive effects of rangeland management and rainfall on dung beetle diversity

scientific article published in 2022

Interplay between differential competition and actions of spore-vectors explain host exclusivity of saprobic fungi in Protea flowers

scientific article published on 22 November 2020

Invasion of an Afrotemperate forest complex by the polyphagous shot hole borer beetle

scholarly article

Invasion, alien control and restoration: Legacy effects linked to folivorous insects and phylopathogenic fungi

scientific article published on 08 August 2016

Invasive plant removal increases insect herbivory pressure on a native tree due to an increase in resource quality

scientific article

Knoxdaviesia capensis : dispersal ecology and population genetics of a flower-associated fungus

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Knoxdaviesia proteae is not the only Knoxdaviesia-symbiont of Protea repens.

scientific article

Large African herbivore diversity is essential in transformed landscapes for conserving dung beetle diversity

scientific article published in 2022

Lessons from a major pest invasion: The polyphagous shot hole borer in South Africa

scientific article published 2020

Long-distance dispersal and recolonization of a fire-destroyed niche by a mite-associated fungus

scientific article published on 3 January 2015

Mating strategy and mating type distribution in six global populations of the Eucalyptus foliar pathogen Teratosphaeria destructans

scientific article published on 31 January 2020

Mite-mediated hyperphoretic dispersal of Ophiostoma spp. from the infructescences of South African Protea spp.

scientific article published in February 2009

Mites are the most common vectors of the fungus Gondwanamyces proteae in Protea infructescences

scientific article published on 28 January 2011

Multi-gene phylogeny for Ophiostoma spp. reveals two new species from Protea infructescences

scientific article

New ophiostomatoid fungi from wounds on storm-damaged trees in Afromontane forests of the Cape Floristic Region ⬇️

scientific article published in 2020

New primers for single-copy nuclear-encoded chloroplast-expressed glutamine synthetase (ncpGS) in Oxalidaceae.

scientific article

New relatives of Oxalis pes-caprae ( Oxalidaceae ) from South Africa ⬇️

scientific article published in 2014

New species of Ophiostomatales from Scolytinae and Platypodinae beetles in the Cape Floristic Region, including the discovery of the sexual state of Raffaelea.

scientific article

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria and Oxalis - evidence for a vertically inherited bacterial symbiosis

scientific article published on 23 October 2019

Novel mating-type-associated genes and gene fragments in the genomes of Mycosphaerellaceae and Teratosphaeriaceae fungi

scientific article published in June 2022

Ophiostoma gemellus and Sporothrix variecibatus from mites infesting Protea infructescences in South Africa

scientific article

Oxalis dreyerae (Oxalidaceae), a new species from South Africa

scientific article (publication date: 29 November 2016)

Oxalis saltusbelli: A new Oxalis (Oxalidaceae) species from the Oorlogskloof Nature Reserve, Nieuwoudtville, South Africa

scientific article published in 2009

Panmixia defines the genetic diversity of a unique arthropod-dispersed fungus specific to Protea flowers.

scientific article

Persistence of ecologically similar fungi in a restricted floral niche

scientific article published in 2022

Physiological responses to folivory and phytopathogens in a riparian tree, Brabejum stellatifolium , native to the fynbos biome of South Africa

scientific article

Population structure of the invasive ambrosia beetle, Euwallacea fornicatus, indicates multiple introductions into South Africa

scientific article published in 2022

Pre-Pleistocene origin of an endangered habitat: links between vernal pools and aquaticOxalisin the Greater Cape Floristic Region of South Africa

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Predicting interactions of the frass-associated yeast Hyphopichia heimii with Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata and twig-boring bark beetles

scientific article published in 2022

Rapid Range Expansion of the Invasive WaspPolistes dominula(Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) and First Record of Parasitoids on this Species and the NativePolistes marginalisin the Western Cape Province of South Africa

scholarly article by P.C. Benadé et al published March 2014 in African Entomology

Reassessment of the taxonomic status of Oxalis fabaefolia ( Oxalidaceae ) and the description of a unique variety of Oxalis flava from the Northern Cape Province of South Africa ⬇️

scientific article published in 2010

Replacing native mammal assemblages with livestock in African savannahs, impacts dung beetle diversity and reduces body size

scientific article published on 17 June 2021

Response of arthropod communities to plant-community rehabilitation efforts after strip mining on the semi-arid west coast of South Africa

scholarly article

Responses of ground living arthropods to landscape contrast and context in a forest-grassland mosaic

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Restoration of invaded Cape Floristic Region riparian systems leads to a recovery in foliage-active arthropod alpha- and beta-diversity

scientific article published on 12 January 2016

Rhynchostomatoid fungi occurring on Proteaceae.

scientific article

Science engagement in South Africa

scientific article

Silvaphilus: A New Relict Forest-Endemic Canthonini Dung Beetle Genus from the Western Cape Province of South Africa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

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Sound characterization and structure of the stridulatory organ inGonogenia tabida(Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Surrounding vegetation matters for arthropods of small, natural patches of indigenous forest

Symbiotic yeasts from the mycangium, larval gut and woody substrate of an African stag beetle Xiphodontus antilope (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

scientific article published on 21 April 2020

Teratosphaeria stem canker of Eucalyptus: two pathogens, one devastating disease

scientific article published on 03 November 2018

The intermediate disturbance hypothesis explains arthropod beta-diversity responses to roads that cut through natural forests

scientific article published in 2019

The polyphagous shot hole borer beetle: Current status of a perfect invader in South Africa

scientific article published on 25 November 2021

The rehabilitation value of a small culturally significant island based on the arthropod natural capital

Thecaphora capensis sp. nov., an unusual new anther smut on Oxalis in South Africa ⬇️

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Tree canopy arthropods have idiosyncratic responses to plant ecophysiological traits in a warm temperate forest complex

scientific article published on 16 November 2020

Two new Ophiostoma species from Protea caffra in Zambia. ⬇️

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Two new Oxalis (Oxalidaceae) species from the Richtersveld National Park, South Africa

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Two new Oxalis (Oxalidaceae) species, including 5 varieties, from the Richtersveld of South Africa

scientific article published on 25 July 2017

Two new Sporothrix species from Protea flower heads in South African Grassland and Savanna.

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Two novel Phytophthora species from the southern tip of Africa

scientific article published June 2021

Unseen fungal biodiversity and complex inter-organismal interactions in Protea flower heads

scientific article published in 2023

Urban environments provide opportunities for early detections of Phytophthora invasions

scientific article

Wild Herbivore Grazing Enhances Insect Diversity over Livestock Grazing in an African Grassland System

scientific article

Wounds on Rapanea melanophloeos provide habitat for a large diversity of Ophiostomatales including four new species.

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Yeasts Associated with Culex pipiens and Culex theileri Mosquito Larvae and the Effect of Selected Yeast Strains on the Ontogeny of Culex pipiens

scientific article published on 14 November 2015

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