List of works - Colleen L Seymour

A 2018 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity

scientific article

A Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation in 2019

scientific article published on 13 December 2018

A Review of the Impacts of Roads on Wildlife in Semi-Arid Regions

scientific article published on 20 May 2019

A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

scientific article published on 16 October 2019

A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

A global-scale expert assessment of drivers and risks associated with pollinator decline

scientific article published on 16 August 2021

A horizon scan of future threats and opportunities for pollinators and pollination ⬇️

scientific article

A horizon scan of future threats and opportunities for pollinators and pollination

A major subtropical fruit pest accumulates in crop fields and spills over to a wild host

A review of Madagascar's derived grasslands: Low palatability following anthropogenic fires may threaten food security

scientific article published in 2023

Across Madagascar, treeless grasslands characterised by erosion gullies are named after forest and trees

scientific article published in 2024

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

article

Can rewilding with giant tortoises increase woody habitat and limit fire across Madagascar's grasslands?

scientific article published in 2024

Changes in arthropod diversity along a land use driven gradient of shrub cover in savanna rangelands: identification of suitable indicators

Changes in landuse alter ant diversity, assemblage composition and dominant functional groups in African savannas

article

Coping with drought: do science and policy agree?

Creating patches of native flowers facilitates crop pollination in large agricultural fields: mango as a case study

scientific article published in 2012

Density dependence and environmental factors affect population stability of an agricultural pest and its specialist parasitoid

article

Elephants, termites and mound thermoregulation in a progressively warmer world

article

Escaping the flames: large termitaria as refugia from fire in miombo woodland

article published in 2013

Exotic plants growing in crop field margins provide little support to mango crop flower visitors

article

Facilitation and competition shape a geographical mosaic of flower colour polymorphisms

scientific article published in 2021

Fire and the demography of camelthorn (Acacia eriolobaMeyer) in the southern Kalahari - evidence for a bonfire effect?

scholarly article by Colleen L Seymour & Onno Huyser published December 2008 in African Journal of Ecology

Fire incongruities can explain widespread landscape degradation in Madagascar's forests and grasslands

scientific article published in 2023

Global agricultural productivity is threatened by increasing pollinator dependence without a parallel increase in crop diversification

scientific article published on 10 July 2019

Global priorities of environmental issues to combat food insecurity and biodiversity loss

scientific article published on 30 April 2020

Grass, rainfall and herbivores as determinants of Acacia erioloba (Meyer) recruitment in an African savanna

scientific article published in 2007

Horizon scanning for South African biodiversity: A need for social engagement as well as science

scientific article published on 28 September 2019

Indirect interactions between crops and natural vegetation through flower visitors: the importance of temporal as well as spatial spillover

article published in 2018

Interactive effects of rangeland management and rainfall on dung beetle diversity

scientific article published in 2022

Landuse Change in Savannas Disproportionately Reduces Functional Diversity of Invertebrate Predators at the Highest Trophic Levels: Spiders as an Example

Large termitaria act as refugia for tall trees, deadwood and cavity-using birds in a miombo woodland

scientific article published in 2011

Linear structures in the Karoo, South Africa, and their impacts on biota

article

Madagascan highlands: originally woodland and forest containing endemic grasses, not grazing-adapted grassland

scientific article published on 28 October 2020

Natural vegetation benefits synergistic control of the three main insect and pathogen pests of a fruit crop in southern Africa

article by Dominic C. Henri et al published 29 June 2015 in Journal of Applied Ecology

On Bird Functional Diversity: Species Richness and Functional Differentiation Show Contrasting Responses to Rainfall and Vegetation Structure in an Arid Landscape

article

Pollination services decline with distance from natural habitat even in biodiversity-rich areas

article published in 2010

Post-pollination barriers enable coexistence of pollinator-sharing ornithophilous Erica species

scientific article published on 30 September 2020

ProtégéZiziphus mucronata(Rhamnaceae) show no negative effects of competition with the nurse treeAcacia(Leguminaceae), even as adults

article

Response of avian diversity to habitat modification can be predicted from life-history traits and ecological attributes

article

Spatiotemporal changes in flying insect abundance and their functional diversity as a function of distance to natural habitats in a mass flowering crop

article by Benoît Geslin et al published August 2016 in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Termite Mounds Increase Functional Diversity of Woody Plants in African Savannas

article

Termite mounds as islands: woody plant assemblages relative to termitarium size and soil properties

article

Termite mounds mitigate against 50 years of herbivore-induced reduction of functional diversity of savanna woody plants

article

The effect of infrastructure on the invasion of a generalist predator: Pied crows in southern Africa as a case-study

article

The impact of shrub encroachment on savanna bird diversity from local to regional scale

scientific article published in 2009

The unlikely ‘antiquity of Madagascar's grasslands’: Disproportionately forest‐limited endemic fauna support anthropogenic transformation from woodland

scientific article published in 2021

Tipping points induced by palaeo-human impacts can explain presence of savannah in Malagasy and global systems where forest is expected

scientific article published on 30 March 2022

Twenty years of rest returns grazing potential, but not palatable plant diversity, to Karoo rangeland, South Africa

article

Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance

scientific article

Woody species composition in an African savanna: determined by centuries of termite activity but modulated by 50 years of ungulate herbivory

article

List of works by Colleen L Seymour

A 2018 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity

A Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation in 2019

A Review of the Impacts of Roads on Wildlife in Semi-Arid Regions

A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

A global-scale expert assessment of drivers and risks associated with pollinator decline

A horizon scan of future threats and opportunities for pollinators and pollination ⬇️

A horizon scan of future threats and opportunities for pollinators and pollination

A horizon scan of future threats and opportunities for pollinators and pollination

A major subtropical fruit pest accumulates in crop fields and spills over to a wild host

A review of Madagascar's derived grasslands: Low palatability following anthropogenic fires may threaten food security

Across Madagascar, treeless grasslands characterised by erosion gullies are named after forest and trees

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

Can rewilding with giant tortoises increase woody habitat and limit fire across Madagascar's grasslands?

Changes in arthropod diversity along a land use driven gradient of shrub cover in savanna rangelands: identification of suitable indicators

Changes in landuse alter ant diversity, assemblage composition and dominant functional groups in African savannas

Coping with drought: do science and policy agree?

Creating patches of native flowers facilitates crop pollination in large agricultural fields: mango as a case study

Density dependence and environmental factors affect population stability of an agricultural pest and its specialist parasitoid

Elephants, termites and mound thermoregulation in a progressively warmer world

Escaping the flames: large termitaria as refugia from fire in miombo woodland

Exotic plants growing in crop field margins provide little support to mango crop flower visitors

Facilitation and competition shape a geographical mosaic of flower colour polymorphisms

Fire and the demography of camelthorn (Acacia eriolobaMeyer) in the southern Kalahari - evidence for a bonfire effect?

Fire incongruities can explain widespread landscape degradation in Madagascar's forests and grasslands

Global agricultural productivity is threatened by increasing pollinator dependence without a parallel increase in crop diversification

Global priorities of environmental issues to combat food insecurity and biodiversity loss

Grass, rainfall and herbivores as determinants of Acacia erioloba (Meyer) recruitment in an African savanna

Horizon scanning for South African biodiversity: A need for social engagement as well as science

Indirect interactions between crops and natural vegetation through flower visitors: the importance of temporal as well as spatial spillover

Interactive effects of rangeland management and rainfall on dung beetle diversity

Landuse Change in Savannas Disproportionately Reduces Functional Diversity of Invertebrate Predators at the Highest Trophic Levels: Spiders as an Example

Large termitaria act as refugia for tall trees, deadwood and cavity-using birds in a miombo woodland

Linear structures in the Karoo, South Africa, and their impacts on biota

Madagascan highlands: originally woodland and forest containing endemic grasses, not grazing-adapted grassland

Natural vegetation benefits synergistic control of the three main insect and pathogen pests of a fruit crop in southern Africa

On Bird Functional Diversity: Species Richness and Functional Differentiation Show Contrasting Responses to Rainfall and Vegetation Structure in an Arid Landscape

Pollination services decline with distance from natural habitat even in biodiversity-rich areas

Post-pollination barriers enable coexistence of pollinator-sharing ornithophilous Erica species

ProtégéZiziphus mucronata(Rhamnaceae) show no negative effects of competition with the nurse treeAcacia(Leguminaceae), even as adults

Response of avian diversity to habitat modification can be predicted from life-history traits and ecological attributes

Spatiotemporal changes in flying insect abundance and their functional diversity as a function of distance to natural habitats in a mass flowering crop

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

Termite Mounds Increase Functional Diversity of Woody Plants in African Savannas

Termite mounds as islands: woody plant assemblages relative to termitarium size and soil properties

Termite mounds mitigate against 50 years of herbivore-induced reduction of functional diversity of savanna woody plants

The effect of infrastructure on the invasion of a generalist predator: Pied crows in southern Africa as a case-study

The impact of shrub encroachment on savanna bird diversity from local to regional scale

The unlikely ‘antiquity of Madagascar's grasslands’: Disproportionately forest‐limited endemic fauna support anthropogenic transformation from woodland

Tipping points induced by palaeo-human impacts can explain presence of savannah in Malagasy and global systems where forest is expected

Twenty years of rest returns grazing potential, but not palatable plant diversity, to Karoo rangeland, South Africa

Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance

Woody species composition in an African savanna: determined by centuries of termite activity but modulated by 50 years of ungulate herbivory