List of works - Peter C le Roux

A global analysis of bidirectional interactions in alpine plant communities shows facilitators experiencing strong reciprocal fitness costs

scientific article

Alien plant species that invade high elevations are generalists: support for the directional ecological filtering hypothesis

article

An update on the indigenous vascular flora of sub-Antarctic Marion Island: taxonomic changes, sequences for DNA barcode loci, and genome size data

scientific article published on 21 September 2020

Arctic-alpine vegetation biomass is driven by fine-scale abiotic heterogeneity

Biotic interactions affect the elevational ranges of high-latitude plant species

article

Biotic interactions boost spatial models of species richness

article

Biotic interactions drive species occurrence and richness in dynamic beach environments

scientific article published in 2013

Changes in climate extremes, variability and signature on sub-Antarctic Marion Island

Climate change and elevational diversity capacity: do weedy species take up the slack? ⬇️

scientific article

Consistent trait–environment relationships within and across tundra plant communities

scientific article published on 25 February 2021

Contrasting effects of biotic interactions on richness and distribution of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens in an arctic–alpine landscape

article

Cryptic spatial aggregation of the cushion plant Azorella selago (Apiaceae) revealed by a multilocus molecular approach suggests frequent intraspecific facilitation under sub-Antarctic conditions

scientific article published in May 2011

Distance decay 2.0 – A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities

scientific article published in 2022

Distribution of microarthropods across altitude and aspect in the sub-Antarctic: climate change implications for an isolated oceanic island

scientific article published in 2018

Drivers of woody dominance across global drylands

scientific article published on 11 October 2024

Earth surface processes drive the richness, composition and occurrence of plant species in an arctic-alpine environment

article

Ecologically relevant measures of tolerance to potentially lethal temperatures

scientific article

Ecosystem engineering through aardvark (Orycteropus afer) burrowing: Mechanisms and effects

scientific article published in 2018

Effects of a short-term climate change experiment on a sub-Antarctic keystone plant species

article

Exploring South Africa’s southern frontier: A 20-year vision for polar research through the South African National Antarctic Programme

scholarly article by Isabelle J. Ansorge et al published 30 May 2017 in South African Journal of Science

Exposing wind stress as a driver of fine‐scale variation in plant communities

scientific article published on 14 February 2021

Extrapolating population size from the occupancy-abundance relationship and the scaling pattern of occupancy

scientific article published in December 2009

Fine- and broad-scale distribution of a cushion plant species: Patterns and predictors for <i>Euphorbia clavarioides</i>

scientific article published in 2018

Functional traits, spatial patterns and species associations: what is their combined role in the assembly of wetland plant communities?

scientific article published in 2017

Geomorphological disturbance is necessary for predicting fine-scale species distributions

article

Geomorphological processes shape plant community traits in the Arctic

scientific article published on 05 May 2022

Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

scientific article published on 25 November 2022

Horizontal, but not vertical, biotic interactions affect fine-scale plant distribution patterns in a low-energy system

scientific article

Human activities, propagule pressure and alien plants in the sub-Antarctic: Tests of generalities and evidence in support of management

article

Impact of biotic interactions on biodiversity varies across a landscape

Incorporating biotic interactions in the distribution models of African wild silk moths (Gonometaspecies, Lasiocampidae) using different representations of modelled host tree distributions

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

Incorporating dominant species as proxies for biotic interactions strengthens plant community models

article

Inter-specific facilitation mediates the outcome of intra-specific interactions across an elevational gradient

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

Invasive species differ in key functional traits from native and non‐invasive alien plant species

scientific article published on 24 May 2019

Investigation of ecologically relevant wind patterns on Marion Island using Computational Fluid Dynamics and measured data

scientific article published in 2022

Long‐term spatially‐replicated data show no physical cost to a benefactor species in a facilitative plant–plant interaction

scientific article published on 22 December 2022

Marine protected areas are insufficient to conserve global marine plant diversity

article

Modelling landscape-scale occurrences of common grassland species in a topographically complex mountainous environment

scientific article published in 2024

Ontogenetic shifts in plant interactions vary with environmental severity and affect population structure ⬇️

scientific article published on June 6, 2013

Outcomes of biotic interactions are dependent on multiple environmental variables

Plant dispersal in the sub-Antarctic inferred from anisotropic genetic structure

scientific article

Plants at the margin. Ecological limits and climate change

scientific article published on 26 August 2009

Restoration potential of invaded abandoned agricultural fields: what does the seed bank tell us?

scientific article

Scale effects on the body size frequency distributions of African birds: patterns and potential mechanisms

scientific article published in 2012

Soil moisture's underestimated role in climate change impact modelling in low-energy systems.

scientific article

Spatial overlaps between the global protected areas network and terrestrial hotspots of evolutionary diversity

scientific article published on 07 February 2019

Spatial variation in plant interactions across a severity gradient in the sub-Antarctic

scientific article

Species-energy relationships of indigenous and invasive species may arise in different ways - a demonstration using springtails ⬇️

scientific article published on 24 September 2019

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Testing for consistency in ecosystem engineering: Do cushion plants always turn up the heat?

scientific article published in 2020

Testing for consistency in the impacts of a burrowing ecosystem engineer on soil and vegetation characteristics across biomes

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

Testing species distribution models across space and time: high latitude butterflies and recent warming

article

Testing the role of functional trait expression in plant–plant facilitation

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

The Invasive Vespidae in South Africa: Potential Management Strategies and Current Status

scientific article published on 19 November 2018

The influence of life history characteristics on flea (Siphonaptera) species distribution models

scientific article published on 29 March 2016

The meso-scale drivers of temperature extremes in high-latitude Fennoscandia

The regional species richness and genetic diversity of Arctic vegetation reflect both past glaciations and current climate

scientific article published in 2016

Thermal biology, population fluctuations and implications of temperature extremes for the management of two globally significant insect pests

scientific article published on 28 September 2013

Vegetation Mediates Soil Temperature and Moisture in Arctic-Alpine Environments

article published in 2013

Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands

scientific article published on 30 July 2024

Water as a resource, stress and disturbance shaping tundra vegetation

scientific article published on 14 January 2019

List of works by Peter C le Roux

A global analysis of bidirectional interactions in alpine plant communities shows facilitators experiencing strong reciprocal fitness costs

Alien plant species that invade high elevations are generalists: support for the directional ecological filtering hypothesis

An update on the indigenous vascular flora of sub-Antarctic Marion Island: taxonomic changes, sequences for DNA barcode loci, and genome size data

Arctic-alpine vegetation biomass is driven by fine-scale abiotic heterogeneity

Biotic interactions affect the elevational ranges of high-latitude plant species

Biotic interactions boost spatial models of species richness

Biotic interactions drive species occurrence and richness in dynamic beach environments

Changes in climate extremes, variability and signature on sub-Antarctic Marion Island

Climate change and elevational diversity capacity: do weedy species take up the slack? ⬇️

Consistent trait–environment relationships within and across tundra plant communities

Contrasting effects of biotic interactions on richness and distribution of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens in an arctic–alpine landscape

Cryptic spatial aggregation of the cushion plant Azorella selago (Apiaceae) revealed by a multilocus molecular approach suggests frequent intraspecific facilitation under sub-Antarctic conditions

Distance decay 2.0 – A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities

Distribution of microarthropods across altitude and aspect in the sub-Antarctic: climate change implications for an isolated oceanic island

Drivers of woody dominance across global drylands

Earth surface processes drive the richness, composition and occurrence of plant species in an arctic-alpine environment

Ecologically relevant measures of tolerance to potentially lethal temperatures

Ecosystem engineering through aardvark (Orycteropus afer) burrowing: Mechanisms and effects

Effects of a short-term climate change experiment on a sub-Antarctic keystone plant species

Exploring South Africa’s southern frontier: A 20-year vision for polar research through the South African National Antarctic Programme

Exposing wind stress as a driver of fine‐scale variation in plant communities

Extrapolating population size from the occupancy-abundance relationship and the scaling pattern of occupancy

Fine- and broad-scale distribution of a cushion plant species: Patterns and predictors for <i>Euphorbia clavarioides</i>

Functional traits, spatial patterns and species associations: what is their combined role in the assembly of wetland plant communities?

Geomorphological disturbance is necessary for predicting fine-scale species distributions

Geomorphological processes shape plant community traits in the Arctic

Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

Horizontal, but not vertical, biotic interactions affect fine-scale plant distribution patterns in a low-energy system

Human activities, propagule pressure and alien plants in the sub-Antarctic: Tests of generalities and evidence in support of management

Impact of biotic interactions on biodiversity varies across a landscape

Incorporating biotic interactions in the distribution models of African wild silk moths (Gonometaspecies, Lasiocampidae) using different representations of modelled host tree distributions

Incorporating dominant species as proxies for biotic interactions strengthens plant community models

Inter-specific facilitation mediates the outcome of intra-specific interactions across an elevational gradient

Invasive species differ in key functional traits from native and non‐invasive alien plant species

Investigation of ecologically relevant wind patterns on Marion Island using Computational Fluid Dynamics and measured data

Long‐term spatially‐replicated data show no physical cost to a benefactor species in a facilitative plant–plant interaction

Marine protected areas are insufficient to conserve global marine plant diversity

Modelling landscape-scale occurrences of common grassland species in a topographically complex mountainous environment

Ontogenetic shifts in plant interactions vary with environmental severity and affect population structure ⬇️

Outcomes of biotic interactions are dependent on multiple environmental variables

Plant dispersal in the sub-Antarctic inferred from anisotropic genetic structure

Plants at the margin. Ecological limits and climate change

Restoration potential of invaded abandoned agricultural fields: what does the seed bank tell us?

Scale effects on the body size frequency distributions of African birds: patterns and potential mechanisms

Soil moisture's underestimated role in climate change impact modelling in low-energy systems.

Spatial overlaps between the global protected areas network and terrestrial hotspots of evolutionary diversity

Spatial variation in plant interactions across a severity gradient in the sub-Antarctic

Species-energy relationships of indigenous and invasive species may arise in different ways - a demonstration using springtails ⬇️

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

Testing for consistency in ecosystem engineering: Do cushion plants always turn up the heat?

Testing for consistency in the impacts of a burrowing ecosystem engineer on soil and vegetation characteristics across biomes

Testing species distribution models across space and time: high latitude butterflies and recent warming

Testing the role of functional trait expression in plant–plant facilitation

The Invasive Vespidae in South Africa: Potential Management Strategies and Current Status

The influence of life history characteristics on flea (Siphonaptera) species distribution models

The meso-scale drivers of temperature extremes in high-latitude Fennoscandia

The regional species richness and genetic diversity of Arctic vegetation reflect both past glaciations and current climate

Thermal biology, population fluctuations and implications of temperature extremes for the management of two globally significant insect pests

Vegetation Mediates Soil Temperature and Moisture in Arctic-Alpine Environments

Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands

Water as a resource, stress and disturbance shaping tundra vegetation