Scientific Publications

Clark, V. R., Kunkel, K., O’Connor, T., Jewitt, D., Sekhele, N., & Kirkman, K. (2021). Montane rangelands in a changing world. African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 38(1), iii-vi-iii–vi. https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2021.1886434 Cite
de Deus Vidal, J., le Roux, P. C., Johnson, S. D., te Beest, M., & Clark, V. R. (2021). Beyond the Tree-Line: The C 3-C 4 “Grass-Line” Can Track Global Change in the World’s Grassy Mountain Systems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. Cite
Gordijn, P. J., & O’Connor, T. G. (2021). Multidecadal effects of fire in a grassland biodiversity hotspot: does pyrodiversity enhance plant diversity? Ecological Applications, 0(0), 1–19. Cite
Gray, B. A., Toucher, M. L., Savage, M. J., & Clulow, A. D. (2021). The potential of surface renewal for determining sensible heat flux for indigenous vegetation for a first-order montane catchment. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 1-13-1–13. Cite
Hawkins, H. J., Moradzadeh, M., Vermeire, M. L., Chikomba, F., & Wu, L. (2021). Modelling Grazing and Burning in Communal Rangelands to Help Understand Trade-offs between Production, Carbon, and Water. Cite
Shezi, T. A., O’Connor, T. G., & Witkowski, E. T. F. (2021). Impact of livestock grazing intensity on plant diversity of montane grassland in the northern Drakensberg, South Africa. African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 1-13-1–13. Cite
Smith, F. R., O’Connor, T. G., Granger, J. E., & Beaumont, A. J. (2021). Fire and the persistence, decline and extirpation of Protea roupelliae subsp. roupelliae trees in a montane grassland. African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 1-8-1–8. Cite
Starke, A. P., O’Connor, T. G., & Everson, C. S. (2021). Topo-edaphic environment and forest plantation disturbance explain patterns of grassland species richness, composition and structure in an agro-ecological landscape, Maputaland, South Africa. African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 38(3), 206-219-206–219. Cite
te Beest, M., Kleinjan, A., Tuijnman, V., Findlay, N., Mvelase, T., le Roux, E., Tedder, M., Gordijn, P., & Janse van Rensburg, S. (2021). Grass functional trait responses to experimental warming and fire in Afromontane grasslands. African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 1-14-1–14. Cite
van Deventer, H., Adams, J. B., Durand, J. F., Grobler, R., Grundling, P. L., van Rensburg, S. J., Jewitt, D., Kelbe, B., MacKay, C. F., Naidoo, L., Nel, J. L., Pretorius, L., Riddin, T., & Niekerk, L. V. (2021). Conservation conundrum – Red listing of subtropical-temperate coastal forested wetlands of South Africa. Ecological Indicators, 130, 108077–108077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108077 Cite
Vermeire, M-L and Thoresen, J and Lennard, K and Vikram, S and Kirkman, K and Swemmer, AM and Te Beest, M and Siebert, F and Gordijn, P and Venter, Z and Brunel, C. and Wolfaard, G. and Krumins, J.A. and Cramer, M.D. and Hawkins, H.-J. (2021). Fire and herbivory drive fungal and bacterial communities through distinct above-and belowground mechanisms. 785. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147189 Cite

Morris, C. D., Everson, C. S., Everson, T. M., & Gordijn, P. J. (2020). Frequent burning maintained a stable grassland over four decades in the Drakensberg, South Africa. African Journal of Range and Forage Science, 1–14. Cite
Ramjeawon, M., Demlie, M., Toucher, M. L., & van Rensburg, S. J. (2020). Analysis of three decades of land cover changes in the Maputaland Coastal Plain, South Africa. Koedoe, 62(1), 12. Cite
Starke, A. P., Geldenhuys, C. J., O’Connor, T. G., & Everson, C. S. (2020). Forest and woodland expansion into forestry plantations informs screening for native agroforestry species, Maputaland South Africa. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods, 29(1), 1-15-1–15. Cite
Starke, A., O’Connor, T., & Everson, C. S. (2020). Topo-edaphic environment and forestry plantation disturbance affect the distribution of grassland forage and non-forage resources, Maputaland, South Africa. African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 1–11. Cite
Vather, T., Everson, C. S., & Franz, T. E. (2020). The applicability of the cosmic ray neutron sensor to simultaneously monitor soil water content and biomass in an Acacia mearnsii Forest. Hydrology, 7(3), 48–48. Cite

Gray, B., & Toucher, M. (2019). Rain gauge accuracy at a high-altitude meteorological station in Cathedral Peak. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 24(2), 04018064. Cite
Patel, T., O’Connor, T., Parrini, F., & Krüger, S. (2019). Common eland (Tragelaphus oryx) population trends in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park and surrounds, South Africa, between 1942 and 2018. African Journal of Wildlife Research, 49(1), 121–136. Cite
Van Rensburg, S. J., & Van Rensburg, S. J. (2019). Esophageal squamous cell cancer susceptibility: Environmental and nutritional associations reveal a universally applicable pathogenesis scenario. World Academy of Sciences Journal, 1(5), 219-228-219–228. Cite
Vather, T., Everson, C., & Franz, T. E. (2019). Calibration and validation of the cosmic ray neutron rover for soil water mapping within two South African land classes. Hydrology, 6(3), 65–65. Cite

Aduah, M. S., Jewitt, G. P. W., & Toucher, M. L. W. (2018). Assessing impacts of land use changes on the hydrology of a lowland rainforest catchment in Ghana, West Africa. Water, 10(1), 9–9. Cite
Gordijn, P. J., Everson, T. M., & O’Connor, T. G. (2018). Resistance of Drakensberg grasslands to compositional change depends on the influence of fire-return interval and grassland structure on richness and spatial turnover. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 34. Cite
Vather, T., Everson, C., Mengistu, M., & Franz, T. (2018). Cosmic ray neutrons provide an innovative technique for estimating intermediate scale soil moisture. South African Journal of Science, 114(7–8), 79-87-79–87. Cite

Smith, F. R., & Granger, J. E. (2017). Survival and life expectancy of the tree Protea roupelliae subsp. roupelliae in a montane grassland savanna: effects of fire regime and plant structure. Austral Ecology, 42(4), 422-432-422–432. Cite

Everson, C. S., & Everson, T. (2016). The long-term effects of fire regime on primary production of montane grasslands in South Africa. African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 33(1), 33–41. https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2015.1124922 Cite
Morris, F., Toucher, M. W., Clulow, A., Kusangaya, S., Morris, C., & Bulcock, H. (2016). Improving the understanding of rainfall distribution and characterisation in the Cathedral Peak catchments using a geo-statistical technique. Water SA, 42, 684–693. http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1816-79502016000400019&nrm=iso Cite

Gordijn, P. J., & Ward, D. (2014). Fire can suppress the development of macrophyllous thickets. African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 31(2), 147–160. Cite

Beale, C. M., van Rensberg, S., Bond, W. J., Coughenour, M., Fynn, R., Gaylard, A., Grant, R., Harris, B., Jones, T., Mduma, S., & others. (2013). Ten lessons for the conservation of African savannah ecosystems. Biological Conservation, 167, 224-232-224–232. Cite