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SARChI Chair University of Venda

The University of Venda based South African Research Chair in Biodiversity and Change in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve is a vibrant hub for biodiversity science, training and conservation application in the Southern African Development Community – a body of established and emerging researchers, postgraduate and postdoctoral candidates. The Research Chair, co-hosted by the Centre for Invasion Biology at the University of Stellenbosch, is funded by the Department of Science and Technology and administered by the National Research Foundation.

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Publications

We publish Scientific articles, Book chapters, Popular articles, Books, Technical reports, Poster presentations.

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Bird and bat predation services in tropical forests and agroforestry landscapes

Biological Reviews 2015
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Past, present, and future distribution of Afromontane rodents (Muridae: Otomys) reflect climate-change predicted biome changes

Mammalia 2015
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Temporal changes in cranial size in South African vlei rats (Otomys): evidence for the ‘third universal response to warming’

African Zoology 2015
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Temporal Patterns of Ant Diversity across a Mountain with Climatically Contrasting Aspects in the Tropics of Africa

Plos one 2015
technical report

An assessment of the water quality and ecological status of selected rivers in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve using diatom based indices, fish biodiversity and the health status of the fish

2015
popular article

The Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, Mapungubwe Network newsletter article.

2014
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Survival rates and causes of mortality of leopards Panthera pardus in southern Africa

Oryx 2014
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Afromontane small mammals do not follow the hump-shaped rule: altitudinal variation in the Soutpansberg Mountains, South Africa.

Journal of Tropical Ecology 2015
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Effects of aspect and altitude on scorpion diversity along an environmental gradient in the Soutpansberg, South Africa.

Journal of Arid Environments 2015
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New insights into samango speciation in South Africa

PLOS ONE In press
book

Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A Biogeographic and Taxonomic synthesis.

De Gruyter 2015
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Seed dispersal by South Africa’s only forest dwelling guenon, the samango monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis).

African Journal of Wildlife Research. 2015
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A Note on the Population Structure of Leopards (Panthera pardus) in South Africa

South African Journal of Wildlife Research 2014
poster presentation

Conservation planning in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, Limpopo Province.

Symposium of Contemporary Conservation Practice 2014
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The viability assessment of Microcystis aeruginosa cells after co-culturing with Bacillus mycoides B16 using flow cytometry.

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 2014
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Changes of Bat Activity, Species Richness, Diversity and Community Composition Over an Altitudinal Gradient in the Soutpansberg Range, South Africa.

Acta Chiropterologica 2014
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The Preliminary Assessment of Anti-Microbial activity of HPLC separated components of Kirkia wilmsii.

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines. 2014
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Assessment of Heavy Metals in Municipal Sewage Sludge: A Case Study of Limpopo Province, South Africa.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2014
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Seasonal patterns of habitat use by insectivorous bats in a subtropical African agro-ecosystem dominated by macadamia orchards.

2013
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The use of the urogenital papillae of male feral African sharptooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus) as indicator of exposure to estrogenic chemicals in two polluted dams in an urban nature reserve, Gauteng, South Africa.

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2013
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