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Monday 16:15 (Hall 1)
| Lindie Smith-Adao et al. |
Flood hazards in a changing world: Challenges and opportunities in the Garden Route, South Africa |
| Catarina Sequeira et al. (presented by Conceição Colaço) |
Use of UAVs in prescribed burnings and mop-up operations in Portugal |
| Charlie Schrader-Patton et al. |
Developing a biomass time-series data stack for southern California chaparral shrublands |
| Charlie Schrader-Patton et al. |
Post-fire biomass recovery and drought in southern California chaparral shrublands |
| Emma Underwood et al. |
Estimating the Impacts of Wildfire on Ecosystem Services in Southern California |
| Alvaro Salazar et al. |
Unrevealing the ecoclimatological changes of the ecosystems of Central Chile: are they drying out? |
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| Julia Gegunde et al. |
Fitness benefits of fire-stimulated flowering in Mediterranean geophytes |
| Maya A Zomer et al. |
Intraspecific variability in post-fire regeneration traits across a climate gradient |
| Korina Ocampo-Zuleta et al. |
AFIRE database: How much do we know about Mediterranean ecosystems plant flammability? |
| Alastair Potts |
High temporal resolution repeat photography for vegetation field observations: what can we learn about the dune fynbos-thicket mosaic from >2 years’ worth of hourly photos? |
| Alexandria Thomsen et al. |
SHIFTING FIRE SEASON: WHO HAS IT WORSE RESPROUTERS, OR OBLIGATE SEEDERS? |
| Michael Vasey et al. |
Reproductive phenological shifts in Mediterranean-Type Climate Arbutoideae (Ericaceae) in the context of drought, seed predation, and fire in western North America |
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| D Van der Colff et al. |
Revisiting Protea Atlas Project plots in the Agulhas Plain, South Africa: Has invasions changed things? |
| Matthys Strydom et al. |
Invasive Australian Acacia biological control success: Fact or fiction? |
| Pride Mudavanhu |
A report back on the efficacy of biological control for the management of alien invasive acacias in South Africa. |
| Thembelihle Mlokoti |
Aristaea thalassias, a biological control agent of Leptospermum laevigatum¬: why impacts of the agent are considered negligible |
| Debbie Muir |
Hierarchy of Control and GHS: How to choose the correct pesticide to use in local conditions |
| Deon Rossouw / Andrew Turner |
Quantifying the impact and effectiveness of bark spot spray application of herbicide by helicopter on invasive alien pine trees and its non-target effect to indigenous vegetation |
| Tshepiso Mafole et al. |
The effects of shifting rainfall seasonality on C4 grass establishment in winter-rainfall regions |
| Aileen Anderson & Ricardo Januarie |
Restoring rivers through alien clearing, a success story from Grootvadersbosch |
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| Hugh D Safford |
Prioritization tools for post-fire restoration in Mediterranean-type ecosystems in California |
| Duduzile Ngwenya |
Circumventing prescribed burns to scale up ecological restoration in South African fynbos |
| P M L Anderson |
Restoration Interventions in Peninsula Shale Renosterveld: Eight Years On |
| Tevan Lehman et al. |
Exploring the concept of applied nucleation as a restoration tool in a previously invaded Mediterranean climate vegetation type |
| Landi Retief et al. |
Ecological restoration after prescribed burning and topsoil translocation: assessing the success and cost-effectiveness of various restoration treatments in South African Fynbos |
| Monique Van Zitters et al. |
Is Active Rehabilitation Necessary in Transformed Riparian Ecosystems, or Can We Rely on Spontaneous Succession? Rehabilitation Initiatives in the Berg and Breede Catchments, Western Cape. |
| Georgina van Biljon |
Monitoring active riparian restoration sites in the Berg & Breede River Catchment, Western Cape, South Africa. |
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[av_toggle title='THEMATIC SESSION: Biodiversity & species interactions. Wednesday 09h30-10h42 (Hall 1)' tags='' av_uid='av-2yup30']
| Philip Ladd, Emily Eakin-Busher |
Development of a facultative brood pollination system in Thysanotus (Asparagaceae) |
| Carmelo Gómez-Martínez et al. |
Diet adjustment along local and landscape gradients of resource diversity |
| Amparo Lázaro, Carmelo Gómez-Martínez, Miguel A. González-Estévez and Manuel Hidalgo |
Portfolio effect and asynchrony as drivers of stability in plant–pollinator communities along a gradient of landscape heterogeneity |
| Blanca Arroyo-Correa et al. |
Inter-individual plant variation in pollinator use shapes community-level pollination networks |
| Álvaro Pérez-Gómez et al. |
How does artificial afforestation affect pollinator diversity and plant-pollinator networks of the herriza? |
| Susana Gómez-González et al. |
Seed dormancy decay in an endemic pyrophyte driven by anthropogenic disturbance |
| Violeta I. Simón-Porcar et al. (presented by Juan Arroyo) |
Direct evidence supporting Darwin's hypothesis of cross-pollination promoted by sex organ reciprocity in a Mediterranean daffodil |
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| Lola Álvarez-Ruiz et al. |
Long Paper: 12 mins |
In Person |
Fire-prone animals: adaptive responses in lizards |
| Andrew Turner et al. |
Long Paper: 12 mins |
In Person |
The Rough Moss frog Story |
| Jeanne Tarrant et al. |
Long Paper: 12 mins |
In Person |
Protecting the unique and threatened frogs of the Western Cape |
| Ruth-Mary Fisher et al. |
Long Paper: 12 mins |
In Person |
The spatial and temporal distribution of soil hydrophobicity in Agulhas National Park, South Africa |
| Susana Paula et al. |
Long Paper: 12 mins |
In Person |
Soil fertility drives fire activity across Mediterranean climate-type ecosystems |
| Ismail Ebrahim, Victoria Wilman |
Long Paper: 12 mins |
In Person |
Saving the Critically Endangered Autumn Aster |
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[av_toggle title='THEMATIC SESSION: Demography, population dynamics and biogeography of MTE’s. Thursday. 11H30-12H30 (Hall1)' tags='' av_uid='av-4sr618']
| Andrew Turner |
Lessons from 18 years of frog population monitoring in the fynbos |
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| Ana Sofia Nunes do Carmo Águas et al. |
Eucalyptus globulus Labill. regeneration from seeds in Portugal's mainland |
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| Felipe Domínguez Lozano et al. |
Using natural populations to assess plant reintroduction success: an example with a long-lived endangered shrub |
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| Andreas L.S. Meyer |
Potential impacts of temperature overshoot pathways on the fauna of Mediterranean-type ecosystems |
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| Nancy Job |
The South African Biodiversity Data Pipeline for Wetlands and Waterbirds (BIRDIE) |
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[av_toggle title='THEMATIC SESSION: MTE conservation needs and actions. Thursday 11H30-12H30 (Hall 2)' tags='' av_uid='av-7qvom4']
| Melissa Whitecross et al. (presented by Sarah Hulley) |
Recognising, Assessing & Reporting OECMs in the Western Cape |
| Evan Meyer et al. |
California Plant Resuce: A network for ex situ conservation in California |
| Rut Sánchez de Dios, Felipe Domínguez Lozano |
Biogeography of a plant threat: herbivory |
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| Kerry Maree and Carla Wood |
The Table Mountain Fund: A fund dedicated to the conservation of the Cape Floristic Region |
| Donovan Kirkwood |
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden: strategy of an academic botanical garden in a biodiversity hotspot |
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[av_toggle title='THEMATIC SESSION: Biodiversity & species interactions. Thursday. 09H30-11H10 (Hall 2)' tags='' av_uid='av-2cbfu4']
| Christopher Janousek et al. |
Plant diversity and composition in tidal wetlands across a Mediterranean to maritime climate gradient on the west coast of the United States |
| Ismail Ebrahim, Mashudu Nndanuduleni |
Hand pollination of Sorocephalus imbricatus: Does it improve seed set? |
| Allan Ellis |
Fly pollinators as drivers of floral diversification of mass flowering Cape daisies |
| Arjan Engelen, Allan Ellis |
FLORAL DIVERGENCE OF MASS-FLOWERING DIMORPHOTHECA PLUVIALIS-SINUATA (ASTERACEAE): A CONSEQUENCE OF POLLINATOR SHIFTS OR ADAPTIVE WANDERING? |
| Zafar Monier et al. |
Diploid and tetraploid cytotypes of the flagship Cape species Dicerothamnus rhinocerotis (Asteraceae): variation in distribution, ecological niche and morphology in an environmentally extremely heterogeneous region |
| Mabano Amani et al. |
The drawdown phase of dam decommissioning is a hot moment of gaseous carbon emissions from a temperate reservoir |
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[av_toggle title='THEMATIC SESSION: Ecophysiology and Functional traits - functioning and resilience of MTEs Thursday 16H35-17H47 (Hall 1) ' tags='' av_uid='av-4nw9qk']
| Samson BM Chimphango et al. |
Potential germplasm for legume forage domestication from the Mediterranean Fynbos biome of South Africa |
| Dunja MacAlister & Samson BM Chimphango |
Growth and physiological responses of rooibos (Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.) R. Dahlgren) to heat and drought stress |
| Robert Skelton et al. |
Hydraulic safety margins in mountain fynbos communities: how close are they to the edge? |
| Adam West, Rob Skelton and Todd Dawson |
Sap flow versus snapshot? Revealing the intricacies of mountain fynbos responses to seasonal drought |
| Miranda Alejandro et al. (presented by Susana Gomez Gonzalez) |
Widespread, synchronous decline of Mediterranean-type forest driven by accelerated aridity |
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| Samson BM Chimphango et al. |
Potential germplasm for legume forage domestication from the Mediterranean Fynbos biome of South Africa |
| Dunja MacAlister & Samson BM Chimphango |
Growth and physiological responses of rooibos (Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.) R. Dahlgren) to heat and drought stress |
| Robert Skelton et al. |
Hydraulic safety margins in mountain fynbos communities: how close are they to the edge? |
| Adam West, Rob Skelton and Todd Dawson |
Sap flow versus snapshot? Revealing the intricacies of mountain fynbos responses to seasonal drought |
| Miranda Alejandro et al. (presented by Susana Gomez Gonzalez) |
Widespread, synchronous decline of Mediterranean-type forest driven by accelerated aridity |
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[av_toggle title='THEMATIC SESSION: Current biodiversity conservation challenges for a shifting future - habitat restoration and fragmentation Friday. 11H10-12H10 (Hall 1)' tags='' av_uid='av-336ing']
| Sjirk Geerts et al. |
A framework to guide stepping-stone corridors by citizens for ecosystem function: Rehabilitation to connect urban conservation areas in Cape Town South Africa |
| Ceinwen Smith |
People, Plants and Pollinators - Community Conservation on the Cape Flats |
| Stuart Hall et al. |
Using mitigation resulting from environmental impact assessments as a tool to strengthen conservation of threatened species and habitats in the lowlands of the Cape Floristic Region. |
| Robert McDowell |
The Perils & Positives of Planting Indigenous..? |
| Irene Repeto-Deudero et al. |
Effects of afforestation of tree-less habitats on the productivity of neighbouring cork oak woodlands |
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