{"id":15533,"date":"2023-11-13T12:58:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T10:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grootbosfoundation.org\/?page_id=15533"},"modified":"2026-01-19T13:49:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:49:35","slug":"research-at-gec","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grootbosfoundation.org\/de\/research-at-gec\/","title":{"rendered":"Research at GEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"> \n#cmsmasters_row_6a62062aea08a7_92097801 .cmsmasters_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-top: 0px; \n} \n\n#cmsmasters_row_6a62062aea08a7_92097801 .cmsmasters_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-bottom: 25px; \n} \n\n \n#cmsmasters_heading_6a62062aea68c0_42100638 { \n\ttext-align:center; \n\tmargin-top:20px; \n\tmargin-bottom:20px; \n} \n\n#cmsmasters_heading_6a62062aea68c0_42100638 .cmsmasters_heading { \n\ttext-align:center; \n} \n\n#cmsmasters_heading_6a62062aea68c0_42100638 .cmsmasters_heading, #cmsmasters_heading_6a62062aea68c0_42100638 .cmsmasters_heading a { \n\tfont-weight:normal; \n\tfont-style:normal; \n} \n\n#cmsmasters_heading_6a62062aea68c0_42100638 .cmsmasters_heading_divider { \n} \n\n \n#cmsmasters_row_6a62062aea91d4_81652146 .cmsmasters_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-top: 0px; \n} \n\n#cmsmasters_row_6a62062aea91d4_81652146 .cmsmasters_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-bottom: 50px; \n} \n\n \n#cmsmasters_row_6a62062aed1390_60519837 .cmsmasters_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-top: 0px; \n} \n\n#cmsmasters_row_6a62062aed1390_60519837 .cmsmasters_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-bottom: 50px; \n} \n\n \n#cmsmasters_heading_6a62062aedcb41_11604460 { \n\ttext-align:left; \n\tmargin-top:0px; \n\tmargin-bottom:20px; \n} \n\n#cmsmasters_heading_6a62062aedcb41_11604460 .cmsmasters_heading { \n\ttext-align:left; \n} \n\n#cmsmasters_heading_6a62062aedcb41_11604460 .cmsmasters_heading, #cmsmasters_heading_6a62062aedcb41_11604460 .cmsmasters_heading a { \n\tfont-weight:normal; \n\tfont-style:normal; \n} \n\n#cmsmasters_heading_6a62062aedcb41_11604460 .cmsmasters_heading_divider { \n} \n\n<\/style><div id=\"cmsmasters_row_6a62062aea08a7_92097801\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_heading_6a62062aea68c0_42100638\" class=\"cmsmasters_heading_wrap cmsmasters_heading_align_center\">\n\t<h1 class=\"cmsmasters_heading\">Research at GEC<\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Grootbos Environmental Centre was launched after 25 years of conservation action within the Agulhas\u00a0 Plain, to create a platform for researchers and students to study and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appreciate the unique Cape Floristic Region. This helps us to reach our goals of sharing and contributing to conservation knowledge and to protect our local environment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read below for examples and summaries of the research which has been conducted at the GEC. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/grootbosfoundation.org\/de\/grootbos-environmental-centre\/\">here<\/a> to return to the GEC Homepage<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_6a62062aea91d4_81652146\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_half\">\n<div class=\"aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_img  cmsmasters_image_c with_caption\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grootbosfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Afromontane_Danielle-sampling-WVK_PS_IMG_0448-2-683x1024.jpg\" \/>\n<p class=\"cmsmasters_img_caption\">Lichen Surveys<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_half\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggles toggles_mode_accordion\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_wrap\" data-tags=\"all \">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_title\">\n<span class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_plus cmsmasters-icon-angle-down\">\n<\/span>\n<a href=\"#\">Anti-cancer and antimicrobial properties of fynbos plants<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_inner\">\n<div>\n<p>The Vuyo Lab, based at Stellenbosch University, is named after its founder, Dr. Vuyo Mavumengwana who is a biochemist passionate about using natural products to fight disease. He believes that the plants, bacteria and fungi of the Fynbos ecosystem have the potential to yield new and effective drugs for diseases like breast cancer, brain cancer and tuberculosis. Recently, the Vuyo Lab made some exciting discoveries from Fynbos plants sampled at the Grootbos Nature Reserve. They identified four plants, <em>Eriocephalus racemosa, Erica glabella, Hippia frutescens<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Salvia africana-lutea<\/em>, which contain a variety of bioactive compounds that kill breast cancer cells. These four plants are therefore potential candidates for drug development.\u00a0Besides anticancer projects, other projects in the Vuyo Lab include evaluating Fynbos plants for anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities for the discovery of new tuberculosis drugs.\u00a0The Vuyo Lab welcomes all forms of collaboration that will facilitate the discovery of effective pharmaceutical agents using natural products.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Collaborators: Dr Vuyo Mavumengwana, Dr Kudzanai Tapfuma, Dr Lucinda Baatjies, Dr Lauren Julius, Mr Francis Adu-Amankwaah, Paula Strauss<\/div>\n<div>Institutions: Stellenbosch University (Tygerberg), Grootbos Foundation<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_wrap\" data-tags=\"all \">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_title\">\n<span class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_plus cmsmasters-icon-angle-down\">\n<\/span>\n<a href=\"#\">Lichen surveys of Grootbos Nature Reserve<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_inner\">\n<div>\n<p>Lichens are classically recognised as a symbiotic association between a fungus and algae and\/or cyanobacterium. However, recent research shows even more constituents in this community, including bacteria, yeasts and other micro-organisms. Lichens play important roles in ecosystems, such as serving as a food source and nesting material for animals. Lichens lack root systems, taking their nutrients and water directly from the air \u2013 this makes them valuable bio-indicators of air quality. However, given their size and cryptic nature, very little work has been done to explore the diversity of the lichens in South Africa. During the autumn of 2023, a group of national and international botanists, geo-botanists and lichenologists visited Grootbos to conduct the first lichen survey for the Reserve. The project aimed to gain preliminary insights into the unknown lichen diversity present on Grootbos. Four different habitat types were surveyed: Afromontane forest, Milkwood forest, Overberg Limestone Fynbos rocky outcrops and Overberg Sandstone fynbos rocky outcrops. From this survey, the lichenologists identified 85 lichen morphospecies, including probable undescribed species, and the total number of species present on the reserve is expected to be much higher. We hope this marks the start of amazing discoveries and further research into the lichen diversity of Agulhas Plain and beyond!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Collaborators: Dr Alan Fryday, Ms Danielle Ward, Prof Nishi Rajakaruna, Dr Sutapa Adhikari, Dr Madeleen Struwig, Paula Strauss<\/div>\n<div>Institutions: Michigan State University, North West University, Grootbos Foundation<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_wrap\" data-tags=\"all \">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_title\">\n<span class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_plus cmsmasters-icon-angle-down\">\n<\/span>\n<a href=\"#\">Assessing nectar competition between honeybees and wild pollinators<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_inner\">\n<div>\n<p>The honeybee has been introduced to ecosystems on every continent except Antarctica for pollination and honey production. It\u2019s well known however that honeybees have the potential to compete with native wild pollinators for food.\u00a0Within the Western Cape, beekeepers are often prevented from placing hives within National Parks due to concern over competition with wild pollinators,\u00a0however the carrying capacity of Fynbos habitats for beekeeping remains largely unknown.\u00a0Given the economic and ecological value of both managed honeybees and wild pollinators,\u00a0there is an urgent need to better understand the interactions between honeybees and the other pollinators to minimise any adverse impacts on local biodiversity. To this end, researchers from the University of Bristol are using landscape nectar supply and insect biomass data to determine the carrying capacity of Fynbos types on Grootbos for apiculture<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Collaborators: Ms Maisie Brett, Prof Jane Memmott, Paula Strauss<\/div>\n<div>Institutions: Bristol University, Grootbos Foundation<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_wrap\" data-tags=\"all \">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_title\">\n<span class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_plus cmsmasters-icon-angle-down\">\n<\/span>\n<a href=\"#\">Taxonomic description and elucidation of the biology of a new Darwin parasitoid wasp (Xorides, Ichneumonidae, Hymenoptera) from Grootbos<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_inner\">\n<p>Since 2018, Iziko entomologist Simon van Noort has been conducting long-term continuous insect inventory surveys at Grootbos using a variety of collecting methods, including Malaise traps, yellow pan traps, pitfall traps, yellow funnel traps, Winkler bag extraction of sifted leaf litter and UV light traps. As part of these surveys three specimens of a new species of a rare Darwin parasitoid wasp in the genus Xorides have been collected. These specimens have emanated from the sorting and identification of the thousands of wasp specimens obtained during these surveys. This new species is so far only known from Grootbos. Together with previous Iziko post-doc and now ARC entomologist, Terry Reynolds, Simon will describe and name the species after Michael Lutzeyer in recognition of his immense conservation efforts. With assistance of Iziko post-doc Mikhaila Gordon and Grootbos entomologist Paula Strauss they will also attempt to figure out the biology and evolutionary relationships of the species. Xorides species are known to be parasitoids of the larvae of wood-boring insects (beetles or moths in the southern Hemisphere). The female parasitoid wasp lays her egg into the grub (larva) of the host insect and on hatching her larva devours the body contents of the host larva eventually pupating and subsequently emerging as an adult wasp.<\/p>\n<p>Collaborators: Dr. Simon van Noort, Dr. Terry Reynolds, Dr Mikhaila Gordon, Paula Strauss<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_6a62062aed1390_60519837\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_heading_6a62062aedcb41_11604460\" class=\"cmsmasters_heading_wrap cmsmasters_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h3 class=\"cmsmasters_heading\">Publications<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_tabs tabs_mode_tab\">\n<ul class=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list\">\n<li id=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item_6a62062aee626\" class=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item current_tab\">\n<a href=\"#\">\n<span>Recent<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/li><li id=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item_6a62062b00ea4\" class=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item\">\n<a href=\"#\">\n<span>2021<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/li><li id=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item_6a62062b0131b\" class=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item\">\n<a href=\"#\">\n<span>2020<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/li><li id=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item_6a62062b02791\" class=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item\">\n<a href=\"#\">\n<span>2019<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/li><li id=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item_6a62062b02bd3\" class=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item\">\n<a href=\"#\">\n<span>2014<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/li><li id=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item_6a62062b03016\" class=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item\">\n<a href=\"#\">\n<span>2012<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/li><li id=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item_6a62062b03495\" class=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item\">\n<a href=\"#\">\n<span>2011<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/li><li id=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item_6a62062b04483\" class=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item\">\n<a href=\"#\">\n<span>2009<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/li><li id=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item_6a62062b05548\" class=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item\">\n<a href=\"#\">\n<span>2008<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/li><li id=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item_6a62062b05992\" class=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item\">\n<a href=\"#\">\n<span>2007<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/li><li id=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item_6a62062b06973\" class=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item\">\n<a href=\"#\">\n<span>2002<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/li><li id=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item_6a62062b06db2\" class=\"cmsmasters_tabs_list_item\">\n<a href=\"#\">\n<span>2001<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_tabs_wrap\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_tab_6a62062aee626\" class=\"cmsmasters_tab active_tab\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_tab_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggles toggles_mode_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_wrap\" data-tags=\"all \">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_title\">\n<span class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_plus cmsmasters-icon-angle-down\">\n<\/span>\n<a href=\"#\">The genus Caeruleum (Lichinomycetes, incertae sedis): A new species from South Africa and a preliminary revision of the genus in North America.<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fryday, A., D\u00edaz\u2011Escand\u00f3n, D., Thai, T., Spribille, T., Ward, D.A., Adhikari, S., Strauss, P. 2025. The genus <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caeruleum <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Lichinomycetes, incertae sedis): A new species from South Africa and a preliminary revision of the genus in North America. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mycological Progress<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11557-025-02054-7\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11557-025-02054-7<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_wrap\" data-tags=\"all \">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_title\">\n<span class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_plus cmsmasters-icon-angle-down\">\n<\/span>\n<a href=\"#\">Note: Herald Snake Reproduction<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Van Wyk, K.M. 2025. Colubridae <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Laurenti, 1768) Herald Snake Reproduction. Natural History Notes. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">African Herp News ISSN 1017-6187<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_wrap\" data-tags=\"all \">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_title\">\n<span class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_plus cmsmasters-icon-angle-down\">\n<\/span>\n<a href=\"#\">Note: Marbled Leaf-toed Gecko Haematophagy by Dipteran<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Van Wyk, K.M. 2025. Gekkonidae <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afrogecko porphyreus <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Daudin, 1802) Marbled Leaf-toed Gecko Haematophagy by Dipteran<\/span><b>. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Natural History Notes. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">African Herp News ISSN 1017-6187<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_toggles toggles_mode_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_wrap\" data-tags=\"all \">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_title\">\n<span class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_plus cmsmasters-icon-angle-down\">\n<\/span>\n<a href=\"#\">Leopard dispersal across a fragmented landscape in the Western Cape, South Africa.<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wilkinson, A., Fabricius, M., Brink, E., Garbett, R., Hahndiek, E., &amp; Williams, K. S. 2024. Leopard dispersal across a fragmented landscape in the Western Cape, South Africa. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">African Journal of Ecology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Volume 62, e13284. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/aje.13284\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/aje.13284<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_toggles toggles_mode_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_wrap\" data-tags=\"all \">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_title\">\n<span class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_plus cmsmasters-icon-angle-down\">\n<\/span>\n<a href=\"#\">Natural History Notes: Bufonidae: Sclerophrys pantherina (Smith, 1828) \u2013 Western Leopard Toad<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_inner\">\n<p>van Wyk, K.M. 2024.\u00a0Natural History Notes: Bufonidae: Sclerophrys pantherina (Smith, 1828) \u2013 Western Leopard Toad: Interspecific Amplexus.\u00a0<i>African Herp News<\/i>, Volume 84, p. 29-33. ISSN 1017-6187<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_toggles toggles_mode_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_wrap\" data-tags=\"all \">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_title\">\n<span class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_plus cmsmasters-icon-angle-down\">\n<\/span>\n<a href=\"#\">Spillover effects from invasive Acacia alter the plant\u2013pollinator networks and seed production of native plants.<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brett M. F., Strauss P., van Wyk K, Vaughan I. P., Memmott J. 2024. Spillover effects from invasive Acacia alter the plant\u2013pollinator networks and seed production of native plants. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Royal Society <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">291: 20232941. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2023.2941\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2023.2941<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_wrap\" data-tags=\"all \">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_title\">\n<span class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_plus cmsmasters-icon-angle-down\">\n<\/span>\n<a href=\"#\">Sample design in biodiversity studies matters: a fine-scale study of Lawrence\u2019s velvet worm, Peripatopsis lawrencei (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae), reveals hidden diversity.<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nieto Lawrence, J.A., Daniels, S.R. 2024. Sample design in biodiversity studies matters: a fine-scale study of Lawrence\u2019s velvet worm, Peripatopsis lawrencei (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae), reveals hidden diversity. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Invertebrate Systematics, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Volume 38 IS23051 DOI:<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1071\/IS23051\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1071\/IS23051<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_wrap\" data-tags=\"all \">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_title\">\n<span class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_plus cmsmasters-icon-angle-down\">\n<\/span>\n<a href=\"#\">A paleoecological context for forest distribution and restoration in Grootbos Nature Reserve, Agulhas Plain, South Africa.<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pader, S., Gillson, L., Strauss, P., Privett, S.D.J., Hoffman, M.T. 2024. A paleoecological context for forest distribution and restoration in Grootbos Nature Reserve, Agulhas Plain, South Africa. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frontiers in Conservation Science<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, section Plant Conservation. Volume 5<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fcosc.2024.1357711\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fcosc.2024.1357711<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_toggles toggles_mode_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_wrap\" data-tags=\"all \">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_title\">\n<span class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_plus cmsmasters-icon-angle-down\">\n<\/span>\n<a href=\"#\">The vegetation of Holocene coastal dunes of the Cape south coast, South Africa.<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cowling, R. M.,\u00a0 Cawthra, H., Privett, S., Grobler, B. A.\u00a0 2023. The vegetation of Holocene coastal dunes of the Cape south coast, South Africa. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PeerJ. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.7717\/peerj.16427\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI.org\/10.7717\/peerj.16427<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_wrap\" data-tags=\"all \">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_title\">\n<span class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_plus cmsmasters-icon-angle-down\">\n<\/span>\n<a href=\"#\">From Local Initiatives to Coalitions for an Effective Agroecology Strategy: Lessons from South Africa.<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_toggle_inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greenberg, S., Drimie, S., Losch, B., May, J. 2023. 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