Etiketargiewe DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
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Voëlringers, voëlkykers kan help met studies oor indringerspesies

Wetenskaplikes wat besig is om die verspreiding van indringervoëlspesies in Suid-Afrika te ondersoek, het geesdriftige voëlringers en voëlkykers gevra om op die uitkyk te wees vir moontlike indringerspesies in ’n poging om toekomstige verwante navorsingsprojekte van hulp te wees. Hulle het ook ’n beroep gedoen op mense wat diere en voëls wat uitheems aan Suid-Afrika is as [...]

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DrCangHui

Wiskundige ekoloog se potensiaal as navorser erken

Dr Cang Hui, ʼn navorser van die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) wat Wiskunde en Ekologie saamvoeg om die tendense en verspreiding van indringerspesies soos Europese spreeus en Argentynse miere te bestudeer, het ʼn gesogte P-gradering van die Nasionale Navorsingstigting (NNS) ontvang. Dié gradering erken Hui se potensiaal om ʼn toekomsleier op sy navorsingsgebied te word. Die [...]

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Invasive species among top three threats to the planet – new publication

Invasive species among top three threats to the planet – new publication

Invasive alien species, ranging from disease and plants, to rats and goats, are one of the top three threats to life on this planet. This is according to a new publication coordinated by the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) in which invasion biologists from the Centre for Invasion Biology took the lead.

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International Antarctic prize for Steven Chown for research on climate change, invasive species

International Antarctic prize for Steven Chown for research on climate change, invasive species

Prof Steven Chown from Stellenbosch University (SU) has been named as the inaugural recipient of the Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica worth $100 000 (about R750 000), in recognition of his outstanding work on the study of invasive alien species and the effects of climate change and human interactions in the region.

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