Invasive species in protected areas: Understanding pathways of introduction to Table Mountain National Park
Invasive species in protected areas: Understanding pathways of introduction to Table Mountain National Park
Biological Invasions in protected areas: Recreational users as introduction pathways into Table Mountain National Park
Biological Invasions in protected areas: Recreational users as introduction pathways into Table Mountain National Park
Teaming up for success: the role of social behaviour in the spread of invasive Guttural Toads
This research aims to compare the social behaviour, and associated the biological implications, between native and invasive populations of the guttural toad, Sclerophrys gutturalis. Our goal is to gain a deeper understand of how sociality may have promoted their invasive success.
Determining realistic restoration goals for riparian vegetation in a social-ecological landscape context: Case Study Dwars River, Western Cape
This MSc will aim to determine how best to integrate diverse (and often opposing) ecological and social goals in developing a rigorous landscape/catchment scale restoration plan. The context is the Dwars River, Western Cape, within a significantly altered and human-occupied catchment.
Developing and testing tools for analysing risks of biological invasions
There have been major developments recently towards an international standard system for reporting the impacts of biological invasions, but these are yet to be implemented or integrated with risk analyses. In particular, a framework for the listing of alien taxa under regulations has recently been developed for South Africa.