Optimising management of invasions in South African protected areas
Optimising management of invasions in South African protected areas
Synthesizing evolutionary and ecological responses to climate change
The project will focus on large datasets relating to insects, and their intra-specific trait variation in time and space, to test how organisms’ phenotypes are shaped by their environment, informing how rapidly they may respond to future climate change.
A traits-based approach to assessing potential climate change responses of alien species in Table Mountain and Reunion Island National Parks
This project will develop and apply a trait-based approach to assessing the potential responses of alien species to climate change.
Using citizen-science to understand drivers of urban biological invasions
As hubs of human activity, urban areas experience a greater influx of non-native species introductions (accidental and ntentional) than rural or natural areas (Rebele 1994).
Determining the potential of invasive insects to respond to climate change
Invasive insects are an increasing threat to native diversity but the question of how well they will perform in face of climate change remains unexplored. In particular, the knowledge of their adaptive evolutionary trait change in response to climate change is limited. This line of enquiry poses several known challenges...