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Read more about the article A new direction for acoustic monitoring
An acoustic array at the study site in Table Mountain National Park. (Photo Credit: John Measey).
2016 / News

A new direction for acoustic monitoring

A new paper, recently published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, provides a method for acoustic monitoring that calculates the area listened to, by an array of microphones. C·I·B senior researcher, John Measey, and colleagues from the University of Cape Town and the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, used microphones to monitor the Cape peninsula moss frog (Arthroleptella lightfooti) in Table Mountain National Park, South Africa.

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5 December 2016
Read more about the article Water hyacinth as a potential agent for phytoremediation
Solomon measuring the removal of metal salts from water by the invasive weed, water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) (Photo credit: Solomon Newete)
2016 / News

Water hyacinth as a potential agent for phytoremediation

C·I·B researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand recently demonstrated that the invasive aquatic weed, water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), can be used to remove metal pollutants from water.

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28 November 2016
Read more about the article C·I·B study explores the role of heat treatment in active restoration of Fynbos
C·I·B student Stuart Hall monitoring the germination performance of seeds at research sites at Blaauwberg Nature Reserve (Photo credit: Dale Slabbert)
2016 / News

C·I·B study explores the role of heat treatment in active restoration of Fynbos

A recent paper by C·I·B student, Stuart Hall, found that heat pre-treatment of seeds can improve restoration efforts in fynbos ecosystems that were cleared of invasive alien tree species.

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22 November 2016
Read more about the article Ant colour and body size respond strongly to the environment
Tom Bishop and senior author Catherine Parr looking for ants in the Maloti-Drakensberg (Photo credit: Catherine Parr)
2016 / News

Ant colour and body size respond strongly to the environment

A recent study by C·I·B post-doctoral fellow, Tom Bishop and colleagues has shown that the relative abundances of ants is strongly related to their thermoregulatory traits.

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16 November 2016
Read more about the article Fynbos, fire and springtails
Examples of springtails (Collembola) from the Western Cape, South Africa (Photo credit: Charlene Janion-Scheepers)
2016 / News

Fynbos, fire and springtails

A recent publication by C·I·B research associates has shown that springtails (Collembola) are able to withstand (resistant) and recover (resilient) from fires in Fynbos ecosystems.

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7 November 2016