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).
The dynamics of recovering riparian vegetation along the Dwars River, Western Cape: how much intervention is needed to achieve restoration of riparian vegetation following the clearing of invasive alien trees?
There is a need to develop a plan to monitor the recovery of native vegetation following clearing operations. Such a plan should take account of realistic end-points of recovery, aspects of the ecology of native species in the areas.
Assessing the current and potential value of iNaturalist data for invasion science in South Africa
This project will aim to assess the extent to which iNaturalist observations already reflect the national-scale distribution of naturalized and invasive species in selected taxonomic groups, and to provide guidelines for how the platform could become more valuable for different purposes in the future.