Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Author "Cilliers, S.S."
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Conservation of fragmented grasslands as part of the urban green infrastructure: how important are species diversity, functional diversity and landscape functionality?
Van der Walt, L.; Cilliers, S.S.; Du Toit, M.J.; Kellner, K. (Springer, 2015)Natural remnants, such as fragmented grasslands form an integral part of the urban green infrastructure in the Grassland biome of South Africa. Nearly 30 % of natural grasslands are transformed with only 1 % formally ... -
Landscape functionality of plant communities in the Impala Platinum mining area, Rustenburg
Van der Walt, L.; Cilliers, S.S.; Kellner, K.; Tongway, D.; Van Rensburg, L. (Elsevier, 2012)The tremendous growth of the platinum mining industry in South Africa has affected the natural environment adversely. The waste produced by platinum mineral processing is alkaline, biologically sterile and has a low ... -
To what extent does urbanisation affect fragmented grassland functioning?
Van der Walt, L.; Cilliers, S.S.; Kellner, K.; Du Toit, M.J.; Tongway, D. (Elsevier, 2015)Urbanisation creates altered environments characterised by increased human habitation, impermeable surfaces, artificial structures, landscape fragmentation, habitat loss, resulting in different resource loss pathways. The ...