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Alastair J Potts

Summary

I am interested in many aspects of South African œcology, including palaeovegetation distributions, plant phylogeography, drivers of biome boundaries and Albany Subtropical Thicket œcology (e.g. physiology, seed dispersal and restoration). I also spend time exploring the interface between phylogenetic trees and networks, as evolution is often poorly described using a bifurcating tree.

Biogeography Ecology Evolutionary Studies Plant Science

Work details

Senior Lecturer

Nelson Mandela University

Botany Department

To conduct research and teaching

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PeerJ Contributions

January 31, 2017

Catchments catch all in South African coastal lowlands: topography and palaeoclimate restricted gene flow in Nymania capensis (Meliaceae)—a multilocus phylogeographic and distribution modelling approach

187 downloads

623 views

Alastair J. Potts

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2965 PubMed 28168122

February 18, 2016

Seasonal availability of edible underground and aboveground carbohydrate resources to human foragers on the Cape south coast, South Africa

4 citations

403 downloads

1,947 views

Jan C. De Vynck, Richard M. Cowling, Alastair J. Potts, Curtis W. Marean

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1679 PubMed 26925319

October 8, 2016 - Version: 1

Catchments catch all in South African coastal lowlands: multilocus phylogeography and distribution modelling of Nymania capensis (Meliaceae) reveal topographic and palaeoclimatic connectivity constraints

77 downloads

327 views

Alastair J Potts

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2506v1

May 18, 2016 - Version: 1

Intertwining phylogenetic trees and networks

324 downloads

466 views

Klaus Schliep, Alastair Alastair Potts, David A Morrison, Guido W Grimm

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2054v1

December 8, 2015 - Version: 1

Foraging potential of underground storage organ plants in the southern Cape, South Africa

206 downloads

393 views

Elzanne Singels, Alastair J Potts, Karen J Esler, Richard M Cowling, Curtis W Marean, Jan C De Vynck

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1573v1

September 18, 2015 - Version: 1

Seasonal availability of edible underground and aboveground carbohydrate resources to human foragers on the Cape south coast, South Africa

245 downloads

534 views

Jan C De Vynck, Richard M Cowling, Alastair J Potts, Curtis W Marean

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1379v1

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July 19, 2018

A novel approach to study the morphology and chemistry of pollen in a phylogenetic context, applied to the halophytic taxon Nitraria L.(Nitrariaceae)

82 downloads

933 views

Amber Woutersen, Phillip E. Jardine, Raul Giovanni Bogotá-Angel, Hong-Xiang Zhang, Daniele Silvestro, Alexandre Antonelli, Elena Gogna, Roy H.J. Erkens, William D. Gosling, Guillaume Dupont-Nivet, Carina Hoorn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5055 PubMed 30038851

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July 10, 2018

Linkages between soil carbon, soil fertility and nitrogen fixation in Acacia senegal plantations of varying age in Sudan

74 downloads

281 views

Wafa E. Abaker, Frank Berninger, Gustavo Saiz, Jukka Pumpanen, Mike Starr

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5232 PubMed 30018862

February 9, 2018

Comparison of complex networks and tree-based methods of phylogenetic analysis and proposal of a bootstrap method

1 citation

254 downloads

1,414 views

Aristóteles Góes-Neto, Marcelo V.C. Diniz, Daniel S. Carvalho, Gilberto C. Bomfim, Angelo A. Duarte, Jerzy A. Brzozowski, Thierry C. Petit Lobão, Suani T.R. Pinho, Charbel N. El-Hani, Roberto F.S. Andrade

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4349 PubMed 29441237