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Alastair Potts
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
2,570 Points

Contributions by role

Author 1,755
Preprint Author 175
Reviewer 140
Editor 500

Contributions by subject area

Anthropology
Ecology
Evolutionary Studies
Biogeography
Conservation Biology
Molecular Biology
Plant Science
Natural Resource Management
Spatial and Geographic Information Science
Biosphere Interactions
Biodiversity
Genetics
Climate Change Biology
Environmental Impacts
Microbiology
Soil Science
Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Environmental Sciences
Food Science and Technology
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Ecosystem Science
Biogeochemistry
Forestry
Paleontology
Zoology

Alastair J Potts

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

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

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Work details

Senior Lecturer

Nelson Mandela University
Botany Department
To conduct research and teaching

Websites

  • Google Scholar
  • Potts research group

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 13
  • Preprints 5
  • Edited 4
  • Reviewed 2
July 24, 2023
Restoring South African subtropical succulent thicket using Portulacaria afra: exploring the rooting window hypothesis
Nicholas C. Galuszynski, Ryan E. Forbes, Gavin M. Rishworth, Alastair J. Potts
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15538 PubMed 37601260
October 14, 2022
Automated mapping of Portulacaria afra canopies for restoration monitoring with convolutional neural networks and heterogeneous unmanned aerial vehicle imagery
Nicholas C. Galuszynski, Robbert Duker, Alastair J. Potts, Teja Kattenborn
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14219 PubMed 36262418
July 28, 2022
Fuel trait effects on flammability of native and invasive alien shrubs in coastal fynbos and thicket (Cape Floristic Region)
Tineke Kraaij, Samukelisiwe T. Msweli, Alastair J. Potts
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13765 PubMed 35919404
May 3, 2022
The response of geophytes to continuous human foraging on the Cape south coast, South Africa and its implications for early hunter-gatherer mobility patterns
M. Susan Botha, Richard M. Cowling, Jan C. De Vynck, Karen J. Esler, Alastair J. Potts
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13066 PubMed 35529488
October 6, 2021
The soil microbiomics of intact, degraded and partially-restored semi-arid succulent thicket (Albany Subtropical Thicket)
Micaela Schagen, Jason Bosch, Jenny Johnson, Robbert Duker, Pedro Lebre, Alastair J. Potts, Don A. Cowan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12176 PubMed 34707927
November 11, 2020
Fire weather effects on flammability of indigenous and invasive alien plants in coastal fynbos and thicket shrublands (Cape Floristic Region)
Samukelisiwe T. Msweli, Alastair J. Potts, Herve Fritz, Tineke Kraaij
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10161 PubMed 33240598
September 23, 2020
Do Centres of Endemism provide a spatial context for predicting and preserving plant phylogeographic patterns in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa?
Nicholas C. Galuszynski, Alastair J. Potts
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10045 PubMed 33024648
September 2, 2020
Applied phylogeography of Cyclopia intermedia (Fabaceae) highlights the need for ‘duty of care’ when cultivating honeybush
Nicholas C. Galuszynski, Alastair J. Potts
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9818 PubMed 32953270
May 15, 2020
Application of High Resolution Melt analysis (HRM) for screening haplotype variation in a non-model plant genus: Cyclopia (Honeybush)
Nicholas C. Galuszynski, Alastair J. Potts
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9187 PubMed 32461839
May 8, 2020
Phylogenetic relationships in the southern African genus Drosanthemum (Ruschioideae, Aizoaceae)
Sigrid Liede-Schumann, Guido W. Grimm, Nicolai M. Nürk, Alastair J. Potts, Ulrich Meve, Heidrun E.K. Hartmann
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8999 PubMed 32426182
April 23, 2020
Site selection for subtropical thicket restoration: mapping cold-air pooling in the South African sub-escarpment lowlands
Robbert Duker, Richard M. Cowling, Marius L. van der Vyver, Alastair J. Potts
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8980 PubMed 32351786
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
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
Jan C. De Vynck, Richard M. Cowling, Alastair J. Potts, Curtis W. Marean
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1679 PubMed 26925319
February 19, 2019 - Version: 1
Planting orientation of Portulacaria afra cuttings for thicket restoration: vertical versus horizontal
Mutakusi B Ragimana, Alastair J Potts
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27543v1
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
Alastair J Potts
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2506v1
May 18, 2016 - Version: 1
Intertwining phylogenetic trees and networks
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
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
Jan C De Vynck, Richard M Cowling, Alastair J Potts, Curtis W Marean
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1379v1

Academic Editor on

December 13, 2022
Population development and landscape preference of reintroduced wild ungulates: successful rewilding in Southern Italy
Eleonora Rivieccio, Claudia Troiano, Simona Petrelli, Valeria Maselli, Gabriele de Filippo, Domenico Fulgione, Maria Buglione
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14492 PubMed 36530413
September 23, 2021
C3 plant isotopic variability in a boreal mixed woodland: implications for bison and other herbivores
Jessica Z. Metcalfe
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12167 PubMed 34631314
September 18, 2020
Native trees of Mexico: diversity, distribution, uses and conservation
Oswaldo Tellez, Efisio Mattana, Mauricio Diazgranados, Nicola Kühn, Elena Castillo-Lorenzo, Rafael Lira, Leobardo Montes-Leyva, Isela Rodriguez, Cesar Mateo Flores Ortiz, Michael Way, Patricia Dávila, Tiziana Ulian
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9898 PubMed 32999763
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)
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

Signed reviews submitted for articles published in PeerJ Note that some articles may not have the review itself made public unless authors have made them open as well.

July 10, 2018
Linkages between soil carbon, soil fertility and nitrogen fixation in Acacia senegal plantations of varying age in Sudan
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
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