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Karen J Esler

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Full Professor in Conservation Ecology, Stellenbosch University. Core team member of the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Invasion Biology. Chair of HERS-SA board. South African representative of ISOMED and founding member of the IUCN Mediterranean-Type Ecosystem Thematic Group (MTEG). Past President, South African Association of Botany. Core research foci: ecological restoration, biological invasion, general ecology.

Ecology Ecosystem Science Environmental Sciences Plant Science

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University of Stellenbosch

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Stellenbosch University

Conservation Ecology & Entomology

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Stellenbosch University

Conservation Ecology & Entomology

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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

April 29, 2019

Seed survival of Australian Acacia in the Western Cape of South Africa in the presence of biological control agents and given environmental variation

Matthys Strydom, Ruan Veldtman, Mzabalazo Z. Ngwenya, Karen J. Esler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6816 PubMed 31106056

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

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February 21, 2017

Species coexistence and the superior ability of an invasive species to exploit a facilitation cascade habitat

Andrew H. Altieri, Andrew D. Irving

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2848 PubMed 28243523

October 13, 2016

Environmental and spatial drivers of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic characteristics of bat communities in human-modified landscapes

Laura M. Cisneros, Matthew E. Fagan, Michael R. Willig

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2551 PubMed 27761338

July 5, 2016

Scarcity of ecosystem services: an experimental manipulation of declining pollination rates and its economic consequences for agriculture

Harpinder Sandhu, Benjamin Waterhouse, Stephane Boyer, Steve Wratten

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2099 PubMed 27441108

March 31, 2016

Spillover of a biological control agent (Chrysolina quadrigemina) onto native St. Johnswort (Hypericum punctatum)

Jessica L. Tingle, Susan C. Cook-Patton, Anurag A. Agrawal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1886 PubMed 27069816

October 1, 2015

Identification of limiting climatic and geographical variables for the distribution of the tortoise Chelonoidis chilensis (Testudinidae): a baseline for conservation actions

Alejandro Ruete, Gerardo C. Leynaud

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1298 PubMed 26557430

May 19, 2015

Bird biodiversity assessments in temperate forest: the value of point count versus acoustic monitoring protocols

Brian T. Klingbeil, Michael R. Willig

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.973 PubMed 26038728

March 17, 2015

Size class structure, growth rates, and orientation of the central Andean cushion Azorella compacta

Catherine Kleier, Tim Trenary, Eric A. Graham, William Stenzel, Philip W. Rundel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.843 PubMed 25802811

January 8, 2015

Piecing together the biogeographic history of Chenopodium vulvaria L. using botanical literature and collections

Quentin J. Groom

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.723 PubMed 25653906

September 25, 2014

Habitat creation and biodiversity maintenance in mangrove forests: teredinid bivalves as ecosystem engineers

Ian W. Hendy, Laura Michie, Ben W. Taylor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.591 PubMed 25276505