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Karen Esler
PeerJ Author
1,505 Points

Contributions by role

Author 270
Preprint Author 35
Editor 1,200

Contributions by subject area

Anthropology
Ecology
Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Biogeography
Environmental Sciences
Plant Science
Population Biology
Evolutionary Studies
Food Science and Technology
Ecosystem Science
Entomology
Natural Resource Management
Agricultural Science
Biodiversity
Conservation Biology
Zoology
Mathematical Biology
Animal Behavior
Climate Change Biology
Marine Biology

Karen J Esler

PeerJ Author

Summary

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

Editing Journals

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Stellenbosch

Work details

Professor

Stellenbosch University
Conservation Ecology & Entomology

Professor

Stellenbosch University
Conservation Ecology & Entomology

Websites

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 2
  • Preprints 1
  • Edited 9
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

Academic Editor on

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