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Richard Cowling
PeerJ Editor & Author
3,715 Points

Contributions by role

Author 1,145
Preprint Author 70
Editor 2,500

Contributions by subject area

Anthropology
Ecology
Evolutionary Studies
Plant Science
Natural Resource Management
Biodiversity
Ecosystem Science
Biogeography
Conservation Biology
Entomology
Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Environmental Sciences
Food Science and Technology
Genetics
Computational Biology
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Soil Science
Animal Behavior
Taxonomy
Biosphere Interactions
Agricultural Science
Molecular Biology
Population Biology

Richard M Cowling

PeerJ Editor & Author

Summary

Professor of Plant Palaeoscience. Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) and founding member of the Academy of Sciences of South Africa. Former President of the International Society of Mediterranean Ecologists and former Editor-in-Chief of Conservation Letters.

Biodiversity Biogeography Ecology Evolutionary Studies

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Work details

Distinguished Professor

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Botany

Websites

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 9
  • Preprints 2
  • Edited 17
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
August 11, 2021
The composition, geography, biology and assembly of the coastal flora of the Cape Floristic Region
B. Adriaan Grobler, Richard M. Cowling
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11916 PubMed 34447627
August 11, 2021
Herbivory and misidentification of target habitat constrain region-wide restoration success of spekboom (Portulacaria afra) in South African subtropical succulent thicket
Marius L. van der Vyver, Anthony J. Mills, Mark Difford, Richard M. Cowling
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11944 PubMed 34447631
June 10, 2020
Fire severity effects on resprouting of subtropical dune thicket of the Cape Floristic Region
Tiaan Strydom, Tineke Kraaij, Mark Difford, Richard M. Cowling
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9240 PubMed 32566395
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
July 31, 2019
Taxonomic, biological and geographical traits of species in a coastal dune flora in the southeastern Cape Floristic Region: regional and global comparisons
Richard M. Cowling, Caryl Logie, Joan Brady, Margie Middleton, B. Adriaan Grobler
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7336 PubMed 31396438
June 20, 2018
Feeding ecology and sexual dimorphism in a speciose flower beetle clade (Hopliini: Scarabaeidae)
Jonathan F. Colville, Mike D. Picker, Richard M. Cowling
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4632 PubMed 29942673
August 10, 2017
Vegetation responses to season of fire in an aseasonal, fire-prone fynbos shrubland
Tineke Kraaij, Richard M. Cowling, Brian W. van Wilgen, Diba R. Rikhotso, Mark Difford
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3591 PubMed 28828239
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
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

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April 2, 2020
Capturing variation in floral shape: a virtual3D based morphospace for Pelargonium
Sara J. van de Kerke, Tiemen van Engelenhoven, Anne L. van Es, Laura Schat, Lisa M. van Son, Sverre Vink, Lia Hemerik, Robin van Velzen, M. Eric Schranz, Freek T. Bakker
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8823 PubMed 32274266
February 27, 2019
Phylogeny and circumscription of Dasyphyllum (Asteraceae: Barnadesioideae) based on molecular data with the recognition of a new genus, Archidasyphyllum
Paola de Lima Ferreira, Mariana Machado Saavedra, Milton Groppo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6475 PubMed 30834184
September 17, 2018
Phylogeography of Swertia perennis in Europe based on cpDNA markers
Jacek Urbaniak, Paweł Kwiatkowski, Paweł Pawlikowski
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5512 PubMed 30245925
October 20, 2017
Influence of current climate, historical climate stability and topography on species richness and endemism in Mesoamerican geophyte plants
Victoria Sosa, Israel Loera
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3932 PubMed 29062605
May 17, 2017
Characterisation of false-positive observations in botanical surveys
Quentin J. Groom, Sarah J. Whild
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3324 PubMed 28533972
February 21, 2017
Counting complete? Finalising the plant inventory of a global biodiversity hotspot
Martina Treurnicht, Jonathan F. Colville, Lucas N. Joppa, Onno Huyser, John Manning
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2984 PubMed 28243528
February 7, 2017
Vascular plant biodiversity of the lower Coppermine River valley and vicinity (Nunavut, Canada): an annotated checklist of an Arctic flora
Jeffery M. Saarela, Paul C. Sokoloff, Roger D. Bull
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2835 PubMed 28194307
November 3, 2016
Phylogeography of Arenaria balearica L. (Caryophyllaceae): evolutionary history of a disjunct endemic from the Western Mediterranean continental islands
Javier Bobo-Pinilla, Sara B. Barrios de León, Jaume Seguí Colomar, Giuseppe Fenu, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Julio Peñas de Giles, María Montserrat Martínez-Ortega
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2618 PubMed 27833802
October 27, 2016
The influence of socioeconomic factors on the densities of high-value cross-border species, the African elephant
Sarah-Anne Jeanetta Selier, Rob Slotow, Enrico Di Minin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2581 PubMed 27812404
October 19, 2016
Systematic review on the conservation genetics of African savannah elephants
Daniel Zacarias, Luis Mauricio Bini, Rafael Loyola
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2567 PubMed 27781165
March 24, 2016
Evolution of Philodendron (Araceae) species in Neotropical biomes
Leticia Loss-Oliveira, Cassia Sakuragui, Maria de Lourdes Soares, Carlos G. Schrago
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1744 PubMed 27042390
March 1, 2016
Increasing land use drives changes in plant phylogenetic diversity and prevalence of specialists
Soraya Villalobos, Jana C. Vamosi
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1740 PubMed 26966669
August 4, 2015
Recursion to food plants by free-ranging Bornean elephant
Megan English, Graeme Gillespie, Benoit Goossens, Sulaiman Ismail, Marc Ancrenaz, Wayne Linklater
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1030 PubMed 26290779
December 11, 2014
Optimization in the utility maximization framework for conservation planning: a comparison of solution procedures in a study of multifunctional agriculture
Jason Kreitler, David M. Stoms, Frank W. Davis
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.690 PubMed 25538868
September 11, 2014
Phylogenetic congruence of lichenised fungi and algae is affected by spatial scale and taxonomic diversity
Hannah L. Buckley, Arash Rafat, Johnathon D. Ridden, Robert H. Cruickshank, Hayley J. Ridgway, Adrian M. Paterson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.573 PubMed 25250218
May 22, 2014
Organic carbon inventories in natural and restored Ecuadorian mangrove forests
Amanda G. DelVecchia, John F. Bruno, Larry Benninger, Marc Alperin, Ovik Banerjee, Juan de Dios Morales
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.388 PubMed 24883249
June 25, 2013
Phylogenetic diversity of plants alters the effect of species richness on invertebrate herbivory
Russell Dinnage
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.93 PubMed 23825795