PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

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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

PeerJ Contributions

June 28, 2024

Restoring South African subtropical succulent thicket using Portulacaria afra: root growth of cuttings differs depending on the harvest site during a drought

Alastair J. Potts, Robbert Duker, Kristen L. Hunt, Anize Tempel, Nicholas C. Galuszynski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17471 PubMed 38952986

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

April 16, 2024

Marine introgressions and Andean uplift have driven diversification in neotropical Monkey tree frogs (Anura, Phyllomedusinae)

Diego Almeida-Silva, Leonardo Matheus Servino, Matheus Pontes-Nogueira, Ricardo J. Sawaya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17232 PubMed 38646479

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

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February 26, 2024

Emergent trees in Colophospermum mopane woodland: influence of elephant density on persistence versus attrition

Timothy O’Connor, Angela Ferguson, Bruce W. Clegg, Nita Pallett, Jeremy J. Midgley, Julius Shimbani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16961 PubMed 38426137

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