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2022
Journal article
Prioritising species for monitoring in a South African protected area and the Red List for plants.
Protected areas (PA) in biodiversity hotspots face the challenge of monitoring large numbers of locally rare and threatened plant species at times with limited budgets. Prioritising species according to their local extinction risk could help PA managers to decide which species to monitor. However, there is often very little information...Cowell, Carly R. ; Nic Lughadha, Eimear ; Anderson, Pippin M. L. ; Leão, Tarciso ; Williams, Jenny …
IUCN Red List, South Africa, National Park, Fynbos, Protected area, and Biodiversity
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2020
Journal article
Lessons learned as Erica turgida is returned.
Erica turgida, a small unassuming pink bushy heath species was listed as ‘Extinct in the Wild’ in 1996. It was last seen in habitat at Kenilworth Racecourse by South African botanist, Elsie Esterhuizen who made an herbarium collection and gave material for propagation to Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden. It once occurred...Hitchcock, Anthony ; Williams, Jenny ; Cowell, Carly
Restoration, Re-introduction, Ericaceae, South Africa, Fynbos, Biodiversity, and Cape Town (South Africa)