The current rise in the atmospheric CO2 concentration (Ca) provides both challenges and opportunities to terrestrial plant communities. Higher Ca provides a benefit to plants by allowing them to achieve higher photosynthetic rates at lower stomatal conductance (gs). On the other hand, the negative impact of rising Ca is global warming. Rising temperatures directly affect plants but also increase the dryness (vapour pressure deficit, D) of the air. Higher D could reduce gs and thus photosynthesis, leading to a loss of plant fitness. Terrestrial vegetation models can be used to quantify the combined impact of these environmental changes but need to be evaluated for their performance against observations. This thesis focuses on evaluatin...
European ash Fraxinus excelsior L. is a large deciduous tree species common throughout Europe. It ca...
Honeybush (Cyclopia spp.) is an endemic legume to the fynbos region of South Africa, and certain spe...
Honeybush (Cyclopia spp.) is an endemic legume to the fynbos region of South Africa, and certain spe...
Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 have risen considerably since the industrial revolution due to hum...
Anthropogenic climate change is an undeniable threat to the future of the natural world and human ci...
This project addresses the potential impacts of changing climate on dry-season water storage and dis...
Changes in vegetation gross primary production (GPP) and forest aboveground standing biomass C (biom...
Earthճ current biodiversity crisis is now considered a true mass extinction event, with species leve...
Non-native species are a main cause for the global loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Moun...
Non-native species are a main cause for the global loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Moun...
Earthճ current biodiversity crisis is now considered a true mass extinction event, with species leve...
Non-native species are a main cause for the global loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Moun...
Doctor of Science in Geography.The impact of global change is expected to result in changes in the d...
European ash Fraxinus excelsior L. is a large deciduous tree species common throughout Europe. It ca...
The aim of this research was to provide a contribution to the study of agricultural landscape sustai...
European ash Fraxinus excelsior L. is a large deciduous tree species common throughout Europe. It ca...
Honeybush (Cyclopia spp.) is an endemic legume to the fynbos region of South Africa, and certain spe...
Honeybush (Cyclopia spp.) is an endemic legume to the fynbos region of South Africa, and certain spe...
Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 have risen considerably since the industrial revolution due to hum...
Anthropogenic climate change is an undeniable threat to the future of the natural world and human ci...
This project addresses the potential impacts of changing climate on dry-season water storage and dis...
Changes in vegetation gross primary production (GPP) and forest aboveground standing biomass C (biom...
Earthճ current biodiversity crisis is now considered a true mass extinction event, with species leve...
Non-native species are a main cause for the global loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Moun...
Non-native species are a main cause for the global loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Moun...
Earthճ current biodiversity crisis is now considered a true mass extinction event, with species leve...
Non-native species are a main cause for the global loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Moun...
Doctor of Science in Geography.The impact of global change is expected to result in changes in the d...
European ash Fraxinus excelsior L. is a large deciduous tree species common throughout Europe. It ca...
The aim of this research was to provide a contribution to the study of agricultural landscape sustai...
European ash Fraxinus excelsior L. is a large deciduous tree species common throughout Europe. It ca...
Honeybush (Cyclopia spp.) is an endemic legume to the fynbos region of South Africa, and certain spe...
Honeybush (Cyclopia spp.) is an endemic legume to the fynbos region of South Africa, and certain spe...