A5005033865- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Geological formations and processes
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Geological and Geophysical Studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones
- Morphological variations and asymmetry
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
GS1 South Africa
2025
Stellenbosch University
2013-2022
Endangered Wildlife Trust
2022
St Petersburg University
2015
Cardiff University
2015
Universidade do Porto
2015
Rhodes University
2015
University of Pretoria
2015
Nova Southeastern University
2015
University of Eswatini
2015
Gigantism and dwarfism evolve in vertebrates restricted to islands. We describe four new species the Rhinolophus hildebrandtii species-complex of horseshoe bats, whose evolution has entailed adaptive shifts body size. postulate that vicissitudes palaeoenvironments resulted gigantism habitat islands fragmented across eastern southern Africa. Mitochondrial nuclear DNA sequences recovered two clades R. senso lato which are paraphyletic with respect a third lineage (R. eloquens). Lineages differ...
Research Article| September 01, 2012 THE EVOLUTION AND AGES OF MAKGADIKGADI PALAEO-LAKES: CONSILIENT EVIDENCE FROM KALAHARI DRAINAGE SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA A.E. MOORE; MOORE African Queen Mines, Box 66 Maun, Botswana., Department of Geology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa., Earth Sciences, James Cook Townsville, Queensland, Australia, e-mail: andy.moore.bots@gmail.com Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar F.P.D. (WOODY) COTTERILL; COTTERILL AEON -...
Abstract Examination of historical and recent collections small Rhinolophus bats revealed cryptic taxonomic diversity within southern African populations previously referred to as R. swinnyi Gough, 1908 landeri Martin, 1832. Specimens from Mozambique morphologically referable were phylogenetically unrelated topotypic the Eastern Cape Province South Africa based on cytochrome b sequences showed distinctive echolocation, baculum noseleaf characters. Due their genetic similarity a reported...
Abstract The physiography of southern Africa comprises a narrow coastal plain, separated from an inland plateau by horseshoe‐shaped escarpment. interior the is sedimentary basin. drainage network characterized three river divides, broadly parallel to coastline. These features contrast strongly with broad dome and radial patterns predicted models which ascribe uplift over deep mantle plume. divides are interpreted as axes epeirogenic uplift. ages these axes, young margin interior, correlate...
The geobiotic history of landscapes can exhibit controls by tectonics over biotic evolution. This causal relationship positions ecologically specialized species as indicators to decipher details landscape Phylogeographic statistics that reconstruct spatio-temporal evolutionary histories aquatic species, including fishes, reveal key events drainage evolution, notably where geochronological resolution is insufficient. Where insufficient, phylogeographic study evaluates paleo-environmental...
The megadiverse haplochromine cichlid radiations of the East African lakes, famous examples explosive speciation and adaptive radiation, are according to recent studies, introgressed by different riverine lineages. This study is based on first comprehensive mitochondrial nuclear DNA dataset from extensive sampling cichlids. It includes species lower River Congo Angolan (River Kwanza) drainages. Reconstruction phylogenetic hypotheses revealed paradox clearly discordant signals. Closely...
The question whether taxonomic descriptions naming new animal species without type specimen(s) deposited in collections should be accepted for publication by scientific journals and allowed the Code has already been discussed Zootaxa (Dubois & Nemésio 2007; Donegan 2008, 2009; 2009a-b; Dubois Gentile Snell Minelli Cianferoni Bartolozzi 2016; Amorim et al. 2016). This was again raised a letter supported 35 signatories published journal Nature (Pape 2016) on 15 September 2016. On 25 2016,...
Abstract Much attention has been paid to the effects of climate change on species' range reductions and extinctions. There is however surprisingly little information how driven threat may impact tree life result in loss phylogenetic diversity ( PD ). Some plant families mammalian orders reveal nonrandom extinction patterns, but many other do not. Do these discrepancies reflect different speciation histories does induced same among groups? Answers questions require representative taxon...
In the context of molecularly-dated phylogenies, inferences informed by ancestral habitat reconstruction can yield valuable insights into origins biomes, palaeoenvironments and landforms. this paper, we use dated phylogenies 12 plant clades from Cape Floristic Region (CFR) in southern Africa to test hypotheses Neogene climatic geomorphic evolution. Our combined dataset for CFR strengthens refines previous palaeoenvironmental reconstructions based on a sparse, mostly offshore fossil record....
A new species, Nothobranchius sylvaticus sp. nov. is described from ephemeral swamps in open areas of the Gongoni Forest seasonal Mkurumudzi system south-eastern coastal Kenya. The species occupies a unique ecological niche as it inhabits small wetland habitats situated relict forest ecosystem. distinguished all other members genus by: iridescent light blue scales on its trunk extending to cover entire caudal peduncle; dorsal portion head grey with distinct red lobes along supraorbital...
Abstract. The Wilderness Project, in collaboration with the National Geographic Okavango Project and Wild Bird Trust, conducted first known scientific river expeditions along entire length of Zambezi River—from its traditional source Zambia most distal Angolan Highlands Water Tower, all way to Indian Ocean. By combining ground measurement high-resolution earth observation data, this study describes overlooked contribution Tower River. Our findings show: 1. River length, measured from...
Research Article| December 01, 2011 GEOECODYNAMICS AND THE KALAHARI EPEIROGENY: LINKING ITS GENOMIC RECORD, TREE OF LIFE PALIMPSEST INTO A UNIFIED NARRATIVE LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION F.P.D. COTTERILL; COTTERILL AEON – Africa Earth Observatory Network, and Department of Geological Sciences, University Cape Town, Rondebosch 7707, South Africa, Current Address Corresponding Author: Geoecodynamics Hub, c/o Botany Zoology, Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch 7602, e-mail: fcotterill@gmail.com Search for other...
Table S1 Seventy-six eco-geographical variables trialled to build Maxent model for focal bat species in southern Africa.