Relevant publications

  • Mills, A.J. and Cowling, R.M. 2009. Below-ground carbon stocks in intact and transformed subtropical thicket landscapes in semi-arid South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.07.002
  • Sigwela, A.M., Kerley, G.I.H., Mills, A.J. and Cowling, R.M. 2009. The impact of browsing-induced degradation on the reproduction of subtropical thicket canopy shrubs and trees. South African Journal of Botany 75, 262-267.
  • Lechmere-Oertel, R.G., Kerley, G.I.H., Mills, A.J. & Cowling, R.M. 2008. Litter dynamics across browsing-induced fence line contrasts in succulent thicket, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 74: 651-659.
  • Mills, A.J., Turpie, J., Cowling, R.M., Marais, C., Kerley, G.I.H., Lechmere-Oertel, R.G., Sigwela, A.M. and Powell, M. 2007. Assessing costs, benefits and feasibility of subtropical thicket restoration in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. In: J.Aronson, S.J. Milton and J. Blignaut (eds), Restoring natural capital. Science, business and practice. Island Press, Washington DC.
  • Mills, A.J. and Cowling, R.M. 2006. Rate of carbon sequestration at two thicket restoration sites in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Restoration Ecology 14, 38-49.
  • Lechmere-Oertel, R.G., Kerley, G.I.H. & Cowling, R.M. 2005. Patterns and implications of transformation in semi-arid succulent thicket, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 62: 459-474.
  • Lechmere-Oertel, R.G., Kerley, G.I.H. & Cowling, R.M. 2005. Landscape dysfunction and reduced spatial heterogeneity in soil resources and fertility in semi-arid succulent thicket, South Africa. Austral Ecology 30:615-624
  • Mills, A.J., Cowling, R.M., Fey, M.V., Kerley, G.I.H., Lechmere-Oertel, R.G., Sigwela, A., Skowno, A. and Rundel, P.W. 2005. Effects of goat pastoralism on ecosystem carbon storage in semi-arid thicket, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Austral Ecology 30, 807-813.
  • Mills, A.J. and Fey, M.V.2004. Soil carbon and nitrogen in five contrasting biomes of South Africa exposed to different land uses. South African Journal of Soil Science 21, 94-103.
  • Mills, A.J. & Fey, M.V. 2004. Transformation of thicket to savanna reduces soil quality in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Plant and Soil 265:153-163.
  • Sigwela, A. M. 2004. The impacts of landuse on vertebrate diversity and vertebrate- mediated processes in the Thicket Biome, Eastern Cape. Ph.D. thesis. University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
  • Lechmere-Oertel, R.G. 2003. The effects of goat browsing on ecosystem patterns and processes in succulent thicket, South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
  • Mills, A.J. and Fey, M.V. 2003. Declining soil quality in South Africa: effects of land use on soil organic matter and surface crusting. South African Journal of Science 99, 429-436.
  • Lloyd, J.W., van den Berg, E. & Palmer, A.R. 2002. Patterns of transformation and degradation in the thicket biome, South Africa. TERU report no: 39. University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
  • Midgley, J. & Cowling, R.M. 1993. Regeneration patterns in the Cape subtropical transitional thicket: where are all the seedlings? South African Journal of Botany 59: 496-499.