Science and Academia

Journal articles and dissertations from the scientific and academic communities

As much as we depend on our greater Tokai Park community, we also rely on our scientists and academics – published by way of peer-reviewed papers in respected journals or through their dissertations – to formulate and articulate our views on issues affecting all of us at Tokai Park.

Peer-reviewed articles and papers

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Armstrong & Van Hensbergen 1996 - Are pine plantations inhospitable seas around Remnant Native Habitat within South-western Cape Forestry Areas?
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Bird & Day 2016 - Impacts of terrestrial habitat transformation on temporary wetland invertebrates in a sclerophyllous Sand fynbos landscape
Büscher B 2014 - Nature 2.0: Exploring and theorizing the links between new media and nature conservation
Büscher B 2014 – Nature 2.0: Exploring and theorizing the links between new media and nature conservation
Tokai Park Science
Fincham et al. 2018 - Water, birds, and biodiversity - key elements of education
Lessons learned as Erica turgida is returned
Hitchcock A et al. 2020 – Lessons learned as Erica turgida is returned
Holmes et al. 2020 - Ecological restoration of ecosystems degraded by invasive alien plants in South African Fynbos: Is spontaneous succession a viable strategy?
A New Apartheid
Lemanski C 2004 – A New Apartheid - The spatial implications of fear of crime in Cape Town South Africa
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Masson 1776 - An Account of Three Journeys from the Cape Town into the Southern Parts of Africa; Undertaken for the Discovery of New Plants, towards the Improvement of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew
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Popkin 2019 - The forest question: Trees are supposed to slow global warming, but growing evidence suggests they might not always be climate saviours
Pyšek P et al 2020 - Scientists warning on invasive alien species
Pyšek P et al 2020 - Scientists warning on invasive alien species
Veldman et al. 2015 - Tyranny of trees in grassy biomes
Slingsby JA 2020 - Forest Restoration or Propaganda? The need for Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) scores to uphold research integrity
Slingsby JA 2020 - Forest Restoration or Propaganda? The need for Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) scores to uphold research integrity
Green Apartheid
Venter ZS et al. 2020 Green Apartheid: Urban green infrastructure remains unequally distributed across income and race geographies in South Africa
Arneth et al 2020 – Post 2020 biodiversity targets need to embrace climate change
Arneth et al 2020 – Post 2020 biodiversity targets need to embrace climate change
Bond WJ et al 2019 – The Trouble with Trees: Afforestation Plans for Africa
Bond WJ et al 2019 – The Trouble with Trees: Afforestation Plans for Africa
Büscher B 2016 - 'Rhino poaching is out of control!' Violence, race and the politics of hysteria in online conservation
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Galloway et al. 2017 - The impact of pine plantations on fynbos above-ground vegetation and soil seed bank composition
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Hitchcock & Rebelo 2017 - The Restoration Of Erica verticillata – A Case Study in Species and Habitat Restoration and implications For The Cape Flora
UN Biodiversity Conference 2020 – Kunming Declaration: "Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth"
UN Biodiversity Conference 2020 – Kunming Declaration: "Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth"
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Liu et al. 2012 - Collembola diversity in the critically endangered Cape Flats Sand Fynbos and adjacent pine plantations
Ngwenya DK et al 2022 – Scaling up restoration efforts by simulating the effects of fire to circumvent prescribed burns when preparing restoration sites in South African fynbos ecosystems
Potgieter LJ et al. 2019 – Does vegetation structure influence criminal activity? Insights from Cape Town, South Africa
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Rebelo et al. 2011 - Impacts of urbanization in a biodiversity hotspot: Conservation challenges in Metropolitan Cape Town
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Van Wilgen & Richardson 2012 - Three centuries of managing introduced conifers in South Africa
Veldman et al. 2015 - Where Tree Planting and Forest Expansion are Bad for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
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Woodworth 2017 - Can Ecological Restoration Meet the Twin Challenges of Global Change and Scaling Up, Without Losing Its Unique Promise and Core Values?
Pereira CC et al 2024 – Scientists warning
Pereira CC et al 2024 – Scientists' warning: six key points where biodiversity can improve climate change mitigation
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Bird et al. 2013 - Physico-chemical impacts of terrestrial alien vegetation on temporary wetlands in a sclerophyllous Sand fynbos ecosystem
Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future
Bradshaw CJA et al. 2021 – Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future
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Dass et al. 2018 - Grasslands may be more reliable carbon sinks than forests in California
Hall et al. 2020
Hall et al. 2020 - Active seed sowing can overcome constraints to passive restoration of a critically endangered vegetation type
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Holmes 2008 - Optimal ground preparation treatments for restoring lowland Sand Fynbos vegetation on old fields
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Krupek et al. 2016 - Assessment of post-burn removal methods for Acacia saligna in Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, with consideration of indigenous plant recovery
Malm A & Hornborg A 2014 – The geology of mankind: A critique of the Anthropocene narrative
Malm A & Hornborg A 2014 – The geology of mankind: A critique of the Anthropocene narrative
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Pirie et al. 2016 - The biodiversity hotspot as evolutionary hot-bed: spectacular radiation of Erica in the Cape Floristic Region
Pretorius MR et al 2008 – The effectiveness of active restoration following alien clearance in fynbos riparian zones and resilience of treatments to fire
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Rebelo et al. 2019 - Effects of alien pine plantations on small mammal community structure in a southern African biodiversity hotspot
Sandbrook C 2015 - What-is-conservation
Sandbrook C 2015 – What is conservation?
Veldman et al. 2015 - Toward an old-growth concept for grasslands, savannas, and woodlands
Tokai Park Science
Van Wilgen 2012 - Evidence, Perceptions, and Trade-offs Associated with Invasive Alien Plant Control in the Table Mountain National Park, South Africa

Dissertations

Cheney CC 2019 – An evidence base for improving management effectiveness of alien plants in protected areas: relationships of scale, efficiency and strategy PhD Thesis, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University
Cheney CC 2019 – An evidence base for improving management effectiveness of alien plants in protected areas: relationships of scale, efficiency and strategy PhD Thesis, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University
Tokai Park Science
Hall ASW 2018 – Restoration potential of alien-invaded lowland fynbos PhD Thesis, Department of Conservation Ecology & Entomology. Stellenbosch University
Tokai Park Science
Mostert, E. 2016. Identifying priority areas for active restoration after alien plant clearing in the city of Cape Town. MSc Thesis, Department of Botany and Zoology. Stellenbosch University.
Tokai Park Science
Poulsen ZC 2013 – Changes in distribution of indigenous forest in Table Mountain National Park from 1880-2012 MSc Thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town.
Tokai Park Science
Uys CJ 2012 – The impact of pine plantations and alien invertebrates on native forest and fynbos invertebrate communities in Table Mountain National Park PhD Thesis, Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town.
Tokai Park
Van Rooyen, A.H.J. 2015. The History of Tokai Park, 1792 to 1910, as record of a heritage strategy. PhD Thesis

Reports

IPCC 2022 Climate Change 2022 – Mitigation of Climate Change – Summary for Policymakers
IPCC 2022 Climate Change 2022 – Mitigation of Climate Change – Summary for Policymakers
IPCC Climate Change 2022 – Impacts, Adaptation and Variability
IPCC Climate Change 2022 – Impacts, Adaptation and Variability: Summary for Policymakers
IPCC-IPBES Joint Report June 2021
Pörtner HO et al 2021 – Scientific outcome of the IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop on biodiversity and climate change
IPBES 2020 – The global assessment report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (Summary for Policymakers)
IPBES 2020 – The global assessment report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (Summary for Policymakers)
Living Planet Report – Bending the Curve of Biodiversity Loss (Summary) WWF
Living Planet Report 2020 – Bending the Curve of Biodiversity Loss (Summary) WWF
SANParks: Taking Stock of Parks in a Changing World
SANParks: Taking Stock of Parks in a Changing World – The SANParks Global Environmental Change Assessment 2016
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