Science & Pharmacy Research Output: April - May 2017

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ALBANY MUSEUM: Gess, S.K. & Roosenschoon, P.A. 2017. Notes on the nesting of three species of Megachilinae in the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, UAE. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 54: 43–56. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.54.11290 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ALBANY MUSEUM & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Moor, F.C. de. 2017. Dragonflies as indicators of aquatic ecosystem health - Manual of freshwater assessment for South Africa: Dragonfly Biotic Index, Michael J. Samways and John P. Simaika. South African Journal of Science, 113: 1–2. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2017/a0199 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ANTHROPOLOGY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Aswani, S., Albert, S. & Love, M. 2017. One size does not fit all: Critical insights for effective community-based resource management in Melanesia. Marine Policy, 81: 381–391. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.03.041 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY & CHEMISTRY: Moses, V., Tastan Bishop, Ö. & Lobb, K.A. 2017. The evaluation and validation of copper (II) force field parameters of the Auxiliary Activity family 9 enzymes. Chemical Physics Letters, 678: 91–97. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2017.04.022 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: de la Mare, J.-A., Jurgens, T. & Edkins, A.L. 2017. Extracellular Hsp90 and TGFβ regulate adhesion, migration and anchorage independent growth in a paired colon cancer cell line model. BMC Cancer, 17 202. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-017-3190-z [Accessed 12 June 2017].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Dziwornu, G.A., Caira, M.R., Mare, J.-A. de la, Edkins, A.L., Bolton, J.J., Beukes, D.R. & Sunassee, S.N. 2017. Isolation, Characterization and Antiproliferative Activity of New Metabolites from the South African Endemic Red Algal Species Laurencia alfredensis. Molecules, 22: 513. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules22040513 [Accessed 12 June2017].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Malgas, S., Thoresen, M., van Dyk, J.S. & Pletschke, B.I. 2017. Time dependence of enzyme synergism during the degradation of model and natural lignocellulosic substrates. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 103: 1–11. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enzmictec.2017.04.007 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Mukhopadhyay, A. & Patra, H.K. 2016. Nanoassisted Functional Modulation of Enzymes: Concept and Applications, in: Tiwari, A., Wang, R., Wei, B. (Eds.), Advanced Surface Engineering Materials. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 349–383.

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Ross, C., Knox, C. & Tastan Bishop, Ö. 2017. Interacting motif networks located in hotspots associated with RNA release are conserved in Enterovirus capsids. FEBS Letters. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.12663 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Waterworth, S.C., Jiwaji, M., Kalinski, J.-C.J., Parker-Nance, S. & Dorrington, R.A. 2017. A Place to Call Home: An Analysis of the Bacterial Communities in Two Tethya rubra Samaai and Gibbons 2005 Populations in Algoa Bay, South Africa. Marine Drugs, 15: 95. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md15040095 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Zininga, T., Pooe, O.J., Makhado, P.B., Ramatsui, L., Prinsloo, E., Achilonu, I., Dirr, H. & Shonhai, A. 2017. Polymyxin B inhibits the chaperone activity of Plasmodium falciparum Hsp70. Cell Stress and Chaperones, 1–9. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12192-017-0797-6 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

BOTANY: Lombardi, G.C., Peter, C.I., Turner, R.C. & Midgley, J.J. 2017. The unusual, closed flowers of Erica lanuginosa (Ericaceae) are adapted for rodent-pollination and not cleistogamy. South African Journal of Botany, 111: 189–193. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2017.03.020 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

BOTANY: Roux, M.M. le, Wilkin, P., Balkwill, K., Boatwright, J.S., Bytebier, B., Filer, D., Klak, C., Klopper, R.R., Koekemoer, M., Livermore, L., Lubke, R., Magee, A.R., Manning, J.C., Paton, A., Pearce, T., Slingsby, J., van Wyk, B.-E., Victor, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2017. Producing a plant diversity portal for South Africa. Taxon, 66: 421–431. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.12705/662.9 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

BOTANY: van Wijk, Y., Tusenius, M.L., Rust, R., Cowling, R.M. & Wurz, S. 2017. Modern vegetation at the Klasies River archaeological sites, Tsitsikamma coast, south-eastern Cape, South Africa: a reference collection. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 150 13–34. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2017.1286 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Ahamad, S., Rahman, S., Khan, F.I., Dwivedi, N., Ali, S., Kim, J. & Hassan, M.I. 2017. QSAR based therapeutic management of M. tuberculosis. Archives of Pharmacal Research, 1–19. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12272-017-0914-1 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Bankole, O.M. & Nyokong, T. 2016. Comparative studies on photophysical and optical limiting characterizations of low symmetry phthalocyanine linked to Fe3O4–Ag core–shell or hybrid nanoparticles. New Journal of Chemistry, 40: 10016–10027. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6NJ01511E [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Mbaba, M., Mabhula, A.N., Boel, N., Edkins, A.L., Isaacs, M., Hoppe, H.C. & Khanye, S.D. 2017. Ferrocenyl and organic novobiocin derivatives: Synthesis and their in vitro biological activity. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 172: 88–93. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2017.04.014 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Daramola, O.A., Noundou, X.S., Krause, R.W.M. & Marks, J.A. 2017. Facile Synthesis of Glutathione-l-Cysteine Co-Capped CdTe Core Shell System: Study on Optical and Structural Morphology. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 17: 5359–5365. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2017.13823 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY: George, R.C., Sarah, D., Durmus, M. & Tebello, N. 2017. Photolytic changes in the morphology of porphyrin-phthalocyanine nanostructures (P-PcNs) in the presence of platinum and gold salts. Inorganic and Nano-Metal Chemistry, 47: 1080–1084. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24701556.2017.1284085 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Gounden, D., Ngubeni, G.N., Louzada, M.S., Khene, S., Britton, J. & Nombona, N. 2017. Synthesis, spectroscopic and DFT Characterization of 4β-(4-tert-Butylphenoxy)phthalocyanine positional isomers for non-linear optical absorption. South African Journal of Chemistry, 70: 49–59. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/0379-4350/2017/v70a8 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Lan, D., Xu, H., Xu, J., Dubin, G., Liu, J., Iqbal Khan, F. & Wang, Y. 2017. Malassezia globosa MgMDL2 lipase: Crystal structure and rational modification of substrate specificity. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 488: 259–265. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.04.103 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Ledwaba, M., Masilela, N., Nyokong, T. & Antunes, E. 2017. Improved photocatalytic degradation of Orange G using hybrid nanofibers. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 19: 158. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11051-017-3853-3 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Manoto, S.L., Oluwole, D.O., Malabi, R., Maphanga, C., Ombinda-Lemboumba, S., Nyokong, T. & Mthunzi-Kufa, P. 2017. Phototodynamic activity of zinc monocarboxyphenoxy phthalocyane (ZnMCPPc) conjugated to gold silver (AuAg) nanoparticles in melanoma cancer cells. pp. 1004716–1004716–11. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2252838 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Manoto, S.L., Oluwole, D.O., Malabi, R., Maphanga, C., Ombinda-Lemboumba, S., Nyokong, T. & Mthunzi-Kufa, P. 2017. Phototoxic effects of free phthalocyanine and phthalocyanine conjugated to gold nanoparticles for targeted photodynamic therapy of melanoma cancer. p. 100470D–100470D–12. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2252682 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY & MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Kempgens, P. & Pinchuck, A.L. 2015. The density matrix theory of triple-quantum filtered COSY (TQF-COSY) NMR experiments applied to an AX system of spins S=1: An example of passive coupling in two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A, 44A: 318–330. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cmr.a.21384 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Mbosso Teinkela, J.E., Siwe Noundou, X., Fannang, S., Meyer, F., Vardamides, J.C., Mpondo Mpondo, E., Krause, R.W.M., Azebaze, A.G.B. & Nguedia, J.C.A. 2017. In vitro antimicrobial activity of the methanol extract and compounds from the wood of Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem. aerial roots. South African Journal of Botany, 111: 302–306. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2017.03.026 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Niu, Y., Li, M., Zhang, Q., Zhu, W., Mack, J., Fomo, G., Nyokong, T. & Liang, X. 2017. Halogen substituted A2B type Co(III)triarylcorroles: Synthesis, electronic structure and two step modulation of electrocatalyzed hydrogen evolution reactions. Dyes and Pigments, 142: 416–428. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2017.02.049 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Nwahara, N., Britton, J. & Nyokong, T. 2017. Improving singlet oxygen generating abilities of phthalocyanines: aluminum tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine in the presence of graphene quantum dots and folic acid. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 70: 1601–1616. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2017.1313975 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Nwaji, N., Bankole, O.M., Britton, J. & Nyokong, T. 2017. Photophysical and nonlinear optical study of benzothiazole substituted phthalocyanines in solution and thin films. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 1–10. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1088424617500079 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY & PHARMACY: Nkanga, C.I., Krause, R.W., Noundou, X.S. & Walker, R.B. 2017. Preparation and characterization of isoniazid-loaded crude soybean lecithin liposomes. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 526: 466–473. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2017.04.074 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Shumba, M., Centane, S., Chindeka, F. & Nyokong, T. 2017. Nanocomposites of sulphur-nitrogen co-doped graphene oxide nanosheets and cobalt mono carboxyphenoxy phthalocyanines for facile electrocatalysis. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 791: 36–48. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2017.03.006 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Shumba, M. & Nyokong, T. 2017. Effects of covalent versus non-covalent interactions on the electrocatalytic behavior of tetracarboxyphenoxyphthalocyanine in the presence of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 70: 1585–1600. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2017.1303679 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY: Shumba, M. & Nyokong, T. 2017. Electrocatalytic application for gold nanoparticles decorated sulfur-nitrogen co-doped graphene oxide nanosheets and nanosized cobalt tetra aminophenoxy phthalocyanine conjugates. Electrochimica Acta, 236: 212–220. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.03.154 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

CHEMISTRY: 李敏智, 朱卫华, John, M., Scebi, M., Tebello, N. & 梁旭. 2017. Synthesis and Electronic Structure of A_2B Type Halogen Atoms Substituted H_3-Triarylcorroles. 结构化学, 367–380. Available: http://manu30.magtech.com.cn/jghx/CN/Y2017/V36/I3/367 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Baum, J., Cumming, G.S. & De Vos, A. 2017. Understanding Spatial Variation in the Drivers of Nature-based Tourism and Their Influence on the Sustainability of Private Land Conservation. Ecological Economics, 140: 225–234. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.05.005 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Cundill, G., Bezerra, J.C., De Vos, A. & Ntingana, N. 2017. Beyond benefit sharing: Place attachment and the importance of access to protected areas for surrounding communities. Ecosystem Services. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.03.011 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Gosling, A., Shackleton, C.M. & Gambiza, J. 2017. Community-based natural resource use and management of Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, Uganda, for livelihood benefits. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 1–14. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11273-017-9546-y [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Gwedla, N. & Shackleton, C.M. 2017. Population size and development history determine street tree distribution and composition within and between Eastern Cape towns, South Africa. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 25: 11–18. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2017.04.014 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Jarrett, M. & Shackleton, C.M. 2017. Integrating biodiversity considerations into urban golf courses: managers’ perceptions and woody plant diversity in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Journal of Land Use Science, 0: 1–20. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2017.1325525 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Lacy, P.D. & Shackleton, C.M. 2017. Woody plant species richness, composition and structure in urban sacred sites, Grahamstown, South Africa. Urban Ecosystems, 1–11. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11252-017-0669-y [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Martins, A.R.O. & Shackleton, C.M. 2017. Abundance, population structure and harvesting selection of two palm species (Hyphaene coriacea and Phoenix reclinata) in Zitundo area, southern Mozambique. Forest Ecology and Management, 398: 64–74. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.05.005 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Mutekwa, V.T. & Gambiza, J. 2017. Forest protected areas governance in Zimbabwe: Shift needed away from a long history of local community exclusion. Journal of Environmental Management, 198(Part 1): 330–339. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.05.006 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: S, G.K.S., Shackleton, C.M., Assogbadjo, A.E. & Sinsin, B. 2017. Local Knowledge on the Uses, Habitat, and Change in Abundance of Multipurpose Mimusops Species in Benin. Economic Botany, 1–18. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12231-017-9370-6 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Shackleton, C.M., Guild, J., Bromham, B., Impey, S., Jarrett, M., Ngubane, S. & Steijl, K. 2017. How compatible are urban livestock and urban green spaces and trees? An assessment in a medium-sized South African town. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 0: 1–10. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2017.1314968 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Thondhlana, G. & Cundill, G. 2017. Local people and conservation officials’ perceptions on relationships and conflicts in South African protected areas. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management, 13: 204–215. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2017.1315742 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Weyer, D., Shackleton, C.M. & O Adam, Y. 2017. HIV/AIDS and Other Household Shocks as Catalysts of Local Commercialisation of Non-Timber Forest Products in Southern Africa. Development Policy Review. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12261 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Dalu, M.T.B., Wasserman, R.J., Maposa, V.G. & Dalu, T. 2017. Environmental traps in developing countries: A case of the Dema emergency diesel power plant (EPP), Zimbabwe. Journal of Cleaner Production, 150: 123–126. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.02.168 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

GEOGRAPHY: Collins, A.L., Foster, I.D.L., Gellis, A.C., Porto, P. & Horowitz, A.J. 2017. Sediment source fingerprinting for informing catchment management: Methodological approaches, problems and uncertainty. Journal of Environmental Management, Sediment source fingerprinting for informing catchment management: methodological approaches, problems and uncertainty, 194: 1–3. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.03.026 [Accessed 12 June2017].

GEOGRAPHY: Manjoro, M., Rowntree, K., Kakembo, V., Foster, I. & Collins, A.L. 2017. Use of sediment source fingerprinting to assess the role of subsurface erosion in the supply of fine sediment in a degraded catchment in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Journal of Environmental Management, Sediment source fingerprinting for informing catchment management: methodological approaches, problems and uncertainty, 194: 27–41. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.07.019 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

GEOGRAPHY: Pulley, S., Foster, I. & Collins, A.L. 2017. The impact of catchment source group classification on the accuracy of sediment fingerprinting outputs. Journal of Environmental Management, Sediment source fingerprinting for informing catchment management: methodological approaches, problems and uncertainty, 194: 16–26. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.04.048 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

GEOGRAPHY: Rowntree, K.M., van der Waal, B.W. & Pulley, S. 2017. Magnetic susceptibility as a simple tracer for fluvial sediment source ascription during storm events. Journal of Environmental Management, Sediment source fingerprinting for informing catchment management: methodological approaches, problems and uncertainty, 194: 54–62. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.11.022 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

GEOLOGY & ALBANY MUSEUM: Coates, M.I., Gess, R.W., Finarelli, J.A., Criswell, K.E. & Tietjen, K. 2017. A symmoriiform chondrichthyan braincase and the origin of chimaeroid fishes. Nature, 541: 208–211. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature20806 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

GEOLOGY: Gess, R.W. & Trinajstic, K.M. 2017. New morphological information on, and species of placoderm fish Africanaspis (Arthrodira, Placodermi) from the Late Devonian of South Africa. PLOS ONE, 12: e0173169. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173169 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

GEOLOGY: Maier, W.D., Prevec, S.A., Scoates, J.S., Wall, C.J., Barnes, S.-J. & Gomwe, T. 2017. The Uitkomst intrusion and Nkomati Ni-Cu-Cr-PGE deposit, South Africa: trace element geochemistry, Nd isotopes and high-precision geochronology. Mineralium Deposita, 1–22. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00126-017-0716-x [Accessed 12 June 2017].

GEOLOGY: McDonald, I., Harmer, R.E. (Jock), Hughes, H.S.R., Tanner, D. & Holwell, D.A. 2017. Hidden treasure: magmatic and geodynamic factors that influenced the development of Ni–Cu–PGE deposits in the northern bushveld complex. Applied Earth Science, 0: 1–1. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03717453.2017.1306275 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

GEOLOGY: Tanner, D., McDonald, I., Harmer, R.E. (Jock) & Hughes, H.S.R. 2017. Sulphide melt evolution in the Volspruit project: the most primitive, yet most contaminated platinum-group element (PGE) deposit in the bushveld complex? Applied Earth Science, 0: 1–1. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03717453.2017.1306276 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & ANTHROPOLOGY: Bova, C.S., Halse, S.J., Aswani, S. & Potts, W.M. 2017. Assessing a social norms approach for improving recreational fisheries compliance. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 24: 117–125. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fme.12218 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Cochrane, K.L. 2017. An integrated view of fisheries: Tunnelling between silos. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 74: 625–634. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsw198 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Ortega-Cisneros, K., Cochrane, K. & Fulton, E.A. 2017. An Atlantis model of the southern Benguela upwelling system: Validation, sensitivity analysis and insights into ecosystem functioning. Ecological Modelling, 355: 49–63. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.04.009 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Taylor, G.C. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2017. Age, growth and reproduction of non-native largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides (Lacépède, 1802) populations in two temperate African impoundments. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jai.13353 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Biggs, H.C., Clifford-Holmes, J.K., Freitag, S., Venter, F.J. & Venter, J. 2017. Cross-scale governance and ecosystem service delivery: A case narrative from the Olifants River in north-eastern South Africa. Ecosystem Services. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.03.008 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Bester, H.L., Larena, J. & Bishop, N.T. 2017. Testing the Copernican principle with future radio-astronomy observations. Astrophysics > Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics. https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.00994 [Accessed 12 June 2017].

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Manjunath, G. 2017. Evolving Network Model That Almost Regenerates Epileptic Data. Neural Computation, 29: 937–967. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/NECO_a_00941 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHARMACY: Al-Ismaili, A.M., Ahmed, M., Al-Busaidi, A., Al-Adawi, S., Tandlich, R. & Al-Amri, M. 2017. Extended use of grey water for irrigating home gardens in an arid environment. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24: 13650–13658. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-8963-z [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: DeBoer, D.R., Parsons, A.R., Aguirre, J.E., Alexander, P., Ali, Z.S., Beardsley, A.P., Bernardi, G., Bowman, J.D., Bradley, R.F., Carilli, C.L., Cheng, C., Acedo, E. de L., Dillon, J.S., Ewall-Wice, A., Fadana, G., Fagnoni, N., Fritz, R., Furlanetto, S.R., Glendenning, B., Greig, B., Grobbelaar, J., Hazelton, B.J., Hewitt, J.N., Hickish, J., Jacobs, D.C., Julius, A., Kariseb, M., Kohn, S.A., Telalo Lekalake, Liu, A., Loots, A., MacMahon, D., Malan, L., Malgas, C., Maree, M., Zachary Martinot, Mathison, N., Matsetela, E., Mesinger, A., Morales, M.F., Neben, A.R., Patra, N., Pieterse, S., Pober, J.C., Razavi-Ghods, N., Ringuette, J., James Robnett, Rosie, K., Sell, R., Smith, C., Syce, A., Tegmark, M., Nithyanandan Thyagarajan, Williams, P.K.G. & Zheng, H. 2017. Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA). Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 129: 045001. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/129/974/045001 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Etherington, J., Thomas, D., Maraston, C., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Bechtol, K., Pforr, J., Pellegrini, P., Gschwend, J., Carnero Rosell, A., Maia, M. a. G., Costa, D., N, L., Benoit-Lévy, A., Swanson, M.E.C., Hartley, W.G., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Bernstein, R.A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Carrasco Kind, M., Carretero, J., Castander, F.J., Crocce, M., Cunha, C.E., Desai, S., Doel, P., Eifler, T.F., Evrard, A.E., Fausti Neto, A., Finley, D.A., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Gerdes, D.W., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., James, D.J., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Lima, M., Martini, P., Melchior, P., Miquel, R., Mohr, J.J., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Plazas, A.A., Romer, A.K., Rykoff, E.S., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Smith, R.C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Tarle, G., Vikram, V., Walker, A.R. & Zhang, Y. 2017. Environmental dependence of the galaxy stellar mass function in the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification Data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 466: 228–247. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3069 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Gerdes, D.W., Sako, M., Hamilton, S., Zhang, K., Khain, T., Becker, J.C., Annis, J., Wester, W., Bernstein, G.M., Scheibner, C., Zullo, L., Adams, F., Bergin, E., Walker, A.R., Mueller, J.H., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Bechtol, K., Benoit-Levy, A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D.L., Carnero Rosell, A., Kind, M.C., Carretero, J., Cunha, C.E., da Costa, L.N., Desai, S., Diehl, H.T., Eifler, T.F., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., Garcia-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Goldstein, D.A., Gruen, D., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., James, D.J., Kent, S., Krause, E., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Li, T.S., Maia, M. a. G., March, M., Marshall, J.L., Martini, P., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Nichol, R.C., Plazas, A.A., Romer, A.K., Roodman, A., Sanchez, E., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Smith, R.C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Tucker, D.L. & Zhang, Y. 2017. Discovery and Physical Characterization of a Large Scattered Disk Object at 92 au. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 839: L15. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa64d8 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Goddi, C., Falcke, H., Kramer, M., Rezzolla, L., Brinkerink, C., Bronzwaer, T., Davelaar, J.R.J., Deane, R., De Laurentis, M., Desvignes, G., Eatough, R.P., Eisenhauer, F., Fraga-Encinas, R., Fromm, C.M., Gillessen, S., Grenzebach, A., Issaoun, S., Janßen, M., Konoplya, R., Krichbaum, T.P., Laing, R., Liu, K., Lu, R.-S., Mizuno, Y., Moscibrodzka, M., Müller, C., Olivares, H., Pfuhl, O., Porth, O., Roelofs, F., Ros, E., Schuster, K., Tilanus, R., Torne, P., van Bemmel, I., van Langevelde, H.J., Wex, N., Younsi, Z. & Zhidenko, A. 2016. BlackHoleCam: Fundamental physics of the galactic center. International Journal of Modern Physics D, 26: 1730001. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218271817300014 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Habarulema, J.B., Katamzi, Z.T., Sibanda, P. & Matamba, T.M. 2017. Assessing ionospheric response during some strong storms in solar cycle 24 using various data sources. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 122: 2016JA023066. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JA023066 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Hansen, T.T., Simon, J.D., Marshall, J.L., Li, T.S., Carollo, D., DePoy, D.L., Nagasawa, D.Q., Bernstein, R.A., Drlica-Wagner, A., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Annis, J., Bechtol, K., Benoit-Lévy, A., Brooks, D., E. Buckley-Geer, Rosell, A.C., Kind, M.C., Carretero, J., Cunha, C.E., Costa, L.N. da, Desai, S., Eifler, T.F., Neto, A.F., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D.W., D. Gruen, Gruendl, R.A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., James, D.J., Krause, E., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., O. Lahav, Miquel, R., Plazas, A.A., Romer, A.K., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Smith, R.C., M. Soares-Santos, Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Walker, A.R. & Collaboration, D.E.S. 2017. An r -process Enhanced Star in the Dwarf Galaxy Tucana III. Astrophysical Journal, 838: 44. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa634a [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Kalita, J.M. & Chithambo, M.L. 2017. On the sensitivity of thermally and optically stimulated luminescence of α-Al2O3:C and α-Al2O3:C,Mg. Radiation Measurements, 99: 18–24. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2017.03.006 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Kalita, J.M., Chithambo, M.L. & Polymeris, G.S. 2017. Thermally-assisted optically stimulated luminescence from deep electron traps in α-Al2O3:C,Mg. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 403: 28–32. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2017.04.075 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Kwan, J., Sánchez, C., Clampitt, J., Blazek, J., Crocce, M., Jain, B., Zuntz, J., Amara, A., Becker, M.R., Bernstein, G.M., Bonnett, C., DeRose, J., Dodelson, S., Eifler, T.F., Gaztanaga, E., Giannantonio, T., Gruen, D., Hartley, W.G., Kacprzak, T., Kirk, D., Krause, E., MacCrann, N., Miquel, R., Park, Y., Ross, A.J., Rozo, E., Rykoff, E.S., Sheldon, E., Troxel, M.A., Wechsler, R.H., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Benoit-Lévy, A., Brooks, D., Burke, D.L., Rosell, A.C., Carrasco Kind, M., Cunha, C.E., D’Andrea, C.B., Costa, D., N, L., Desai, S., Diehl, H.T., Dietrich, J.P., Doel, P., Evrard, A.E., Fernandez, E., Finley, D.A., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Gerdes, D.W., Gruendl, R.A., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., James, D.J., Jarvis, M., Kuehn, K., Lahav, O., Lima, M., Maia, M. a. G., Marshall, J.L., Martini, P., Melchior, P., Mohr, J.J., Nichol, R.C., Nord, B., Plazas, A.A., Reil, K., Romer, A.K., Roodman, A., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, R.C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Vikram, V. & Walker, A.R. 2017. Cosmology from large-scale galaxy clustering and galaxy–galaxy lensing with Dark Energy Survey Science Verification data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464: 4045–4062. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2464 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Lin, H., Buckley-Geer, E., Agnello, A., Ostrovski, F., McMahon, R.G., Nord, B., Kuropatkin, N., Tucker, D.L., T. Treu, Chan, J.H.H., Suyu, S.H., Diehl, H.T., Collett, T., Gill, M.S.S., More, A., Amara, A., Auger, M.W., F. Courbin, Fassnacht, C.D., Frieman, J., Marshall, P.J., Meylan, G., Rusu, C.E., Abbott, T.M.C., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Banerji, M., Bechtol, K., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D.L., Rosell, A.C., Kind, M.C., Carretero, J., Castander, F.J., Crocce, M., D’Andrea, C.B., Costa, L.N. da, S. Desai, Dietrich, J.P., Eifler, T.F., Finley, D.A., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., García-Bellido, J., E. Gaztanaga, Gerdes, D.W., Goldstein, D.A., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., K. Honscheid, James, D.J., Kuehn, K., Lahav, O., Li, T.S., Lima, M., Maia, M.A.G., March, M., Marshall, J.L., P. Martini, Melchior, P., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Ogando, R.L.C., Plazas, A.A., Romer, A.K., Sanchez, E., R. Schindler, Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Smith, R.C., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Walker, A.R. & Collaboration, D.E.S. 2017. Discovery of the Lensed Quasar System DES J0408-5354. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 838: L15. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa624e [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Luque, E., Pieres, A., Santiago, B., Yanny, B., Vivas, A.K., Queiroz, A., Drlica-Wagner, A., Morganson, E., Balbinot, E., Marshall, J.L., Li, T.S., Neto, A.F., Costa, D., N, L., Maia, M. a. G., Bechtol, K., Kim, A.G., Bernstein, G.M., Dodelson, S., Whiteway, L., Diehl, H.T., Finley, D.A., Abbott, T., Abdalla, F.B., Allam, S., Annis, J., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D.L., Rosell, A.C., Kind, M.C., Carretero, J., Cunha, C.E., D’Andrea, C.B., Desai, S., Doel, P., Evrard, A.E., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Gerdes, D.W., Goldstein, D.A., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R.A., Gutierrez, G., James, D.J., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Martini, P., Miquel, R., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Plazas, A.A., Romer, A.K., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, R.C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M.E.C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D. & Walker, A.R. 2017. The Dark Energy Survey view of the Sagittarius stream: discovery of two faint stellar system candidates. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 468: 97–108. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx405 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Lutz, K.A., Kilborn, V.A., Catinella, B., Koribalski, B.S., Brown, T.H., Cortese, L., Denes, H., Jozsa, G.I.G. & Wong, O.I. 2017. The HIX galaxy survey I: study of the most gas-rich galaxies from HIPASS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467: 1083–1097. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx053 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: McLeod, M., Balan, S.T. & Abdalla, F.B. 2017. A joint analysis for cosmology and photometric redshift calibration using cross-correlations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 466: 3558–3568. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2989 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS, Natarajan, I., Paragi, Z., Zwart, J., Perkins, S., Smirnov, O., van der Heyden, K., 2017m. Resolving the blazar CGRaBS J0809+5341 in the presence of telescope systematics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464: 4306–4317. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2653 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Patil, A.H., Yatawatta, S., Koopmans, L.V.E., Bruyn, A.G. de, Brentjens, M.A., Zaroubi, S., Asad, K.M.B., Hatef, M., Jelić, V., Mevius, M., Offringa, A.R., Pandey, V.N., Vedantham, H., Abdalla, F.B., Brouw, W.N., Chapman, E., Ciardi, B., Gehlot, B.K., Ghosh, A., Harker, G., Iliev, I.T., Kakiichi, K., Majumdar, S., G. Mellema, Silva, M.B., Schaye, J., Vrbanec, D. & Wijnholds, S.J. 2017. Upper Limits on the 21 cm Epoch of Reionization Power Spectrum from One Night with LOFAR. Astrophysical Journal, 838: 65. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa63e7 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Sarma, M.P., Kalita, J.M. & Wary, G. 2017. Chemical bath deposited nanocrystalline TiO 2 thin film as x-ray radiation sensor. Materials Research Express, 4: 045005. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aa6a91 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Thomas, S. & Chithambo, M.L. 2017. Kinetic analysis and general features of thermoluminescence of B2O3-Li2O-ZnF2 glass. Radiation Measurements, 100: 1–8. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2017.03.038 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Thomas, S. & Chithambo, M.L. 2017. Thermoluminescence of K-Mg-Al-Zn fluorophosphate glass. Optical Materials, 64: 302–309. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2016.12.035 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: van Heerden, E., Karastergiou, A. & Roberts, S.J. 2017. A framework for assessing the performance of pulsar search pipelines. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467: 1661–1677. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3068 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Vargas, C.J., Heald, G., Walterbos, R.A.M., Fraternali, F., Patterson, M.T., Rand, R.J., Józsa, G.I.G., Gentile, G. & Serra, P. 2017. HALOGAS Observations of NGC 4559: Anomalous and Extraplanar H i and its Relation to Star Formation. Astrophysical Journal, 839. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa692c [Accessed 13 June 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Achterberg, C.V., Thackeray, S.R. & Hill, M.P. 2017. A new species of Phanerotoma Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae) parasitoid of the carob moth in South Africa. Zootaxa, 4227: 127–134. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4227.1.8 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Coombes, C. A., Hill, M. P., Moore, S. D. & Dames, J. F. 2017. Potential of Entomopathogenic Fungal Isolates for Control of the Soil-Dwelling Life Stages of Thaumatotibia leucotreta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Citrus. African Entomology, 25: 235–238. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4001/003.025.0235 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & BOTANY: Hill, M.P. & Coetzee, J. 2017. The biological control of aquatic weeds in South Africa: Current status and future challenges. Bothalia, 47. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/abc.v47i2.2152 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Craig, A.J. 2017. Gill Memorial Medal Address 2014 Reviewing the Red Bishop: the bird that introduced me to ornithology. Ostrich, 88: 91–95. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2017.1302754 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Hayward, M.W., Porter, L., Lanszki, J., Kamler, J.F., Beck, J.M., Kerley, G.I.H., Macdonald, D.W., Montgomery, R.A., Parker, D.M., Scott, D.M., O’Brien, J. & Yarnell, R.W. 2017. Factors affecting the prey preferences of jackals (Canidae). Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde, 85: 70–82. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2017.02.005 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Hirschauer, M.T. & Wolter, K. 2017. High occurrence of extra-pair partnerships and homosexuality in a captive Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres colony. Ostrich, 0: 1–4. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2017.1304461 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Höfer, J., Muñiz, C., Weidberg, N., García-Flórez, L. & Acuña, J.L. 2017. High densities of stalked barnacle larvae (Pollicipes pollicipes) inside a river plume. Journal of Plankton Research, 39: 316–329. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbw093 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Jordaan, M.S., Dalu, T., Wasserman, R.J., Slabbert, E. & Weyl, O.L.F. 2017. Unexpected survival of sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) during acute rotenone toxicity trials will complicate management of invasions. Biological Invasions, 19: 1739–1744. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1403-7 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Kwong, R.M., Sagliocco, J.L., Harms, N.E., Butler, K.L., Green, P.T. & Martin, G.D. 2017. Biogeographical comparison of the emergent macrophyte, Sagittaria platyphylla in its native and introduced ranges. Aquatic Botany, 141: 1–9. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2017.05.001 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Macala, L. & Mcquaid, C.D. 2017. Effects of Size-Dependent Allocation of Energy to Maintenance, Growth, and Reproduction on Rehabilitation Success in Overexploited Intertidal Mussels Perna perna (L.). Journal of Shellfish Research, 36(1): 9–16. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2983/035.036.0103 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Moyo, S., Chari, L.D., Villet, M.H. & Richoux, N.B. 2017. Decoupled reciprocal subsidies of biomass and fatty acids in fluxes of invertebrates between a temperate river and the adjacent land. Aquatic Sciences, 1–15. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00027-017-0529-0 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Nhiwatiwa, T., Brendonck, L. & Dalu, T. 2017. Understanding factors structuring zooplankton and macroinvertebrate assemblages in ephemeral pans. Limnologica - Ecology and Management of Inland Waters, 64: 11–19. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2017.04.003 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Paterson, I. D., Paynter, Q., Neser, S., Akpabey, F. J., Orapa, W. & Compton, S. G. 2017. West African Arthropods Hold Promise as Biological Control Agents for an Invasive Tree in the Pacific Islands. African Entomology, 25: 244–247. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4001/003.025.0244 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: Riddin, M.A., Bills, I.R. & Villet, M.H. 2016. Phylogeographic, morphometric and taxonomic re-evaluation of the river sardine, Mesobola brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Chedrini). ZooKeys, 641: 121–150. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.641.10434 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Tocco, C. & Villet, M. 2016. Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) assemblages in the western Italian Alps: benchmark data for land use monitoring. Biodiversity Data Journal, 4: e10059. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10059 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Visser, V., Wilson, J.R.U., Canavan, K., Canavan, S., Fish, L., Le Maitre, D., Nänni, I., Mashau, C., O’Connor, T., Ivey, P., Kumschick, S. & Richardson, D.M. 2017. Grasses as invasive plants in South Africa revisited: Patterns, pathways and management. Bothalia, 47: 29 pages. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/abc.v47i2.2169 [Accessed 13 June 2017].

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Zachariades, C., Paterson, I.D., Strathie, L.W., Hill, M.P. & van Wilgen, B.W. 2017. Assessing the status of biological control as a management tool for suppression of invasive alien plants in South Africa. Bothalia, 47. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/abc.v47i2.2142 [Accessed 13 June 2017].