Science & Pharmacy Research Output: April 2021

 

Science & Pharmacy Research Output: April 2021

 

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BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY & CHEMISTRY: Bakary N’tji Diallo, Tarryn Swart, Heinrich C. Hoppe, Özlem Tastan Bishop, and Kevin Lobb. 2021. “Potential Repurposing of Four FDA Approved Compounds with Antiplasmodial Activity Identified through Proteome Scale Computational Drug Discovery and in Vitro Assay.” Scientific Reports, 11(1): 1413. Available: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80722-2. [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Nasser Kasozi, Benjamin Abraham, Horst Kaiser, and Brendan Wilhelmi. 2021. “The Complex Microbiome in Aquaponics: Significance of the Bacterial Ecosystem.” Annals of Microbiology, 71(1): 1. Available: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13213-020-01613-5. [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Blessing Mabate, Chantal Désirée Daub, Samkelo Malgas, Adrienne Lesley Edkins, and Brett Ivan Pletschke. 2021. “Fucoidan Structure and Its Impact on Glucose Metabolism: Implications for Diabetes and Cancer Therapy.” Marine Drugs, 19(1): 30. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/md19010030 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Mpho S. Mafa, Samkelo Malgas, and Brett I. Pletschke. 2021. “Feruloyl Esterase (FAE-1) Sourced from a Termite Hindgut and GH10 Xylanases Synergy Improves Degradation of Arabinoxylan.” AMB Express, 11(1): 21. Available: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-021-01180-1 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Mariska Thoresen, Samkelo Malgas, Mpho Stephen Mafa, and Brett Ivan Pletschke. 2021. “Revisiting the Phenomenon of Cellulase Action: Not All Endo- and Exo-Cellulase Interactions Are Synergistic.” Catalysts, 11(2): 170. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11020170 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY: Nicole S. Upfold, Garry A. Luke, and Caroline Knox. 2021. “Occurrence of Human Enteric Viruses in Water Sources and Shellfish: A Focus on Africa.” Food and Environmental Virology, 13(1): 1–31. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12560-020-09456-8 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: John Robert Honiball, Michael Sean Pepper, and Earl Prinsloo. 2021. “Step-by-Step Assembly and Testing of a Low-Cost Bioprinting Solution for Research and Educational Purposes.” MethodsX, 8: 101186. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2020.101186 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Kenneth I. Ozoemena, Janice Limson, and Mkhulu K. Mathe. 2021. “Electrochemistry: Linking Resources to Sustainable Development (ISE 2019): Foreword.” Electrochimica Acta, 370: 137718. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2021.137718 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

BOTANY: Ethan Newman, Keeveshnee Govender, Sandy van Niekerk, and Steven D. Johnson. 2021. “The Functional Ecology of Bat Pollination in the African Sausage Tree Kigelia Africana (Bignoniaceae).” Biotropica, 53(2): 477–86. Available: https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12891 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL: Sean D. Moore. 2021. “Biological Control of a Phytosanitary Pest (Thaumatotibia Leucotreta): A Case Study.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3): 1198. Available:  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031198 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

CHEMISTRY & BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE: Gugu Kubheka, Balaji Babu, Earl Prinsloo, Nagao Kobayashi, John Mack, and Tebello Nyokong. 2021. “Photodynamic Activity of 2,6-Dibrominated Dimethylaminophenylbuta-1,3-DienylBODIPY Dyes.” Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 25(1): 47–55. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1142/S1088424620500509 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

CHEMISTRY: O. Adeniyi, S. Sicwetsha, A. Adesina, and P. Mashazi. 2021. “Immunoassay Detection of Tumor-Associated Autoantibodies Using Protein G Bioconjugated to Nanomagnet-Silica Decorated with Au@Pd Nanoparticles.” Talanta, 226: 122127. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122127 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

CHEMISTRY: Balaji Babu, Thaslima Asraf Ali, Thivagar Ochappan, John Mack, Tebello Nyokong, and Mathur Gopalakrishnan Sethuraman. 2021. “Photocytotoxicity of Heavy-Atom-Free Thiobarbituric Acid Functionalized Pyrene Derivatives against MCF-7 Cancer Cells.” Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 33: 102102. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdpdt.2020.102102 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

CHEMISTRY: Balaji Babu, Azole Sindelo, John Mack, and Tebello Nyokong. 2021. “Thien-2-Yl Substituted Chlorins as Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy and Photodynamic Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.” Dyes and Pigments, 185: 108886. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.108886 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

CHEMISTRY: Sixolile Centane, and Tebello Nyokong. 2021. “The Antibody Assisted Detection of HER2 on a Cobalt Porphyrin Binuclear Framework and Gold Functionalized Graphene Quantum Dots Modified Electrode.” Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 880: 114908. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114908 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

CHEMISTRY: L. Collen Makola, Tebello Nyokong, and Edith K. Amuhaya. 2021. “Impact of Axial Ligation on Photophysical and Photodynamic Antimicrobial Properties of Indium (III) Methylsulfanylphenyl Porphyrin Complexes Linked to Silver-Capped Copper Ferrite Magnetic Nanoparticles.” Polyhedron, 193: 114882. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2020.114882 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

CHEMISTRY: E. Dube, R. Soy, M. Shumba, and T. Nyokong. 2021. “Photophysicochemical Behaviour of Phenoxy Propanoic Acid Functionalised Zinc Phthalocyanines When Grafted onto Iron Oxide and Silica Nanoparticles: Effects in Photodynamic Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.” Journal of Luminescence, 234: 117939. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2021.117939 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

CHEMISTRY: Phelelisiwe S. Dube, Lesetja J. Legoabe, Audrey Jordaan, Omobolanle J. Jesumoroti, Tendamudzimu Tshiwawa, Digby F. Warner, and Richard M. Beteck. 2021. “Easily Accessed Nitroquinolones Exhibiting Potent and Selective Anti-Tubercular Activity.” European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 213: 113207. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113207 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

CHEMISTRY: Donovan M. Mafukidze, and Tebello Nyokong. 2021. “Photocatalytic and Solar Radiation Harvesting Potential of a Free-Base Porphyrin-Zinc (II) Phthalocyanine Heterodyad Functionalized Polystyrene Polymer Membrane for the Degradation of 4-Chlorophenol.” Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 409: 113142. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2021.113142 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

CHEMISTRY: Sivuyisiwe Mapukata, Jonathan Britton, Olawale L. Osifeko, and Tebello Nyokong. 2021. “The Improved Antibacterial Efficiency of a Zinc Phthalocyanine When Embedded on Silver Nanoparticle Modified Silica Nanofibers.” Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 33: 102100. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdpdt.2020.102100 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

CHEMISTRY: S. Mgidlana, N. Nwahara, and T. Nyokong. 2021. “Photocatalytic Desulfurization of Dibenzothiophene Using Methoxy Substituted Asymmetrical Zinc(II) Phthalocyanines Conjugated to Metal Tungstate Nanomaterials.” Polyhedron, 197: 115053. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2021.115053 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

CHEMISTRY: P. Sen, and T. Nyokong. 2021. “Enhanced Photodynamic Inactivation of Staphylococcus Aureus with Schiff Base Substituted Zinc Phthalocyanines through Conjugation to Silver Nanoparticles.” Journal of Molecular Structure, 1232: 130012. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.130012 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

COMPUTER SCIENCE: V. Zimmermann, and K. Renaud. 2021. “The Nudge Puzzle: Matching Nudge Interventions to Cybersecurity Decisions.” ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 28(1): 7. Available: https://doi.org/10.1145/3429888 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

ECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC HISTORY & CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL: Mary Maluleke, Gavin C. G. Fraser, and Martin P. Hill. 2021. “Economic Evaluation of Chemical and Biological Control of Four Aquatic Weeds in South Africa.” Biocontrol Science and Technology, 1–16. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2021.1900783 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Christophe Amiot, Cyntia Cavalcante Santos, Damien Arvor, Beatriz Bellón, Hervé Fritz, Clément Harmange, et al. 2021. “The Scale of Effect Depends on Operational Definition of Forest Cover—Evidence from Terrestrial Mammals of the Brazilian Savanna.” Landscape Ecology, 36(4): 973–87. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01196-9 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Angelina R. O. Martins, and Charlie M. Shackleton. 2021. “Local Use and Knowledge of Hyphaene Coriacea and Phoenix Reclinata in Zitundo Area, Southern Mozambique.” South African Journal of Botany, 138: 65–75. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2020.12.011 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: and Sheunesu Ruwanza. 2021. “Effects of Solanum Mauritianum Scopoli (Bugweed) Invasion on Soil and Vegetation in Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, South Africa.” Austral Ecology, 46(3): 342–48. Available: https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12999 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Charlie M. Shackleton, and N. Gwedla. 2021. “The Legacy Effects of Colonial and Apartheid Imprints on Urban Greening in South Africa: Spaces, Species, and Suitability.” Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8: 579813. Available:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.579813 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Charlie M. Shackleton, and Afika Njwaxu. 2021. “Does the Absence of Community Involvement Underpin the Demise of Urban Neighbourhood Parks in the Eastern Cape, South Africa?” Landscape and Urban Planning, 207: 104006. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.104006 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: L. M. Vermeulen, Z. Munch, and A. Palmer. 2021. “Fractional Vegetation Cover Estimation in Southern African Rangelands Using Spectral Mixture Analysis and Google Earth Engine.” Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 182: 105980. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2020.105980 [Accessed 03 May 2021.

 

HUMAN KINETICS & ERGONOMICS: Lee Pote, Bradley Robinson, and Candice Christie. 2021. “Injuries in High School Level Rugby Union: How Do Coaches Manage Injuries?” Human Movement, 22(1): 50–56. Available: https://doi.org/10.5114/hm.2021.98464. [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Melba G. Bondad‐Reantaso, Nihad Fejzic, Brett MacKinnon, David Huchzermeyer, Sabina Seric‐Haracic, Fernando O. Mardones, et al. 2021. “A 12-Point Checklist for Surveillance of Diseases of Aquatic Organisms: A Novel Approach to Assist Multidisciplinary Teams in Developing Countries.” Reviews in Aquaculture. Available: https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12530 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Dónall Eoin Cross, Chris Thomas, Niall McKeown, Vincent Siaziyu, Amy Healey, Tom Willis, et al. 2021. “Geographically Extensive Larval Surveys Reveal an Unexpected Scarcity of Primary Vector Mosquitoes in a Region of Persistent Malaria Transmission in Western Zambia.” Parasites & Vectors, 14(1): 91. Available: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04540-1 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: Sara Miñarro, Victoria Reyes-García, Shankar Aswani, Samiya Selim, Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, and Eric D. Galbraith. 2021. “Happy without Money: Minimally Monetized Societies Can Exhibit High Subjective Well-Being.” PLOS ONE, 16(1): e0244569. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244569 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH & GEOGRAPHY: Adela Itzkin, Mary C. Scholes, Jai Kumar Clifford-Holmes, Kate Rowntree, Bennie van der Waal, and Kaera Coetzer. 2021. “A Social-Ecological Systems Understanding of Drivers of Degradation in the Tsitsa River Catchment to Inform Sustainable Land Management.” Sustainability, 13(2): 516. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020516 [Accessed 03 May 2021].

 

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH: Itumeleng M. Selebalo, Mary C. Scholes, and Jai K. Clifford-Holmes. 2021. “A Systemic Analysis of the Environmental Impacts of Gold Mining within the Blyde River Catchment, a Strategic Water Area of South Africa.” Water, 13(3): 301. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030301 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

MATHEMATICS (PURE AND APPLIED): Eric O. D. Andriantiana, Valisoa Razanajatovo Misanantenaina, and Stephan Wagner. 2021. “Extremal Trees with Fixed Degree Sequence.” The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 28(1): P1.1-P1.1. Available:  https://doi.org/10.37236/9770 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

PHARMACY & CHEMISTRY: Bwalya A. Witika, Vincent J. Smith, and Roderick B. Walker. 2021. “Top-Down Synthesis of a Lamivudine-Zidovudine Nano Co-Crystal.” Crystals, 11(1): 33. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11010033 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

PHARMACY & CHEMISTRY: Bwalya A. Witika, Jessé-Clint Stander, Vincent J. Smith, and Roderick B. Walker. 2021. “Nano Co-Crystal Embedded Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels: A Potential Approach to Treat HIV/AIDS.” Pharmaceutics, 13(2): 127. Available:  https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics13020127 [Accessed 04 May 2021.

 

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: M. L. Chithambo. 2021. “Thermal Assistance in the Optically Stimulated Luminescence of Superluminous Sr4Al14O25: Eu2+,Dy3+.” Physica B: Condensed Matter, 603: 412722. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2020.412722 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Nicolas Fagnoni, Eloy de Lera Acedo, David R. DeBoer, Zara Abdurashidova, James E. Aguirre, Paul Alexander, et al. 2021. “Understanding the HERA Phase I Receiver System with Simulations and Its Impact on the Detectability of the EoR Delay Power Spectrum.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,  500(1): 1232–42. Available: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3268 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: P. O. Ike, D. E. Folley, K. K. Agwu, M. L. Chithambo, S. Chikwembani, and Fabian I. Ezema. 2021. “Influence of Dysprosium Doping on the Structural, Thermoluminescence and Optical Properties of Lithium Aluminium Borate.” Journal of Luminescence, 233: 117932. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2021.117932 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: G.I.G. Józsa, K. Thorat, P. Kamphuis, L. Sebokolodi, E.K. Maina, J. Wang, et al. 2021. “Anomalous Gas in ESO 149-G003: A MeerKAT-16 View.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 501(2): 2704–23. Available: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3770 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: J. M. Kalita, and M. L. Chithambo. 2021. “Blue- and Infrared-Light Stimulated Luminescence of Microcline and the Effect of Optical Bleaching on Its Thermoluminescence.” Journal of Luminescence, 229: 117712. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2020.117712 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: N. Maddox, B.S. Frank, A.A. Ponomareva, M.J. Jarvis, E.A.K. Adams, R. Davé, et al. 2021. “MIGHTEE-HI: The H » i Emission Project of the MeerKAT MIGHTEE Survey.” Astronomy and Astrophysics, 646: A35. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202039655 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: F. O. Ogundare, M. L. Chithambo, and B. O. Akintunde. 2021. “Optically Stimulated Luminescence of Cowrie Shells.” Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 167: 109463. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2020.109463 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: B. Quici, N. Hurley-Walker, N. Seymour, R.J. Turner, S.S. Shabala, M. Huynh, et al. 2021. “Remnant Radio Galaxies Discovered in a Multi-Frequency Survey.” Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 38: e008. Available: https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2020.49 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: A. J. Lontsi Sob, M. L. Chithambo, and J. M. Kalita. 2021. “Analysis of Illumination-Time-Dependent Profiles of Phototransferred Thermoluminescence of Al2O3:C,Mg.” Journal of Luminescence, 230: 117721. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2020.117721 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: Jake D. Turner, Philippe Zarka, Jean-Mathias Grießmeier, Joseph Lazio, Baptiste Cecconi, J. Emilio Enriquez, et al. 2021. “The Search for Radio Emission from the Exoplanetary Systems 55 Cancri, υ Andromedae, and τ Boötis Using LOFAR Beam-Formed Observations.” Astronomy & Astrophysics, 645: A59. Available: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201937201 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: B Webster, J H Croston, B Mingo, R D Baldi, B Barkus, G Gürkan, et al. 2021. “A Population of Galaxy-Scale Jets Discovered Using LOFAR.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 500(4): 4921–36. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3437 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: S.V. White, M.J. Jarvis, E. Kalfountzou, M.J. Hardcastle, A. Verma, J.M. Cao Orjales, and J. Stevens. 2021. “Accretion and Star Formation in ‘radio-Quiet’ Quasars.” Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 15(Symposium S356): 204 - 208. Available: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921320002914 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS: F Yusef-Zadeh, M Wardle, C Heinke, I Heywood, R Arendt, M Royster, W Cotton, F Camilo, and J Michail. 2021. “G0.173−0.42: An X-Ray and Radio Magnetized Filament near the Galactic Centre.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 500(3): 3142–50. Available: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3257 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHERIES SCIENCE: P. H. N. Bragança, J. Van der Zee, A. Chakona, R. C. Schmidt, and M. L. J. Stiassny. 2021. “Following the Mangroves: Diversification in the Banded Lampeye Aplocheilichthys Spilauchen (Duméril, 1861) (Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae) along the Atlantic Coast of Africa.” Hydrobiologia 848(7): 1433–1453. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-020-04497-3 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY & ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Kaylee P. Smit, Anthony T. F. Bernard, Amanda T. Lombard, and Kerry J. Sink. 2021. “Assessing Marine Ecosystem Condition: A Review to Support Indicator Choice and Framework Development.” Ecological Indicators, 121: 107148. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107148 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Krista N. Oswald, Alan T. K. Lee, and Ben Smit. 2021. “Seasonal Metabolic Adjustments in an Avian Evolutionary Relict Restricted to Mountain Habitat.” Journal of Thermal Biology, 95: 102815. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102815 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Jianxun Shen, Adam J. Wyness, Mark W. Claire, and Aubrey L. Zerkle. 2021. “Spatial Variability of Microbial Communities and Salt Distributions Across a Latitudinal Aridity Gradient in the Atacama Desert.” Microbial Ecology. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-020-01672-w [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY & SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: L. D. Vorsatz, P. Pattrick, and F. Porri. 2021. “Quantifying the in Situ 3-Dimensional Structural Complexity of Mangrove Tree Root Systems: Biotic and Abiotic Implications at the Microhabitat Scale.” Ecological Indicators, 121: 107154. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107154 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Kathryn S. Williams, Samual T. Williams, Rebecca J. Welch, Courtney J. Marneweck, Gareth K. H. Mann, Ross T. Pitman, et al. 2021. “Assumptions about Fence Permeability Influence Density Estimates for Brown Hyaenas across South Africa.” Scientific Reports, 11(1): 620. Available:  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77188-7 [Accessed 04 May 2021].

 

ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY: Chuan Yuan, Qin Wang, Yan Chen, Li-Dan Zhang, Lu Tan, Rong-Hua Fu, et al. 2021. “Impacts of a Biocontrol Agent on Invasive Ageratina Adenophora in Southwest China: Friend or Foe?” Biological Control, 152: 104471. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2020.104471 [Accessed 04 May 2021].