Maharaj S. ongoing. Evaluating the water use of Arundo donax and Phragmites australis.

Maharaj S, Singh G & Venter N. in press. Estimating the area occupied by Arundo donax and Phragmites australis in Gauteng Province, South Africa. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation.

Horsfield G. Forthcoming. Bridging risk and regeneration: Policy and practice for agroecology in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. Climate and Development.

Osbahr H & Horsfield G. Forthcoming. Monsoon, drought and design: State-specific agroecology strategies for climate resilience. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment.

van Mazijk R, McGregor S, Duker R, Liversage W, Butynski C, Schutgens M, Schleicher M, Graham MD, Rees SK, Aldabaa A, Mohamed AH, Almalki SD & Lee BPY-H. 2026. Arthropod assemblages in desert ecosystems of AlUla County, Saudi Arabia. Ecology and Evolution 14:e73418. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73418

McGregor S, van Mazijk R, Duker R, Ismail A-L, Liversage W, Mills AJ, Butynski C, Schutgens, M. et al. 2026. Organic carbon stocks in aboveground biomass and soils in hyper-arid AlUla County, Saudi Arabia. Carbon Balance and Management 21:40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-026-00416-6.

van Mazijk R, McGregor S, Duker R, Liversage W, Butynski C, Schutgens M, Schleicher M, Graham MD, Rees SK, Aldabaa A, Mohamed AH, Almalki SD & Lee BPY-H. 2026. Arthropod assemblages in desert ecosystems of AlUla County, Saudi Arabia. Ecology and Evolution 14:e73418. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73418

van Mazijk R, McGregor S, Duker R, Liversage W, Butynski C, Schutgens M, Schleicher M, Graham MD, Rees SK, Aldabaa A, Mohamed AH, Almalki SD & Lee BPY-H. 2026. Arthropod assemblages in desert ecosystems of AlUla County, Saudi Arabia. Ecology and Evolution 14:e73418. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73418

Wernberg T, Filbee-Dexter K, de Bettignies T, Leclerc J-C, Davoult LL, Christie HC, Dyer DC, Anderson RJ, Rothman MD, Bolton JJ, Norderhaug KM & Smit AJ. 2025. Smaller plants in warmer water could have implications for future kelp forests. Scientific Reports 15:28616. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-13950-z

Vermonti N, Clarke CE, Crous CJ, Miller JA, Nel T & Francis ML. 2025. Termites as vectors for the lateral movement of elements in the landscape: their influence on nutrient cycling and landscape heterogeneity. Applied Soil Ecology 206:105898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2025.105898

McGregor S., Ismail A.L., Duker R., Liversage W., Maharaj S., Mills A.J., Van Mazijk R. et al. 2025. Allometric equations for hyper-arid desert plant species of AlUla County, Saudi Arabia. Carbon Balance and Management 20:52. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-025-00334-z

McGregor S, Ismail A-L, Duker R, Liversage W, Maharaj S, Mills AJ, van Mazijk R, Butynski C, Schutgens M, Schleicher M, Graham MD, Rees SK, Eldabaa A, Mohamed AH, Almalki SD & Lee BPY-H. 2025. Allometric equations for hyper-arid desert plant species of AlUla County, Saudi Arabia. Submitted to Carbon Balance and Management.

Ismail A-L, McGregor S, Duker R, Liversage W, Mills AJ, van Mazijk R, Butynski C, Schutgens M, Schleicher M, Graham MD, Rees SK, Eldabaa A, Mohamed AH, Almalki SD & Lee BPY-H. 2025. Organic carbon stocks in aboveground biomass and soils in hyper-arid AlUla County, Saudi Arabia. Submitted to Carbon Balance and Management.

Van Mazijk R, McGregor S, Duker R, Butynski C, Schutgens M, Schleicher M, Graham MD, Rees SK, Eldabaa A, Mohamed AH, Almalki SD & Lee BPY-H. 2025. Arthropod communities in desert ecosystems of AlUla County, Saudi Arabia. Submitted to Zoology in the Middle East.

Von der Heyden S, Mofokeng RP, Adams J, Midgley GF, Pillay D, Watson K, Boshoff B, Bossert A, Combrink C, Engelbrecht T, Govender S, Mokumo M, Ndhlovu A & Searle A. 2024. Nine decades of research on Zostera capensis: from foundational science to conservation and resilience. Marine Ecology Progress Series 748. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14711

Mills AJ, van Mazijk R, Allen JL & Strydom T. 2024. Soil geochemistry and constraint of tree seedlings immediately after germination on Macrotermes termite mounds in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Ecology and Evolution 14(5):e11348. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11348

Van Zyl C. 2024. Modelling the projected impact of climate change on the hydrology of the data-scarce, semi-arid Olifants River Catchment (Western Cape, South Africa) using SWAT+. MSc thesis, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Prew ZS, Reddy MM, Mehta A, Dyer DC & Smit AJ. 2024. The African seaforest: a review. Botanica Marina 67(5):425–442. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2023-0060

Hepworth E, Messori G & Vichi M. 2024. Synoptic-scale extreme variability of winter Antarctic sea-ice concentration and its link to Southern Ocean extratropical cyclones. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 129(6). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC019825

Hepworth E. 2024. Synoptic weather systems over Antarctic sea ice: understanding the link between extratropical cyclones and extreme variability in Antarctic sea-ice concentration. PhD thesis, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Davis K. 2024. The Camdeboo–Mountain Zebra mega-reserve as an opportunity to protect viable populations of medium- to large-sized mammals. MSc thesis, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.

Van Niekerk M. 2024. South Africa’s buried treasure: developing a tissue culture protocol for Crocosmia aurea for possible commercialisation of antidiabetic compound Montbretin A (MbA). BSc (Hons) thesis (unpublished), University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Ernst Y, Archibald S, Balzter H, Chevallier F, Ciais P, Fischer CG, et al. 2024. The African regional greenhouse gases budget (2010–2019). Global Biogeochemical Cycles 38: e2023GB008016. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GB008016

Mills AJ & van Mazijk R. 2024. Permutation tests to identify significant constraint or promotion within biological scatterplots. Ecology and Evolution 14(11):e70584. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70584

Jiménez-Mejías P, Manzano S, Gowda V, Krell F-K, Lin M-Y, Martín-Bravo S, et al. 2024. Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: a collective international appeal. BioScience 74:467–472. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf032

Van Mazijk R, West AG & Verboom GA. 2024. Genome size variation in Cape schoenoid sedges (Schoeneae) and its ecophysiological consequences. American Journal of Botany 111:e16315. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16315

SANBI. 2024. Risk analysis of Araujia sericifera Brot. for South Africa as per the risk analysis for alien taxa framework v1.2, approved by the South African Alien Species Risk Analysis Review Panel on 22 April 2024. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11034540

McGregor S. 2024. Associations between patterns of wild ungulate patch use, soil carbon and albedo in montane grasslands. PhD thesis, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.

McGregor S, Cromsigt JP, te Beest M & Kerley GIH. 2024. Informing the grazing debate with empirical data on black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) patch use. Rangeland Ecology & Management 95:11–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2024.04.002

Maharaj S, Cowie BW, Byrne MJ & Venter N. 2024. Insights into the invasion of the moth catcher vine, Araujia sericifera (Apocynaceae), in South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 171C:517–528. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2024.06.034

McGregor S, Cromsigt JPGM, te Beest M, Chen J, Roy DP, Hawkins H-J & Kerley GIH. 2024. Grassland albedo as a nature-based climate prospect: the role of growth form and grazing. Environmental Research Letters 19:124004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad8765

Mills AJ, van Mazijk R, Allen JL & Strydom T. 2024. Soil geochemistry and constraint of tree seedlings immediately after germination on Macrotermes termite mounds in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Ecology and Evolution 14(5) https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11348

Mills AJ & van Mazijk R. 2024. Permutations tests to identify significant constraint or promotion within biological scatterplots. Ecology and Evolution 14:e70584 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70584

Mills AJ, Duker R, Lechmere-Oertel RG, van Mazijk R & Potts AJ. 2023. Science is the fuel required for lifting ecosystem restoration into the orbit of hundreds of millions of hectares. Frontiers in Conservation Science 4:1283262. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2023.1283262

Mills AJ, Strydom T, Allen JL & Baum J. 2023. Potential geochemical constraints on tree seedlings in northern Kruger National Park grasslands. Koedoe 65(1), a1773.

Searle AB. 2023. Unearthing blue carbon core microbiomes: patterns and drivers shaping sediment microbial communities between seagrass, salt marsh and mangrove ecosystems at different spatial scales. BSc Honours thesis, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. (Currently under review in Journal of Environmental Microbiology).

Mundell C. 2023. Measuring absorbance as an indicator of maturity in dark-skinned avocado cultivars. Subtrop Journal 36.

Hepworth E. 2023. Mean sea level pressure to identify cyclone centroids from May–September over the years 1970–2021 [dataset]. Zenodo. https://zenodo.org/records/8334609

Olivier GJ. 2023. Estimating spatiotemporal variability of maize crop evapotranspiration in the Mooi River Catchment, South Africa: a crop coefficient approach using satellite remote sensing-based vegetation indices. MSc thesis, University of South Africa.

Mabuza PG. 2023. Understanding disturbance, vegetation density, seed banks and pollination for the conservation of Protea curvata. PhD thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Hughes N, Le Roux M, Campbell QP & van der Merwe F. 2023. CFD evaluation of the airflow characteristics in an air-gravity separation unit using suction fluidisation. Submitted to Computers and Chemical Engineering.

Hughes N, Le Roux M & Campbell QP. 2023. Beneficiation of +6.7–13.2 mm Southern African coal using pneumatic suction fluidisation. Submitted to Coal Preparation and Utilization.

Hughes N, Le Roux M & Campbell QP. 2023. Evaluation of pneumatic suction fluidisation for the beneficiation of +3.2–6.7 mm Southern African coal. Submitted to Coal Preparation and Utilization.

Berhanu R. 2023. Reprocessing of legacy seismic profile using advanced algorithms for shale gas exploration, South Africa. MSc dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Wesson C, Britz W & Duker R. 2023. Investigating the efficiency and capabilities of UAVs and convolutional neural networks in the field of remote sensing as a land classification tool. South African Journal of Geomatics 12(2):172–189.

Maharaj S. 2023. Insights into the invasion of the moth catcher vine, Araujia sericifera (Apocynaceae), in South Africa. Honours thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Van Mazijk R. 2023. Genome size variation in Cape schoenoid sedges and its ecophysiological consequences. MSc thesis, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Mills AJ, Duker R, Lechmere-Oertel RG, van Mazijk R & Potts AJ. 2023. Science is the fuel required for lifting ecosystem restoration into the orbit of hundreds of millions of hectares. Frontiers in Conservation Science 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2023.1283262

Mills AJ, Duker R, Lechmere-Oertel RG, van Mazijk R & Potts AJ. 2023. Science is the fuel required for lifting ecosystem restoration into the orbit of hundreds of millions of hectares. Frontiers in Conservation Science 4:1116385.

Hepworth E, Messori G & Vichi M. 2022. Association between extreme atmosphere anomalies over Antarctic sea ice, Southern Ocean polar cyclones and atmospheric rivers. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 127(7). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD036121

Skatulla S, Audh RR, Cook A, Hepworth E, Johnson S, Lupascu DC, MacHutchon K, Marquart R et al. 2022. Physical and mechanical properties of winter first-year ice in Antarctic marginal ice zone along the Good Hope Line. The Cryosphere 16(7). https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2899-2022

Vermonti N. 2022. Structural and functional attributes of heuweltjies in the fynbos and succulent karoo biomes: the interaction of termites, vegetation and geochemistry. MSc thesis, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Peters ES, Le Roux M, Campbell QP & Hughes N. 2022. Beneficiation of small South African coal using an air-dense medium fluidised bed. International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization 42(5). https://doi.org/10.1080/19392699.2020.1758682

Soltani S, Feilhauer H, Duker R & Kattenborn T. 2022. Transfer learning from citizen science photographs enables plant species identification in UAV imagery. ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 5:100019.

Galuszynski NC, Duker R, Potts AJ & Kattenborn T. 2022. Automated mapping of Portulacaria afra canopies for restoration monitoring with convolutional neural networks and heterogeneous unmanned aerial vehicle imagery. PeerJ 10:e13268.

Mills AJ, Strydom T, Allen JL & Baum J. 2021. Pedoderm chemistry in sodic patches on savanna hillslopes in the southern Kruger National Park, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology 59(4): 1070–1074.

Mills AJ, Strydom T, Allen JL & Baum J. 2021. The chemistry of the pedoderm–part 1: Grasslands and savannas in the central Kruger National Park, South Africa. African Journal of Range & Forage Science 1–6.

Mills AJ, Strydom T & Allen JL. 2021. The chemistry of the pedoderm–part 2: Dichrostachys cinerea patches and adjacent grassland in the southern Kruger National Park, South Africa. African Journal of Range & Forage Science 1–4.

Mills AJ, Strydom T, Allen JL & Baum J. 2021. The chemistry of the pedoderm–part 3: Colophospermum mopane shrublands and woodlands in the central Kruger National Park, South Africa. African Journal of Range & Forage Science 1–5.

Mills AJ & Kellner K. 2021. The chemistry of the pedoderm–part 4: Grasslands and savannas within Mokala National Park, South Africa. African Journal of Range & Forage Science 1–5.

Mills AJ & Medinski T. 2021. Ecological effects of clay mining by Macrotermes termites. South African Journal of Science 117(7–8): 1–3.

van der Vyver ML, Mills AJ & Cowling RM. 2021. A biome-wide experiment to assess the effects of propagule size and treatment on the survival of Portulacaria afra (spekboom) truncheons planted to restore degraded subtropical thicket of South Africa. PLoS ONE 16: e0250256.

van der Vyver ML, Mills AJ, Difford M & Cowling RM. 2021. Herbivory and misidentification of target habitat constrain region-wide restoration success of spekboom (Portulacaria afra) in South African subtropical succulent thicket. PeerJ 9: e11944.

Paul F, Mielke T, Schwarz C, Schröder J, Rampai T, Skatulla S, Audh RR, Hepworth E, Vichi M & Lupascu D. 2021. Frazil ice in the Antarctic marginal ice zone. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9060647

Paul F, Mielke T, Nisters C, Schröder J, Rampai T, Skatulla S, Audh RR, Hepworth E et al. 2021. Brief communication: Grease ice in the Antarctic marginal ice zone. The Cryosphere. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2020-362

Olivier GJ. 2021. Towards using susceptibility mapping to identify recent to paleo-mass movements in the Eastern Cape Drakensberg, South Africa. Honours thesis, University of South Africa.

Steunenberg K. 2021. The effect of nearest neighbours on the mortality of Vachellia karoo. MSc thesis, Rhodes University, South Africa.

Hughes N, Le Roux M, Campbell QP & Nakhaei F. 2021. Dry coal beneficiation practices: a review. Submitted to Minerals Engineering.

Hughes N, Le Roux M & Campbell QP. 2021. Dry processing for coal preparation: a review. XXX International Mineral Processing Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 18–22 April 2021.

Title: The soil microbiomics of intact, degraded and partially restored semi-arid succulent thicket (Albany subtropical thicket)
Primary Author: Schagen M
Co-authors: Bosch J, Johnson J, Duker R, Lebre P, Potts AJ & Cowan DA.
Year: 2021
Source:PeerJ
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12131

Cruywagen R. 2021. “Sal jy my verstaan?”: the representation of post-apartheid Afrikaner repudiation in Fokofpolisiekar lyrics. MA thesis, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Van Mazijk R, Cramer MD & Verboom GA. 2021. Environmental heterogeneity explains contrasting plant species richness between the South African Cape and southwestern Australia. Journal of Biogeography 48(8):1875–1888. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14133

Elliott TL, van Mazijk R, Barrett RL, Bruhl JJ, Joly S, Muthaphuli N, Wilson KL & Muasya AM. 2021. Global dispersal and diversification of the genus Schoenus (Cyperaceae) from the Western Australian biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59(4):791–808. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12652

McGregor S, Strydom NA & Campbell EE. 2021. Association of early stage fishes with surf diatom Anaulus australis accumulations in a warm temperate surf zone, South Africa. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 263:107653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107653

Liversage W. 2021. In a novel landscape in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, what are the key vegetation resources that support livestock production? MSc thesis, Rhodes University, South Africa.

Hughes N, Le Roux M & Campbell QP. 2021. Dry processing for coal preparation: a review. Australian Coal Processing Conference, NSW, Australia, 8–12 March 2021.

Schagen M, Bosch J, Johnson J, Duker R, Lebre P, Potts AJ & Cowan DA. 2021. The soil microbiomics of intact, degraded and partially restored semi-arid succulent thicket (Albany subtropical thicket). PeerJ 9:e12131.

Mills AJ & Strydom T. 2020. Basal stem area is a better measure of woodiness than canopy cover in the savannas of the Kruger National Park. South African Journal of Science 116. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2020/7409

Mills AJ, Tan D, Manji AK, Vijitpan T, Henriette E, Murugaiyan P, Pantha RH, Lafdal MY, Soule A, Cazzetta S, Begat P, Vlieghe KEP, Lavirotte L, Kok, JT & Lister J. 2020. Ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change: Lessons learned from a pioneering project spanning Mauritania, Nepal, the Seychelles, and China. Plants, People, Planet. http://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10126

Mills AJ, Allen JA & Le Roux ZM. 2020. Small ratios of anabolic to catabolic soil nutrients constrain non-indigenous trees in the Western Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 132:196–203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2020.03.035

Mills AJ & De Wet R. 2019. Quantifying a sponge: The additional water in restored thicket. South African Journal of Science 115(5–6): 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2019/a0309

Mills AJ, Christophersen T, Wilkie ML & Mansur E. 2020. The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: catalysing a global movement. Unasylva 71(2020/1): 119–126.

Wilson JR, Foxcroft LC, Geerts S, Hoffman MT, MacFadyen S, Measey J, Mills AJ, Richardson DM, Robertson MP & van Wilgen BW. 2020. The role of environmental factors in promoting and limiting biological invasions in South Africa. In: Biological Invasions in South Africa, pp. 355–385. Invading Nature — Springer Series in Invasion Ecology, vol 14. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32394-3_13

Hepworth E, Vichi M, van Zuydam A, Taylor NC, Bossau J, Engelbrecht M & Aarskog T. 2020. Sea ice observations in the Antarctic marginal ice zone during winter 2019 [dataset]. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.921759

Hepworth E, Vichi M, Engelbrecht M, Kaplan K, Sandru A, Bossau J, Pranlall S, de Jager W & Rogerson JJ. 2020. Sea ice observations in the Antarctic marginal ice zone during spring 2019 [dataset]. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.921755

Reynolds C, Henry DW, Tye D & Tye N. 2020. Defining separation zones for coastal birds at a wetland of global importance. Wildlife Research 48(2):134–141.

Baur N. 2020. Life history, diet and ecology of three South African macrourid species. MSc thesis, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Duker R, Cowling RM, van der Vyver ML & Potts AJ. 2020. Site selection for subtropical thicket restoration: mapping cold air pooling in the South African sub-escarpment lowlands. PeerJ 8:e8980.

Malod K, Archer CR, Karsten M, Cruywagen R, Howard A, Nicolson SW & Weldon CW. 2020. Exploring the role of host specialisation and oxidative stress in interspecific lifespan variation in subtropical tephritid flies. Scientific Reports 10:5601. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62656-8

McGregor S & Strydom NA. 2020. Feeding ecology and microplastic ingestion in Chelon richardsonii (Mugilidae) associated with surf diatom Anaulus australis accumulations in a warm temperate South African surf zone. Marine Pollution Bulletin 158:111430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111430

Dyer DC, Butler MJ, Smit AJ, Anderson RJ & Bolton JJ. 2019. Kelp forest POM during upwelling and downwelling conditions: using stable isotopes to differentiate between detritus and phytoplankton. Marine Ecology Progress Series 619:17–34. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12941

Dyer DC, Butler MJ, Smit AJ, Anderson RJ & Bolton JJ. 2019. Variability in stable isotope values of South African Laminariales, Ecklonia maxima and Laminaria pallida, over different spatial and temporal scales. Marine Ecology Progress Series 628:55–71. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13096

de Jong E. 2019. Assessment of the synoptic variability of the Antarctic marginal ice zone with in situ observations. MSc thesis, University of Cape Town, South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31109

Vichi M, Eayrs C, Alberello A, Bekker A, Bennetts L, Holland D, de Jong E et al. 2019. Effects of an explosive polar cyclone crossing the Antarctic marginal ice zone. Geophysical Research Letters 46(11). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082457

Elliott TL, Laidler G, Muasya AM, Muthaphuli N & van Mazijk R. 2019. Solving the sedge mystery. Veld & Flora 105(3):20–25.

Cramer MD, Wootton LM, van Mazijk R & Verboom GA. 2019. New regionally modelled soil layers improve prediction of vegetation type relative to that based on global soil models. Diversity and Distributions 25(11):1736–1750. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12975

Hughes N, Le Roux M & Campbell QP. 2019. Dry processing for coal preparation: a review. Southern African Coal Processing Society International Coal Conference, Secunda, 19–22 August 2019.

Mills AJ, Milton SJ, Taplin BD & Allen JL. 2018. Viability of watering Portulacaria afra truncheons to facilitate restoration of subtropical thicket: Results from a nursery experiment and cost model. South African Journal of Botany 115:58–64.

Mills AJ & Allen JL. 2018. Searching for David within the Goliath of alien woody plant invasions in the Western Cape Province. South African Journal of Science 114:1–3.

Thomas R, Reed M, Clifton K, Appadurai N, Mills AJ, Zucca C, Kodsi E, Sircely J, Haddad F, Hagen C, Mapedza E, Woldearegay K, Shalander K, Bellon M, Le Q, Mabikke S, Alexander S, Leu S, Schlingloff S, Lala-Pritchard T, Mares V & Quiroz R. 2018. A framework for scaling sustainable land management options. Land Degradation & Development 29:3272–3284.

Mills AJ & Sirami C. 2018. Nutrient enrichment of ecosystems by fungus-growing versus non-fungus-growing termites. Journal of Tropical Ecology 34: 385–389.

Ikin BA. 2018. “Mindless management practices and their impact on employees.” MA thesis, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Dyer DC. 2018. Stable isotope ecology of South African kelp forests. PhD thesis, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

De Jong E, Vichi M, Mehlmann CB, Eayrs C, De Kock W, Moldenhauer M & Audh RR. 2018. Sea ice conditions within the Antarctic marginal ice zone in winter 2017, onboard the SA Agulhas II [dataset]. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.885211

De Jong E, Vichi M, Saunders CFW, Kotilainen MJ, Luyt H, Peel SPM & Swart D. 2018. Sea ice conditions within the Antarctic marginal ice zone in summer 2016, onboard the SA Agulhas II [dataset]. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.885208

Moyo MS. 2018. The phenology of the Enkangala Grasslands. MSc thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Hughes N, Le Roux M & Campbell QP. 2018. The dry beneficiation of South African small coal in a dense medium fluidised bed. https://hdl.handle.net/10394/31973

Hughes N, Le Roux M & Campbell QP. 2018. Beneficiation of Southern African coals using upward cyclic airflow.

Hauptfleisch RG. 2018. Characterising rainfall using a high-density rain gauge network in the Mooi River catchment. MSc thesis, North-West University, South Africa. https://repository.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/33864

Van Mazijk R, Smyth LK, Weideman EA & West AG. 2018. Isotopic tracing of stormwater in the urban Liesbeek River. Water SA 44(4):674–679. https://doi.org/10.4314/wsa.v44i4.12

McGregor S & Strydom NA. 2018. The abundance, diversity and distribution of small fishes in mangrove and non-mangrove estuaries in warm temperate South Africa. Scientia Marina 82(2):81–93. https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04744.31A

Gummow WT. 2018. Recycled tyre rubber crumb as a soil ameliorant in compacted soils. Unpublished MSc thesis, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.

Mills AJ & Hunter R. 2018. Restoration of wetlands on the Agulhas Plain is unlikely to generate peat. South African Journal of Science 114(1/2). http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2018/a0252

Mander M, Jewitt G, Dini J, Glenday J, Blignaut J, Hughes C, Marais C, Maze K, van der Waal B & Mills A. 2017. Modelling potential hydrological returns from investing in ecological infrastructure: Case studies from the Baviaanskloof-Tsitsikamma and uMngeni catchments, South Africa. Ecosystem Services. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.03.003

Mills AJ & Robson A. 2017. Survivorship of spekboom (Portulacaria afra) planted within the Subtropical Thicket Restoration Programme. South African Journal of Science 113: http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2017/a0196

Mills AJ, Milewski AV, Snyman D & Jordaan JJ. 2017. Effects of anabolic and catabolic nutrients on woody plant encroachment after long-term experimental fertilization in a South African savanna. PLoS ONE 12(6): e0179848. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179848

Daron J, Horsfield G, Petty C, Osbahr H, Cardey S, Cornforth R, Tarhule A, Gallo F, Kane C & Graham R. 2017. People-centred climate services in the Sahel. World Bank.

Van Mazijk R. 2017. Relating vascular plant species richness and environmental heterogeneity across spatial scales in the Greater Cape Floristic Region and the Southwest Australia Floristic Region. BSc (Honours) thesis, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Horsfield G. 2016. Investigating the construction of gendered perceptions of climate variability and change of communal farmers in agro-ecological zones II and III of Zimbabwe. Doctoral thesis, British Library.

Van As SJ, van der Linden S, Phillips D, Duker R, Calitz W, Beyers A, Cowling RM & Potts AJ. 2016. Impending local extinction of Aloe ferox Mill. populations in the absence of elephants? African Journal of Ecology 54(2):231–234.

Mills AJ, Milewski AV, & Sirami C. 2016. A preliminary test of catabolic nutrients in explanation of the puzzling treelessness of grassland in mesic Australia. Austral Ecology 41:927–937. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12385

Milewski A.V. & Mills A.J. 2015. Why was the Highveld treeless? Looking laterally to the Pampas for global edaphic principles beyond biogeographical incidents. South African Journal of Botany 101:98–106.

Mills AJ, van der Vyver M, Gordon I, Patwardhan A, Marais C, Blignaut J, Sigwela A & Kgope B. 2015. Prescribing innovation within a large-scale restoration programme in degraded subtropical thicket in South Africa. Forests 6:4328–4348.

Dyer D, Perissinotto R & Carrasco NK. 2015. Temporal and spatial dietary dynamics of the longspine glassy (Ambassis ambassis) in the St Lucia Estuarine System, iSimangaliso Wetland Park. Water SA 41(1):91–104. https://doi.org/10.4314/wsa.v41i1.12

Horsfield G, Dorward P & Osbahr H. 2015. From the Gangetic Plains to the Thar and the Deccan: Agroecology under a changing climate in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems.

Reynolds C & Tye N. 2015. 300 easy-to-see birds in southern Africa. Struik Nature, Cape Town.

Hughes N, Le Roux M & Campbell QP. 2015. Ceramic-aided drying of coal fines. School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering, North-West University, Potchefstroom.

Hauptfleisch RG. 2015. Evaluating a rain gauge network’s ability to characterise the spatial variability of rainfall. SASAS National Conference.

Duker R, Cowling RM, du Preez DR, van der Vyver ML, Weatherall-Thomas CR & Potts AJ. 2015. Community-level assessment of freezing tolerance: frost dictates the biome boundary between Albany subtropical thicket and Nama-Karoo in South Africa. Journal of Biogeography 42(1):167–178.

Duker R, Cowling RM, du Preez DR & Potts A. 2015. Frost, Portulacaria afra Jacq., and the boundary between the Albany subtropical thicket and Nama-Karoo biomes. South African Journal of Botany 101:112–119.

Mills AJ, & Cowling RM. 2014. How fast can carbon credits be generated through restoration of degraded subtropical thicket? Restoration Ecology 22:571–573.

Dyer DC. 2014. Dietary dynamics of two key fish species in the St Lucia Estuarine System, South Africa. MSc thesis, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Horsfield G. 2014. The gender advantage. Journal of Tropical Agriculture.

Cardey S, Horsfield G & Ciampi L. 2014. Deconstructing gender in development communication theory and practice. In: Region as Frame: Politics, Presence and Practice, International Association for Media and Communication Research.

Cardey S & Horsfield G. 2014. Change the record – Exploring new ways to engage the UK public in tackling global poverty. Bond.

Hauptfleisch RG. 2014. A framework for choosing air dispersion models to be used in the environmental impact assessment process. NACA National Conference.

Lechmere-Oertel, R.G. 2014. Grazing and Burning Guidelines: Managing Grasslands for Biodiversity and Livestock Production. Compiled for the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), Pretoria.

Mills AJ, Spear D, Ndhlovu T, Knight MH, Pienaar D, Hofmeyr S & Cowling RM. 2014. Biomass of large herbivores in South African subtropical thicket. African Journal of Ecology 52:577–580.

Mills AJ, Birch SC, Stanway R, Huyser O, Chisholm RA, Sirami C & Spear D. 2013. Sequestering carbon and restoring renosterveld through fallowing: a practical conservation approach for the Overberg, Cape Floristic Region, South Africa. Conservation Letters 4:225–263.

Dyer DC, Perissinotto R & Carrasco NK. 2013. Post-flood dietary variation in the Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus in the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa. Marine Ecology Progress Series 476:199–214. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10140

Cardey S & Horsfield G. 2013. Problematizing the construction of gender and sexuality in development communication: A postmodern analysis. International Feminist Journal of Politics.

Mills AJ, Milewski AV, Fey MV, Gröngröft A, Petersen M & Sirami C. 2013. Constraint on woody cover in relation to nutrient content of soils in western southern Africa. Oikos 122:136–148.

Mills AJ, Milewski AV, Rogers KH, Witkowski ETF & Stalmans M. 2013. Boundary of treeless grassland in relation to nutrient content of soils on the Highveld of South Africa. Geoderma 200–201:165–171.

Seymour CL, Mills AJ, Milewski AV, Joseph GS, Cumming DHM & Mahlangu Z. 2013. Do the large termite mounds of Macrotermes concentrate micronutrients in addition to macronutrients in nutrient-poor African savannas? Soil Biology and Biochemistry 68: 95–105.

Kaseke KF, Mills AJ, Brown R, Esler K, Henschel J & Seely MK. 2011. A method for direct assessment of the “non-rainfall” atmospheric water cycle: input and evaporation from the soil. Pure and Applied Geophysics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-011-0328-9

Kaseke KF, Mills AJ, Henschel J, Seely MK, Esler K & Brown R. 2011. The effects of desert pavements (gravel mulch) on soil micro-hydrology. Pure and Applied Geophysics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-011-0367-2

Kaseke KF, Mills AJ, Esler K, Henschel J, Seely MK & Brown R. 2012. Spatial variation of ‘non-rainfall’ water input and the effect of mechanical soil crusts on input and evaporation. Pure and Applied Geophysics 169:2217–2229.

Mills AJ, Milewski AV, Sirami C, Rogers KH, Witkowski ETF, Stalmans M & Fey MV. 2012. Aerosol capture by small trees in savannas marginal to treeless grassland in South Africa. Geoderma 189–190:124–132.

Mills AJ, Birch SC, Stephenson JD & Bailey RV. 2012. Carbon stocks in fynbos, pastures and vineyards on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa: a preliminary assessment. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 29:191–193.

Kumamoto M, & Mills AJ. 2012. What African countries perceive to be adaptation priorities: results from 20 countries in the Africa Adaptation Programme. Climate and Development 4:265–274.

Daly M, Perissinotto R, Laird M, Dyer D & Todaro A. 2012. Description and ecology of a new species of Edwardsia de Quatrefages, 1842 (Anthozoa, Actiniaria) from the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa. Marine Biology Research 8(3):233–245. https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2011.617757

Van der Vyver ML, Cowling RM, Mills AJ & Difford M. 2012. Spontaneous return of biodiversity in restored subtropical thicket: Portulacaria afra as an ecosystem engineer. Restoration Ecology 21:736–744.

Title: Carbon stocks in fynbos, pastures and vineyards on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa: a preliminary assessment.
Primary Author: Mills AJ
Co-authors: Birch SC, Stephenson JD & Bailey RV.
Year: 2012
Source:South African Journal of Plant and Soil
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02571862.2012.730636

Cowling RM & Mills AJ. 2011. A preliminary assessment of rain throughfall beneath Portulacaria afra canopy in subtropical thicket and its implications for soil carbon stocks. South African Journal of Botany 77:236–240.

Mills AJ, Cowling RM, Steyn D, Spekreijse J & van den Broeck D, Weel S & Boogerd C. 2011. Portulacaria afra is constrained under extreme soil conditions in the Fish River Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 77: 782–786.

Mills AJ, Fey MV, Kgope B, Donaldson J & Bosenberg JD. 2011. Detecting the onset of rangeland degradation using soil respiration and boundary lines: preliminary findings from the Nama Karoo. African Journal of Range & Forage Science 28:87–92.

Zedda L, Gröngröft A, Schultz M, Petersen A, Mills A & Rambold G. 2011. Distribution patterns of soil lichens across the principal biomes of southern Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 75: 215–220.

Stephenson J, Mills, AJ, Eksteen J, Milewski AV & Myburgh J. 2010. Geochemistry of mineral licks at Loskop Dam Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 33:49–53.

Mills AJ & Cowling RM. 2010. Below-ground carbon stocks in intact and transformed subtropical thicket landscapes in semi-arid South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 74:93–100.

Milewski AV & Mills AJ. 2010. Does life consistently maximise energy intensity? Biological Reviews 85:859–879.

Jeltsch F, Blaum N, Classen N, Eschenbach A, Grohmann C, Gröngröft A, Joubert DF, Horn A, Lohmann D, Linsenmair KE, Lück-Vogel M, Medinski TV, Meyfarth S, Mills A, Petersen A, Popp A, Poschlod P, Reisch C, Rossmanith E, Rubilar H, Schütze S, Seymour C, Simmons R, Smit GN, Strohbach M, Tews J, Tietjen B, Wesuls D, Wichmann M, Wieczorek M & Zimmermann I. 2010. Impacts of landuse and climate change on the dynamics and biodiversity in the Thornbush Savanna Biome. – In: Hoffman MT, Schmiedel U & Jürgens N (eds.), Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 3: Implications for landuse and management, pp. 33–74, Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek.

Pröpper M, Gröngröft A, Falk T, Eschenbach A, Fox T, Gessner U, Hecht J, Hinz MO, Huettich C, Hurek T, Kangombe FN, Keil M, Kirk M, Mapaure C, Mills A, Mukuya R, Namwoonde NE, Overmann J, Petersen A, Reinhold-Hurek B, Schneiderat U, Strohbach BJ, Lück-Vogel M & Wisch U. (2010). Causes and perspectives of land-cover change through expanding cultivation in Kavango. – In: Hoffman MT, Schmiedel U & Jürgens N (eds.): Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 3: Implications for landuse and management, pp. 1–31, Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek.

Zedda L, Gröngröft A, Schultz M, Petersen A, Mills A & Rambold G. 2010: Patterns of soil lichen diversity along the BIOTA transects in relation to climate and soil features. – In: Schmiedel U & Jürgens N (eds.): Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 2: Patterns and processes at regional scale, pp. 100–106, Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek.

Petersen A, Gröngröft A, Mills A & Miehlich G. 2010: Soils along the BIOTA transects. – In: Schmiedel U & Jürgens N (eds), Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 2: Patterns and processes at regional scale, pp. 84–92, Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek.

Gröngröft A, Mager D, Medinski T, Mills A, Petersen A & Eschenbach A. 2010: Evaluation of the soil degradation state along fence-line contrasts. – In: Schmiedel U & Jürgens N (eds.), Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 2: Patterns and processes at regional scale, pp. 207–213, Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek.

Tye ND. 2009. The influence of stream order on compositional and structural riparian biodiversity. Kruger Science Networking Meeting.

Fey MV, Milewski AV & Mills A. 2010. Animals in soil environments. – In: Fey, M. (ed.), Soils of South Africa, Cambridge University Press, Cape Town:149–175.

Mills AJ, Fey MV, Donaldson J, Todd S & Theron L. 2009. Soil infiltrability as a driver of plant cover and species richness in the semi-arid Karoo, South Africa. Plant and Soil 320:321–332.

Fox SC, Mills AJ & Poch RM. 2009. Micromorphology of surface crusts in the Knersvlakte, South Africa. Journal of Mountain Science 6:189–196.

Medinski TV, Mills AJ & Fey MV. 2009. Relationships between soil particle size fractions and infiltrability. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 26:147–156.

Medinski TV, Mills AJ & Fey MV. 2009. Infiltrability in soils from south-western Africa: effects of texture, electrical conductivity and exchangeable sodium percentage. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 26:157–163.

Tye ND. 2010. The influence of stream order on compositional and structural riparian biodiversity in south-western Kruger National Park. MSc thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Sako A, Mills AJ & Roychoudhury AN. 2009. Rare earth and trace element geochemistry of termite mounds in central and north-eastern Namibia: mechanisms for micro-nutrient accumulation. Geoderma 153:217–230.

Sigwela A, Cowling R, Kerley G & Mills A. 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.

Mills AJ, Milewski AV, Fey MV, Gröngröft A & Petersen A. 2009. Fungus culturing, nutrient mining and geophagy: a geochemical investigation of Macrotermes and Trinervitermes mounds in southern Africa. Journal of Zoology 278:24–35.

Lechmere-Oertel RG, Kerley GIH, Mills AJ & Cowling RM. 2008. Litter dynamics across browsing-induced fence-line contrasts in succulent thicket, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 74:651–659.

Brown R, Mills A & Jack C. 2008. Non-rainfall moisture inputs in the Knersvlakte: methodology and preliminary findings. Water SA 34:275–278.

Tye ND. 2008. Riparian tree diversity in rivers of different stream order within the Kruger National Park. South African Association of Botanists (SAAB) Annual Conference.

Fey MV, Francis ML, Prinsloo HP, Ellis F, Mills AJ, de Clercq WP, Sinjan E & Medinski TV. 2007. Soils of Namaqualand: compensations for aridity. Journal of Arid Environments 70:588–603.

Turpie JK, O’Connor TG, Mills AJ & Robertson H. 2007. The ecological and economic consequences of changing land use in the southern Drakensberg grasslands. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 10: 423–441.

Milton SJ, Dean WRJ, O’Connor TG & Mills AJ. 2007. Scaling up from site-based research to a national research and monitoring network: lessons from Tierberg Karoo Research Centre and other design considerations. South African Journal of Science 103:311–317.

Mills AJ, Turpie J, Cowling RM, Marais C, Kerley GIH, Lechmere-Oertel RG, Sigwela AM & Powell M. 2007. Assessing costs, benefits and feasibility of subtropical thicket restoration in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. In: Restoring Natural Capital, S. Milton & J. Aronson (eds), Island Press, Washington DC. Pages: 179–187.

Thomson C (ed). 2007. Galloping Footprints. Poetry Institute of Africa.

Tye ND. 2007. The use of accumulation curves to measure biodiversity. SAEON Graduate Student Network Symposium.

Tye ND. 2007. Biodiversity: from buzzword to a basis for management. Kruger Science Networking Meeting.

Cowling, R.M., Mills, A.J. & Lechmere-Oertel, R.G. 2007. Assessing costs, benefits and feasibility of subtropical thicket restoration in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. In: Restoring Natural Capital, S.J. Milton & J.A. Aronson (eds). Island Press, Washington DC.

Mills AJ & Milewski AV. 2007. Geophagy and micronutrient supplementation in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, with particular reference to selenium, cobalt & molybdenum. Journal of Zoology 271:110–118.

Mills AJ, Morkel P, Amiyo A, Runyoro V, Borner M & Thirgood S. 2006. Managing small populations in practice: black rhino in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. Oryx 40:319–323.

Mills AJ, Fey MV, Gröngröft A, Petersen A & Medinski TV. 2006. Unravelling the effects of soil properties on water infiltration: segmented quantile regression on a large data set from arid south-west Africa. Australian Journal of Soil Research 44:783–797.

Mills AJ. 2006. The role of salinity and sodicity in the dieback of Acacia xanthophloea in Ngorongoro Caldera, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology 44:61–71.

Mills AJ & Cowling RM. 2006. Rate of carbon sequestration at two thicket restoration sites in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Restoration Ecology 14:38–49.

Mills AJ, Rogers KH, Stalmans M & Witkowski ETF. 2006. A framework for the scaled exploration of the determinants of savanna and grassland distribution: a challenge for the new generation of ecologists. BioScience 56:579–589.

Fey MV, Mills AJ & Yaalon DH. 2006. The alternative meaning of pedoderm and its use for soil surface characterisation. Geoderma 133:474–477.

Mills AJ & Fey MV. 2005. Interactive response of herbivores, soils and vegetation to annual burning in a South African savanna. Austral Ecology 30:435–444.

Mills, A.J., Cowling, R.M., Fey, M.V., Kerley, G.I.H., Donaldson, J.S., Lechmere-Oertel, R.G., Sigwela, A.M., Skowno, A.L. & Rundel, P. 2005. Effects of goat pastoralism on ecosystem carbon storage in semi-arid thicket, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Austral Ecology 30: 797–804.

Mills AJ, Fey MV & Johnson CE. 2005. Ionic strength as a measure of sulphate salinity stress: effects of sodium sulphate, sodium chloride and manganese sulphate on kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum) growth and ion uptake. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 21:209–213.

Mills, A.J., O’Connor, T.G., Donaldson, J.S., Fey, M.V., Skowno, A.L., Sigwela, A.M., Lechmere-Oertel, R.G. & Bosenberg, J.D. 2005. Ecosystem carbon storage under different land uses in three semi-arid shrublands and a mesic grassland in South Africa. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 22: 183–190.

Lechmere-Oertel, R.G., Cowling, R.M. & Kerley, G.I.H. 2005. Patterns of degradation in semi-arid succulent thicket, South Africa: what is the new stable state? Journal of Arid Environments 62: 459–474.

Lechmere-Oertel, R.G., Cowling, R.M. & Kerley, G.I.H. 2005. Landscape dysfunction and reduced spatial heterogeneity in soil resources and fertility in semi-arid succulent thicket, South Africa. Austral Ecology 30: 615–624.

Lechmere-Oertel, R.G., Cowling, R.M., Kerley, G.I.H. & Mills, A.J. 2005. Disruption of organic matter cycling: a symptom and cause of ecosystem dysfunction in degraded succulent thicket, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany.

Cowling, R.M., Ojeda, F., Lamont, B.B., Rundel, P.W. & Lechmere-Oertel, R.G. 2005. Rainfall reliability, a neglected factor in explaining convergence and divergence of plant traits in fire-prone Mediterranean-climate ecosystems. Global Ecology and Biogeography 14: 509–519.

Mills, A.J., O’Connor, T.G., Donaldson, J.S., Fey, M.V., Skowno, A.L., Sigwela, A.M., Lechmere-Oertel, R.G. & Bosenberg, J.D. 2005. Ecosystem carbon storage under different land uses in three semi-arid shrublands and a mesic grassland in South Africa. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 22: 183–190.

Mills AJ, Cowling RM, Fey MV, Kerley GIH, Donaldson JS, Lechmere-Oertel RG, Sigwela AM, Skowno AL & Rundel P. 2005. Effects of goat pastoralism on ecosystem carbon storage in semi-arid thicket, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Austral Ecology 30:797–804.

Mills AJ & Fey MV. 2004. Transformation of thicket to savanna reduces soil quality in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Plant and Soil 265:153–163.

Mills AJ & Fey MV. 2004. Frequent fires intensify soil crusting: physicochemical feedback in the pedoderm of long-term burn experiments in South Africa. Geoderma 121:45–64.

Mills AJ & Fey MV. 2004. A simple laboratory infiltration method for measuring the tendency of soils to crust. Soil Use and Management_ 20:8–12.

Mills AJ & Fey MV. 2004. Effects of vegetation cover on the tendency of soil to crust in South Africa. Soil Use and Management 20:308–317.

Mills AJ & Fey MV. 2004. Soil carbon and nitrogen in five contrasting biomes of South Africa. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 21:94–103.

O’Connor TG, Uys RG & Mills AJ. 2004. Ecological effects of firebreaks in the montane grasslands of the southern Drakensberg, South Africa. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 21:1–10.

Tye N. 2004. Testing for exotoxin expression in Prymnesium nemamathecum. 20th Congress of the Phycological Society of Southern Africa.

Mills AJ. 2003. Frequent fires intensify soil crusting: results from long-term experiments in South Africa. Golden Jubilee Congress of the Soil Science Society of South Africa, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, 20–23 January.

Mills AJ. 2003. Reciprocal relationships between vegetation structure and soil properties in selected biomes of South Africa. PhD thesis, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Lechmere-Oertel, R.G. 2003. The effects of goat browsing on ecosystem pattern and process in succulent thicket. PhD thesis, University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Fey MV, O’Brien RD & Mills AJ. 2002. Rehabilitation of waste rock and overburden dumps. Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Marcel Dekker Inc., New York.

Lechmere-Oertel, R.G. & Cowling, R.M. 2001. Abiotic determinants of the fynbos/succulent karoo boundary, South Africa. Journal of Vegetation Science 12: 75–80.

Lechmere-Oertel, R.G. & Cowling, R.M. 2000. Combining floristic and growth-form composition in a gradient-directed vegetation survey of Matjiesrivier Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 30(2): 161–173.

Lechmere-Oertel, R.G. & Cowling, R.M. 1999. Predicting the distribution of fynbos and succulent karoo boundaries and plant communities using generalised linear models and GIS. South African Journal of Botany 65: 89–96. (Awarded best paper in SAJB for 1999).

Lechmere-Oertel, R.G. 1998. The environmental determinants of the fynbos–succulent karoo boundary in the Cederberg. MSc thesis, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Mills AJ. 1996. The ecology of land degradation with special reference to the resilience of African semiarid rangelands to domestic livestock grazing pressure. MPhil thesis, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Mills AJ. 1995. Response of kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) to irrigation with saline, sodic wastes and nitrogenous, manganiferous effluent. MSc thesis, University of Cape Town, South Africa.