Rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns in South Africa's national parks

Diversity and species turnover on an altitudinal gradient in Western Cape, South Africa: baseline data for monitoring range shifts in response to climate change

(2015) L. Agenbag et al.   BOTHALIA

Matching species traits to projected threats and opportunities from climate change

(2014) Raquel A. Garcia et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Local Scale Comparisons of Biodiversity as a Test for Global Protected Area Ecological Performance: A Meta-Analysis

(2014) Bernard W. T. Coetzee et al.   PLoS One

Impact of climate change on global malaria distribution

(2014) Cyril Caminade et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Observed and modelled trends in rainfall and temperature for South Africa: 1960–2010

(2014) Neil MacKellar et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

Modelling the distribution ofAspalathus linearis(Rooibos tea): implications of climate change for livelihoods dependent on both cultivation and harvesting from the wild

(2014) Daleen Lötter et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Human population density explains alien species richness in protected areas

(2013) Dian Spear et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Using Changes in Agricultural Utility to Quantify Future Climate-Induced Risk to Conservation

(2013) LYNDON D. ESTES et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Heat freezes niche evolution

(2013) Miguel B. Araújo et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Dynamical Downscaling of Austral Summer Climate Forecasts over Southern Africa Using a Regional Coupled Model

(2013) J. V. Ratnam et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Stable and fluctuating temperature effects on the development rate and survival of two malaria vectors, Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus

(2013) Candice L Lyons et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Temperatures in Excess of Critical Thresholds Threaten Nestling Growth and Survival in A Rapidly-Warming Arid Savanna: A Study of Common Fiscals

(2013) Susan J. Cunningham et al.   PLoS One

Identifying Biologically Meaningful Hot-Weather Events Using Threshold Temperatures That Affect Life-History

(2013) Susan J. Cunningham et al.   PLoS One

Projected changes in tropical cyclone climatology and landfall in the Southwest Indian Ocean region under enhanced anthropogenic forcing

(2012) Johan Malherbe et al.   CLIMATE DYNAMICS

How well do reanalyses represent the southern African precipitation?

(2012) Qiong Zhang et al.   CLIMATE DYNAMICS

Potential impacts of climatic change on southern African birds of fynbos and grassland biodiversity hotspots

(2012) Brian Huntley et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Consequences of warming up a hotspot: species range shifts within a centre of bee diversity

(2012) Michael Kuhlmann et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Impacts of past habitat loss and future climate change on the range dynamics of South African Proteaceae

(2012) Juliano Sarmento Cabral et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Tracking the effect of climate change on ecosystem functioning using protected areas: Africa as a case study

(2012) Nathalie Pettorelli et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Will extreme climatic events facilitate biological invasions?

(2012) Jeffrey M Diez et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Small range size and narrow niche breadth predict range contractions in South African frogs

(2012) Emily A. Botts et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Trends in extreme temperature indices in South Africa: 1962-2009

(2012) A. C. Kruger et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Uncertainties in daily rainfall over Africa: assessment of gridded observation products and evaluation of a regional climate model simulation

(2012) M. B. Sylla et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Atmospheric CO2 forces abrupt vegetation shifts locally, but not globally

(2012) Steven I. Higgins et al.   NATURE

Diverse functional responses to drought in a Mediterranean-type shrubland in South Africa

(2012) A. G. West et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Carbon dioxide and the uneasy interactions of trees and savannah grasses

(2012) W. J. Bond et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Predicting the Future Impact of Droughts on Ungulate Populations in Arid and Semi-Arid Environments

(2012) Clare Duncan et al.   PLoS One

Perception of climate change

(2012) J. Hansen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Wide variation in post-emergence desiccation tolerance of seedlings of fynbos proteoid shrubs

(2012) P.J. Mustart et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Spatial asymmetry of temperature trends over India and possible role of aerosols

(2012) D. R. Kothawale et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY

Accommodating climate change contingencies in conservation strategy

(2012) Lindsey Gillson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Large herbivore population performance and climate in a South African semi-arid savanna

(2012) Armin H. Seydack et al.   KOEDOE

Pan evaporation and wind run decline in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa (1974–2005): implications for vegetation responses to climate change

(2011) M. Timm Hoffman et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Interrogating recent range changes in South African birds: confounding signals from land use and climate change present a challenge for attribution

(2011) Philip A. R. Hockey et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Identifying potential evolutionary consequences of climate-driven phenological shifts

(2011) Matthew J. Heard et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

A review of climate-driven mismatches between interdependent phenophases in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems

(2011) Alison Donnelly et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Climatic changes in western North America, 1950-2005

(2011) Evan L. J. Booth et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Beyond Predictions: Biodiversity Conservation in a Changing Climate

(2011) T. P. Dawson et al.   SCIENCE

Multi-scale climate modelling over Southern Africa using a variable-resolution global model

(2011) FA Engelbrecht et al.   WATER SA

A strategic framework for biodiversity monitoring in South African National Parks

(2011) Melodie A. McGeoch et al.   KOEDOE

Current models broadly neglect specific needs of biodiversity conservation in protected areas under climate change

(2011) Mungla Sieck et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Advance of apple and pear tree full bloom dates in response to climate change in the southwestern Cape, South Africa: 1973–2009

(2010) Stefan Grab et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Just passing through: Global change and the conservation of biodiversity in protected areas

(2010) Heather M. Kharouba et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Rising stream and river temperatures in the United States

(2010) Sujay S Kaushal et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Temporal biodiversity change in transformed landscapes: a southern African perspective

(2010) S. L. Chown   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Potential effects of predicted climate change on the endemic South African Dwarf Chameleons,Bradypodion

(2010) Darren T. Houniet et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Climate change, conservation and management: an assessment of the peer-reviewed scientific journal literature

(2009) Adam Felton et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

A Review of Climate-Change Adaptation Strategies for Wildlife Management and Biodiversity Conservation

(2009) JONATHAN R. MAWDSLEY et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Conservation in the dark? The information used to support management decisions

(2009) Carly N Cook et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Ensemble models predict Important Bird Areas in southern Africa will become less effective for conserving endemic birds under climate change

(2009) Bernard W. T. Coetzee et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Realizing a synergy between research and education: how participation in ant monitoring helps raise biodiversity awareness in a resource-poor country

(2009) Brigitte Braschler et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Drought, climate change and vegetation response in the succulent karoo, South Africa

(2009) M.T. Hoffman et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

Research frontiers in climate change: Effects of extreme meteorological events on ecosystems

(2008) Anke Jentsch et al.   COMPTES RENDUS GEOSCIENCE

Assessing the Impacts of Future Climate Change on Protected Area Networks: A Method to Simulate Individual Species' Responses

(2008) Stephen G. Willis et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Dynamics of the Conformal-Cubic Atmospheric Model projected climate-change signal over southern Africa

(2008) F. A. Engelbrecht et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY