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Foreword
Introductory Messages
DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE
PEOPLE AND CONTEXTS
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
PLANET AND SUSTAINABILITY
Awards
Lead Researchers
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SETTING THE CONTEXT
84 Bioeconomy, systems biology and technology as catalyst 85 Addressing South Africa’s bioeconomy strategy 86 Modelling wood formation and its evolution
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FABI, FORESTS AND FUNGI
88 Fungi and tree health
89 Fungi − the good and the bad
90 How fungi do it
91 Resistance mechanisms against insect pests 92 Chemical interactions between trees, pests and diseases 93 The status of coastal forests
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ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
95 Cooperation and competition
96 Death and resurrection in a long-lived mammal 97 Studying the social life of one of Africa’s iconic animals
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MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY
99 Antarctic terrestrial microbial ecology
100 When ‘dark matter’ matters
102 Mesocosms to shed light on microbial dark matter
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