Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Plant Science
van Rooyen, MW
MSc PhD(Pret) - Professor
NRF Rating: C2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2009
Fax number: 012 362 5099
E-mail address: gretel.vanrooyen@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Plant population and vegetation dynamics
Studies on the ephemerals of Namakwaland
Phytosociology, vegetation dynamics and conservation of the arid areas of southern Africa
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
van Rooyen MW, Henstock R, van Rooyen N, van der Merwe H: 2010. Plant diversity of flowering displays on old fields in the arid Namaqua National Park, South Africa. Koedoe, 52 (1), pp 75-81, Full Text
Gaugris JY, van Rooyen MW: 2010. Evaluating the adequacy of reserves in the Tembe-Tshanini Complex: a case study in Maputaland, South Africa. Oryx, 44 (3), pp 399-410, Full Text
Gaugris JY, van Rooyen MW: 2010. Woody vegetation structure in conserved versus communal land in a biodiversity hotspot: A case study in Maputaland, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 76, pp 289-298, Full Text
Stoffberg GH, van Rooyen MW, van der Linde MJ, Groeneveld HT: 2010. Carbon sequestration estimates of indigenous street trees in the City of Tshwane, South Africa. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 9, pp 9-14.
Chapters in books:
Wesuls D, Strohbach MM, Horn A, Kos Mart, Zimmerman J, Hoffmann J, Geldenhuys C, Dreber N, Kellerman MJS, van Rooyen MW, Poschlod P: 2010. Plant functional traits and types as a tool to analyse landuse impacts on vegetation. In Biodiversity in Southern Africa Vol 2: Patterns and processes at regional scale, (IV.4), Klaus Hess Publishers (Gottingen and Windhoek), pp 222-232.
Schmiedel U, Linke T, Christiaan RA, Falk T, Grongroft A, Haarmeyer DH, Hanke W, Henstock R, Hoffman MT, Kunz N, Labitzky T, Luther-Mosebach J, Lutsch N, Meyer S, Petersen A, Rower IU, van der Merwe H, van Rooyen MW, Vollan B, Weber B: 2010. Environmental and socio-economic patterns and processes in the sucfulent karoo-frame conditions for the management of this biodiversity hotspot. In Biodiversity in Southern Africa Vol 3: Implications for land use and management, (III.5.6), Klaus Hess Publishers (Gottingen and Windhoek), pp 110-150.
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