Karen J. Esler

Research interests

Publications

• Levers and leverage points for pathways to sustainability

  People and Nature · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10124

• The Biology of Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems

  Oxford University Press eBooks · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198739135.001.0001

• Are ecosystem services adequately quantified?

  Journal of Applied Ecology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12696

• Socio-Environmental Systems (SES) Research: what have we learned and how can we use this information in future research programs

  Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2016.04.001

• Connectedness as a Core Conservation Concern: An Interdisciplinary Review of Theory and a Call for Practice

  Springer Science Reviews · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s40362-014-0021-3

• Stone Age people in a changing South African Greater Cape Floristic Region

  Oxford University Press eBooks · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199679584.003.0008

• Ecophysiological traits associated with the competitive ability of invasive Australian acacias

  Diversity and Distributions · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00802.x

• Adoption, use and perception of Australian acacias around the world

  Diversity and Distributions · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00783.x

• Are Socioeconomic Benefits of Restoration Adequately Quantified? A Meta-analysis of Recent Papers (2000-2008) inRestoration Ecologyand 12 Other Scientific Journals

  Restoration Ecology · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-100x.2009.00638.x

• How wide is the “knowing-doing” gap in invasion biology?

  Biological Invasions · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9812-x

• Riparian vegetation: degradation, alien plant invasions, and restoration prospects

  Diversity and Distributions · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00314.x

• Xylem density, biomechanics and anatomical traits correlate with water stress in 17 evergreen shrub species of the Mediterranean‐type climate region of South Africa

  Journal of Ecology · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01186.x

• A decision-making framework for restoring riparian zones degraded by invasive alien plants in South Africa

  SUNScholar (Stellenbosch University) · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18179313

• Namaqualand, South Africa – an overview of a unique winter-rainfall desert ecosystem

  Plant Ecology · 1999 · https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1009831308074

• Spatial pattern analysis in Namaqualand desert plant communities: evidence for general positive interactions

  Plant Ecology · 1999 · https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1009857824912

• Extraordinary high regional-scale plant diversity in southern African arid lands: Subcontinental and global comparisons

  Journal · 1998

• Smoke-induced germination of succulents (Mesembryanthemaceae) from fire-prone and fire-free habitats in South Africa

  Oecologia · 1995 · https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00341366

• Plant functional diversity, species diversity and climate in arid and semi-arid southern Africa

  Journal of Arid Environments · 1994 · https://doi.org/10.1006/jare.1994.1054

• The dynamics of a succulent karoo vegetation

  Plant Ecology · 1990 · https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00044827

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