Publications

Maestre, F.T., et al. 2022. Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands. Science 378: 915-920. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq4062

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Louw, M.A., N.S., Haussmann, P.C. le Roux. 2021. Disentangling the effects of two co-occurring biotic modifiers in an arid savannah ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 189: 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104504

­Louw, M.A., N.S., Haussmann, P.C. le Roux. 2019. Testing for consistency in the impacts of a burrowing ecosystem engineer on soil and vegetation characteristics across biomes. Scientific Reports 9: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55917-x 

­Haussmann, N.S., M.A. Louw, S. Lewis, K.H. Nicol, S. van der Merwe, P.C. le Roux. 2018. Ecosystem engineering through aardvark (Orycteropus afer) burrowing: mechanisms and effects. Ecological Engineering 118: 66-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.04.022

­Louw, M.A., P.C. le Roux, E. Meyer-Milne, N.S. Haussmann. 2017. Mammal burrowing in discrete landscape patches further increases soil and vegetation heterogeneity in an arid environment. Journal of Arid Environments 141: 68-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2017.02.007 

­Nortje, G.P., W. van Hoven, M.C. Laker, J.C. Jordaan, M.A. Louw. 2016. Quantifying the impact of off-road driving on root-area distribution in soils. African Journal of Wildlife Research 46: 33-48. https://doi.org/10.3957/056.046.0033