The Cape Peninsula, South Africa: physiographical, biological and historical background to an extraordinary hot-spot of biodiversity

By Richard M. Cowling, I. Macdonald, M. Simmons. Biodiversity and Conservation, 2004

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Monographs of invasive plants in Europe: Carpobrotus (2018, background): “, Eriocephalus africanus L., Agathosma imbricata (L.) Willd. and Diosma hirsuta L. (Cowling, Macdonald, and Simmons 1996).”
The Spatial Ecology of Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus) in a Human-modified Environment (2011, background): “This climatic pattern results in higher primary production in winter relative to summer ( Cowling et al. 1996 ).”
Argentine ants displace floral arthropods in a biodiversity hotspot (2007, background): “Argentine ants were first recorded in South Africa in the late 1800s (Skaife, 1955) and have become established in much of the Western Cape Province (de Kock & Giliomee, 1989), including the heath-like fynbos communities of the Cape Floral Kingdom, a biodiversity hotspot (Cowling et al ., 1996).”
A Low-Cost Manipulation of Food Resources Reduces Spatial Overlap Between Baboons (Papio ursinus) and Humans in Conflict (2011, background): “Natural land on the periphery of the town is composed of a mixture of indigenous Fynbos (shrub-like community of plants, i.e., Proteacae, Ericaceae, and Restionaceae: Cowling et al. 1996) and alien vegetation that includes a small thicket of Eucalyptus and alien grasses.”