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Overview

Anthony G. Rebelo is affiliated with the South African National Biodiversity Institute in South Africa. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, focusing particularly on ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, nature and landscape conservation, molecular biology, genetics, and plant science.

Their published work covers key topics such as plant and animal studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics, plant reproductive biology, species distribution and climate change, fire effects on ecosystems, genetic diversity and population structure, and plant diversity and evolution.

Rebelo has contributed to several scientific journals and venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Koedoe
  • eLife
  • PhytoKeys
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • E. G. H. Oliver
  • N. Forshaw
  • I. M. Oliver
  • Fritz Volk
  • Andrew Schumann

Significant recent publications by Rebelo include:

  • High rates of evolution preceded shifts to sex-biased gene expression in Leucadendron, the most sexually dimorphic angiosperms, 2021, eLife
  • Pollination structures plant and nectar-feeding bird communities in Cape fynbos, South Africa: Implications for the conservation of plant-bird mutualisms, 2020, Ecological Research
  • Genus Erica: An identification aid version 4.00, 2024, PhytoKeys
  • Collating biodiversity occurrence data for conservation, 2023, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Differential herbivore occupancy of fire-manipulated savannas in the Satara region of the Kruger National Park, South Africa, 2020, Koedoe

Best Publications

  • A Comparison of Richness Hotspots, Rarity Hotspots, and Complementary Areas for Conserving Diversity of British Birds

    Paul Williams;David Gibbons;Chris Margules;Anthony Rebelo

  • Where Should Nature Reserves Be Located in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa? Models for the Spatial Configuration of a Reserve Network Aimed at Maximizing the Protection of Floral Diversity

    A. G. Rebelo;W. R. Siegfried

  • A changing climate is eroding the geographical range of the Namib Desert tree Aloe through population declines and dispersal lags

    Wendy Foden;Guy F. Midgley;Greg Hughes;William J. Bond

  • Migration rate limitations on climate change-induced range shifts in Cape Proteaceae

    G. F. Midgley;G. F. Midgley;G. O. Hughes;W. Thuiller;A. G. Rebelo

  • Spatial patterns of phylogenetic diversity

    Hélène Morlon;Dylan W. Schwilk;Jessica A. M. Bryant;Pablo A. Marquet;Pablo A. Marquet

  • Impacts of urbanization in a biodiversity hotspot: Conservation challenges in Metropolitan Cape Town

    A.G. Rebelo;P.M. Holmes;C. Dorse;J. Wood

  • Ecophysiological significance of leaf size variation in Proteaceae from the Cape Floristic Region.

    Megan J. Yates;G. Anthony Verboom;Anthony G. Rebelo;Michael D. Cramer;Michael D. Cramer

  • Effectiveness of land classes as surrogates for species in conservation planning for the Cape Floristic Region

    Amanda T Lombard;Richard M Cowling;Robert L Pressey;Anthony G Rebelo

  • On using integral projection models to generate demographically driven predictions of species' distributions: development and validation using sparse data

    Cory Merow;Cory Merow;Andrew M. Latimer;Adam M. Wilson;Sean M. McMahon

  • Modelling species diversity through species level hierarchical modelling

    Alan E. Gelfand;Alexandra M. Schmidt;Shanshan Wu;John A. Silander

  • Potential impacts of future land use and climate change on the Red List status of the Proteaceae in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

    Bastian Bomhard;David M. Richardson;David M. Richardson;John S. Donaldson;Greg O. Hughes

  • Explaining Species Distribution Patterns through Hierarchical Modeling

    Alan E. Gelfand;John A. Silander;Shanshan Wu;Andrew Latimer

  • Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland: a companion to the Vegetation Map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland

    A.B. Low;A.G. Rebelo

  • Colonization and persistence ability explain the extent to which plant species fill their potential range

    Frank M. Schurr;Frank M. Schurr;Guy F. Midgley;Anthony G. Rebelo;Gail Reeves

  • Effects of dry heat on seed germination in selected indigenous and alien legume species in South Africa

    D.J. Jeffery;P.M. Holmes;A.G. Rebelo

  • Protection of Fynbos vegetation: ideal and real-world options

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  • Can Cape Town's unique biodiversity be saved? Balancing conservation imperatives and development needs.

    Patricia M. Holmes;Anthony G. Rebelo;Clifford Dorse;Julia Wood

  • Pollination syndromes of Erica species in the south-western Cape

    A.G. Rebelo;W.R. Siegfried;E.G.H. Oliver

  • Reserve selection in the Succulent Karoo, South Africa: coping with high compositional turnover

    A.T. Lombard;C. Hilton-Taylor;A.G. Rebelo;R.L. Pressey

  • Avian pollinators and the pollination syndromes of selected Mountain Fynbos plants

    A.G. Rebelo;W.R. Siegfried;A.A. Crowe

  • Synergies between the key biodiversity area and systematic conservation planning approaches

    Robert J. Smith;Leon Bennun;Thomas M. Brooks;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Stuart H.M. Butchart

  • Fire season effects on the recruitment of non‐sprouting serotinous Proteaceae in the eastern (bimodal rainfall) fynbos biome, South Africa

    Steffen Heelemann;Steffen Heelemann;Şerban Procheş;Anthony G. Rebelo;Brian W. Van Wilgen

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy F. Midgley
Guy F. Midgley Stellenbosch University
Frank M. Schurr
Frank M. Schurr University of Hohenheim
Wilfried Thuiller
Wilfried Thuiller Grenoble Alpes University
John A. Silander
John A. Silander University of Connecticut
Andrew M. Latimer
Andrew M. Latimer University of California, Davis
Robert L. Pressey
Robert L. Pressey James Cook University
David M. Richardson
David M. Richardson Stellenbosch University
Juliano Sarmento Cabral
Juliano Sarmento Cabral University of Würzburg
Richard M. Cowling
Richard M. Cowling Nelson Mandela University
Alan E. Gelfand
Alan E. Gelfand Duke University

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