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Overview

Karen J. Esler is affiliated with Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with extensive work in global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, and various ecological subfields.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Environmental Science

Within these fields, their research addresses subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Plant Science

Their scholarly output spans several main topics including:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Karen J. Esler has frequently published in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • South African Journal of Botany
  • Austral Ecology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • People and Nature

Their recent published papers include:

  • Levers and leverage points for pathways to sustainability, 2020, People and Nature
  • Mismatches between demographic niches and geographic distributions are strongest in poorly dispersed and highly persistent plant species, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Effectiveness of private land conservation areas in maintaining natural land cover and biodiversity intactness, 2020, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Ecological restoration of ecosystems degraded by invasive alien plants in South African Fynbos: Is spontaneous succession a viable strategy?, 2020, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Mechanistic reconciliation of community and invasion ecology, 2021, Ecosphere

Frequent co-authors of Karen J. Esler are:

  • Alanna J. Rebelo
  • Frank M. Schurr
  • Reinette Biggs
  • Patricia M. Holmes
  • Sjirk Geerts

Best Publications

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

    David M. Richardson;Patricia M. Holmes;Karen J. Esler;Susan M. Galatowitsch

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

    Matthew J. Zylstra;Andrew T. Knight;Karen J. Esler;Lesley L. L. Le Grange

  • Are Socioeconomic Benefits of Restoration Adequately Quantified? A Meta‐analysis of Recent Papers (2000–2008) in Restoration Ecology and 12 Other Scientific Journals

    James Aronson;James N. Blignaut;Suzanne J. Milton;David Le Maitre

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

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

    R M Cowling;K J Esler;P W Rundel

  • Are ecosystem services adequately quantified

    Annelies Boerema;Alanna J. Rebelo;Alanna J. Rebelo;Merche B. Bodi;Karen J. Esler

  • Levers and leverage points for pathways to sustainability

    Kai M. A. Chan;David R. Boyd;Rachelle K. Gould;Jens Jetzkowitz

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

    Christian A. Kull;Charlie M. Shackleton;Peter J. Cunningham;Catherine Ducatillon

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

    Anna L. Jacobsen;Lize Agenbag;Karen J. Esler;R. Brandon Pratt

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

    R M Cowling;P W Rundel;P G Desmet;K J Esler

  • The dynamics of a succulent karoo vegetation A study of species association and recruitment

    R. I. Yeaton;K. J. Esler

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

    P. M. Holmes;David M. Richardson;K. J. Esler;E. T. F. Witkowski

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

    Karen J Esler;Heidi Prozesky;Gyan Sharma;Gyan Sharma;Melodie Alyce McGeoch

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

    R.M. Cowling;K.J. Esler;G.F. Midgley;M.A. Honig

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

    Taryn L. Morris;Taryn L. Morris;Karen J. Esler;Nichole N. Barger;Shayne M. Jacobs

  • Succulent Karoo Biome

    Mucina L;Jurgens N;Le Roux A;Rutherford Mc

  • Karoo veld ecology and management

    Karen J. Esler;Suzanne J. Milton;W. Richard J. Dean

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

    Curtis W. Marean;Hayley C. Cawthra;Richard M. Cowling;Karen J. Esler

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

    S. M. Pierce;K. Esler;R. M. Cowling

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

    N.S Eccles;KJ Esler;R.M Cowling

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

    Christian A. Kull;Charlie M. Shackleton;Peter J. Cunningham;Jean-Marc Dufour-Dror

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard M. Cowling
Richard M. Cowling Nelson Mandela University
Mirijam Gaertner
Mirijam Gaertner Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Economics and Environment
Frank M. Schurr
Frank M. Schurr University of Hohenheim
David M. Richardson
David M. Richardson Stellenbosch University
Suzanne J. Milton
Suzanne J. Milton University of Cape Town
Anna L. Jacobsen
Anna L. Jacobsen California State University, Bakersfield
Patrick J. O’Farrell
Patrick J. O’Farrell University of Cape Town
Belinda Reyers
Belinda Reyers University of Pretoria
Philip W. Rundel
Philip W. Rundel University of California, Los Angeles
R. Brandon Pratt
R. Brandon Pratt California State University, Bakersfield

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