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Nigel P. Barker is affiliated with the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Their research spans multiple areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, focusing particularly on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Ecology, and Molecular Biology.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Nigel P. Barker has published research in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Diversity
  • Preprints.org
  • F1000Research
  • ZooKeys
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Hybridisation and chloroplast capture between distinct Themeda triandra lineages in Australia," 2022, Molecular Ecology
  • "Accounting for land cover changes and degradation in the Katse and Mohale Dam catchments of the Lesotho highlands," 2021, African Journal of Range and Forage Science
  • "Scrutinising Multidimensional Challenges in the Maloti-Drakensberg (Lesotho/South Africa)," 2021, Sustainability
  • "Intraspecific mitochondrial gene variation can be as low as that of nuclear rRNA," 2020, F1000Research
  • "The genome of the king protea, Protea cynaroides," 2022, The Plant Journal

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Arnold Frisby (5 publications)
  • Christopher D. McQuaid (4 publications)
  • Peter R. Teske (4 publications)
  • Sivuyisiwe Situngu (4 publications)
  • Tshifhiwa G. Matumba (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Phylogeny and subfamilial classification of the grasses (Poaceae)

    N. P. Barker;L. G. Clark;J. I. Davis

  • Grasses of Southern Africa.

    G.E. Gibbs Russell;L. Watson;M. Koekemoer;L. Smook

  • A review of marine phylogeography in southern Africa

    Peter R. Teske;Sophie von der Heyden;Christopher D. McQuaid;Nigel P. Barker

  • Contrasted patterns of hyperdiversification in Mediterranean hotspots.

    Hervé Sauquet;Peter H. Weston;Cajsa Lisa Anderson;Nigel P. Barker

  • Molecular dating of the ‘Gondwanan’ plant family Proteaceae is only partially congruent with the timing of the break‐up of Gondwana

    Nigel P. Barker;Peter H. Weston;Frank Rutschmann;Hervé Sauquet

  • Phylogeny of the tribe Indigofereae (Leguminosae–Papilionoideae): Geographically structured more in succulent-rich and temperate settings than in grass-rich environments

    Brian D. Schrire;Matt Lavin;Nigel P. Barker;Félix Forest

  • Phylogeny, biogeography and classification of the snake superfamily Elapoidea: a rapid radiation in the late Eocene

    Christopher M. R. Kelly;Nigel P. Barker;Martin H. Villet;Donald G. Broadley

  • Phylogenetics of advanced snakes (Caenophidia) based on four mitochondrial genes.

    Christopher M. R. Kelly;Nigel P. Barker;Martin H. Villet

  • The Great Escarpment of southern Africa: a new frontier for biodiversity exploration

    V. Ralph Clark;Nigel P. Barker;Laco Mucina

  • Polyphyly of Arundinoideae (Poaceae): Evidence from rbcL Sequence Data

    N.P. Barker;H. Peter Linder

  • Implications of life history for genetic structure and migration rates of southern African coastal invertebrates: planktonic, abbreviated and direct development

    P. R. Teske;I. Papadopoulos;I. Papadopoulos;G. I. Zardi;C. D. McQuaid

  • Unexpected genetic structure of mussel populations in South Africa: indigenous Perna perna and invasive Mytilus galloprovincialis

    G. I. Zardi;C. D. McQuaid;P. R. Teske;N. P. Barker

  • Impacts of marine biogeographic boundaries on phylogeographic patterns of three South African estuarine crustaceans

    Peter R. Teske;Christopher D. McQuaid;P. William Froneman;Nigel P. Barker

  • A new suprageneric classification of the Proteaceae, with an annotated checklist of genera

    Peter Weston;Nigel Barker

  • The Sneeuberg: A new centre of floristic endemism on the Great Escarpment, South Africa

    V.R. Clark;N.P. Barker;Laco Mucina

  • Does polyploidy facilitate long-distance dispersal?

    H. Peter Linder;Nigel P. Barker

  • Reticulation, Data Combination, and Inferring Evolutionary History: An Example from Danthonioideae (Poaceae)

    Michael D. Pirie;Michael D. Pirie;Aelys M. Humphreys;Nigel P. Barker;H. Peter Linder

  • A novel supermatrix approach improves resolution of phylogenetic relationships in a comprehensive sample of danthonioid grasses

    Michael D. Pirie;Aelys M. Humphreys;Chloe Galley;Nigel P. Barker

  • Patterns and processes underlying evolutionary significant units in the Platypleura stridula L. species complex (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

    B W Price;Nigel P Barker;Martin Herrer Villet

  • Sequences of the grass-specific insert in the chloroplast rpoC2 gene elucidate generic relationships of the Arundinoideae (Poaceae)

    Barker Np;Linder Hp;Harley Eh

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter R. Teske
Peter R. Teske University of Johannesburg
Christopher D. McQuaid
Christopher D. McQuaid Rhodes University
H. Peter Linder
H. Peter Linder University of Zurich
Martin H. Villet
Martin H. Villet Rhodes University
Ladislav Mucina
Ladislav Mucina Murdoch University
Luciano B. Beheregaray
Luciano B. Beheregaray Flinders University
Vincent Savolainen
Vincent Savolainen Imperial College London
Gerardo I. Zardi
Gerardo I. Zardi Rhodes University
Richard M. Cowling
Richard M. Cowling Nelson Mandela University
David J. Cantrill
David J. Cantrill Royal Botanic Gardens

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