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33
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5529
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7795
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94

Overview

Şerban Procheş is affiliated with the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these broad areas, they have concentrated on subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, and Paleontology.

Their work covers several topics in ecological and biological research. These include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography

Şerban Procheş has contributed papers to multiple academic journals, with frequent publications in venues such as Zenodo, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, South African Journal of Science, Diversity, and Zootaxa.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Şerban Procheş include:

  • A global regionalisation based on the present-day distribution of broad plant lineages, 2020, Phytotaxa
  • Assessing the threat of landscape transformation and habitat fragmentation in a global biodiversity hotspot, 2021, Austral Ecology
  • Land snail biogeography and endemism in south-eastern Africa: Implications for the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany biodiversity hotspot, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • From monocots to dicots: host shifts in Afrotropical derelomine weevils shed light on the evolution of non-obligatory brood pollination mutualism, 2022, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Why we should be looking for longitudinal patterns in biodiversity, 2023, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Syd Ramdhani
  • John R. Wilson
  • David M. Richardson
  • M.D. Cheek
  • Julien Haran

Best Publications

  • Preserving the evolutionary potential of floras in biodiversity hotspots

    Félix Forest;Félix Forest;Richard Grenyer;Mathieu Rouget;T Jonathan Davies;T Jonathan Davies

  • Residence time and potential range: Crucial considerations in modelling plant invasions

    John R. U. Wilson;David M. Richardson;Mathieu Rouget;Şerban Procheş

  • Interactions between environment, species traits, and human uses describe patterns of plant invasions

    Wilfried Thuiller;David M. Richardson;Mathieu Rouget;Şerban Procheş

  • Explaining the uniqueness of the Cape flora: incorporating geomorphic evolution as a factor for explaining its diversification.

    Richard M. Cowling;Şerban Procheş;Timothy C. Partridge

  • Searching for phylogenetic pattern in biological invasions

    Şerban Procheş;John R. U. Wilson;David M. Richardson;Marcel Rejmánek

  • On the origin of southern African subtropical thicket vegetation

    R.M. Cowling;Ş. Procheş;J.H.J. Vlok;J. van Staden

  • How do invasive species travel to and through urban environments

    Ashlyn L. Padayachee;Ulrike M. Irlich;Katelyn T. Faulkner;Mirijam Gaertner

  • The World's Zoogeographical Regions Confirmed by Cross-Taxon Analyses

    Şerban Procheş;Syd Ramdhani

  • Variation in plant diversity in mediterranean-climate ecosystems: The role of climatic and topographical stability

    Richard M. Cowling;Alastair J. Potts;Peter L. Bradshaw;Jonathan Colville

  • Human Impacts in Pine Forests: Past, Present, and Future*

    David M. Richardson;Philip W. Rundel;Stephen T. Jackson;Robert O. Teskey

  • An overview of the Cape geophytes

    Şerban Procheş;Richard M. Cowling;Peter Goldblatt;John C. Manning

  • The (bio)diversity of science reflects the interests of society

    John Ru Wilson;Şerban Procheş;Brigitte Braschler;Brigitte Braschler;Edd S. Dixon

  • The world’s biogeographical regions: cluster analyses based on bat distributions

    Şerban Procheş

  • Native and naturalized range size in Pinus: relative importance of biogeography, introduction effort and species traits

    Şerban Procheş;John R. U. Wilson;David M. Richardson;Marcel Rejmánek

  • Invasive alien plants infiltrate bird‐mediated shrub nucleation processes in arid savanna

    S. J. Milton;J. R. U. Wilson;D. M. Richardson;C. L. Seymour

  • Albany Thicket Biome

    Hoare Db;Mucina L;Rutherford Mc;Vlok Jhj

  • Insect diversity in Cape fynbos and neighbouring South African vegetation

    Şerban Procheş;Richard M. Cowling

  • Patterns of geophyte diversity and storage organ size in the winter-rainfall region of southern Africa

    Şerban Procheş;Richard M. Cowling;Derek R. du Preez

  • Beetle pollination of the fruit-scented cones of the South African cycad Stangeria eriopus.

    Şerban Procheş;Steven D. Johnson

  • Vertebrate distributions indicate a greater Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany region of endemism

    Sandun J. Perera;Dayani Ratnayake-Perera;Şerban Procheş

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. U. Wilson
John R. U. Wilson South African National Biodiversity Institute
David M. Richardson
David M. Richardson Stellenbosch University
Richard M. Cowling
Richard M. Cowling Nelson Mandela University
David J. Marshall
David J. Marshall Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Mathieu Rouget
Mathieu Rouget Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Félix Forest
Félix Forest Royal Botanic Gardens
Steven L. Chown
Steven L. Chown Monash University
Wilfried Thuiller
Wilfried Thuiller Grenoble Alpes University
Steven D. Johnson
Steven D. Johnson University of KwaZulu-Natal
John C. Manning
John C. Manning South African National Biodiversity Institute

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