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31
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4317
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101

Overview

Tamara B. Robinson is affiliated with Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to the fields of global and planetary change, ecology, oceanography, oncology, and nature and landscape conservation.

Their work covers several main topics, emphasizing marine ecology and invasive species, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, ocean acidification effects and responses, marine biology and ecology research, species distribution and climate change, coral and marine ecosystems studies, and ecology and vegetation dynamics studies.

Robinson's recent publications include:

  • Double trouble: the implications of climate change for biological invasions, 2020, NeoBiota
  • Trends in the detection of aquatic non-indigenous species across global marine, estuarine and freshwater ecosystems: A 50-year perspective, 2020, Diversity and Distributions
  • Invasion syndromes: a systematic approach for predicting biological invasions and facilitating effective management, 2020, Biological Invasions
  • Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science, 2024, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • The EICAT+ framework enables classification of positive impacts of alien taxa on native biodiversity, 2022, PLoS Biology

The scientist has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • NeoBiota
  • Biological Invasions
  • African Journal of Marine Science
  • Diversity and Distributions

Regular collaborators in their research include:

  • David M. Richardson
  • John R. Wilson
  • Phikolomzi Matikinca
  • Nicole Martin
  • Tsungai A. Zengeya

Best Publications

  • Marine biodiversity in South Africa: an evaluation of current states of knowledge.

    Charles L. Griffiths;Tamara B. Robinson;Louise Lange;Angela Mead

  • Advancing impact prediction and hypothesis testing in invasion ecology using a comparative functional response approach

    Jaimie T. A. Dick;Mhairi E. Alexander;Jonathan M. Jeschke;Anthony Ricciardi

  • Raising the flag on marine alien fouling species

    Koebraa Peters;Kerry Sink;Tamara B. Robinson

  • Marine alien species of South Africa — status and impacts

    TB Robinson;CL Griffiths;CD McQuaid;M Rius

  • A framework for engaging stakeholders on the management of alien species

    Ana Novoa;Ross Shackleton;Susan Canavan;Cathleen Cybèle

  • Existing and emerging high impact invasive species are characterized by higher functional responses than natives

    Mhairi E. Alexander;Jaimie T. A. Dick;Olaf L. F. Weyl;Tamara B. Robinson

  • Trends in the detection of aquatic non‐indigenous species across global marine, estuarine and freshwater ecosystems: A 50‐year perspective

    Sarah A. Bailey;Lyndsay Brown;Marnie L. Campbell;João Canning-Clode

  • Population‐level declines in Australian predators caused by an invasive species

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  • A conceptual framework for prioritization of invasive alien species for management according to their impact

    Sabrina Kumschick;Sven Bacher;Wayne Dawson;Jaakko Heikkilä

  • Invasion syndromes: a systematic approach for predicting biological invasions and facilitating effective management

    Ana Novoa;Ana Novoa;David M. Richardson;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Laura A. Meyerson

  • Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science

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  • National Biodiversity Assessment 2011: Technical Report. Volume 4: Marine and Coastal Component. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.

    K J Sink;S Holness;L Harris;P A Majiedt

  • Changes in South African rocky intertidal invertebrate community structure associated with the invasion of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

    Tamara B. Robinson;George M. Branch;Charles L. Griffiths;Anesh Govender

  • The status of biological invasions and their management in South Africa

    Brian W. Van Wilgen;John R. Wilson;Katelyn T. Faulkner;Zanele Mnikathi (Sanbi)

  • The EICAT+ framework enables classification of positive impacts of alien taxa on native biodiversity

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  • Double trouble: the implications of climate change for biological invasions

    Tamara B. Robinson;Nicole Martin;Tainã G. Loureiro;Phikolomzi Matikinca

  • Biological control of the cane toad in Australia: a review

    T. Shanmuganathan;J. Pallister;S. Doody;Hamish McCallum

  • Oysters as vectors of marine aliens, with notes on four introduced species associated with oyster farming in South Africa

    T.M. Haupt;C.L. Griffiths;T.B. Robinson;A.F.G. Tonin

  • NATURALIZED POPULATIONS OF OYSTERS, CRASSOSTREA GIGAS ALONG THE SOUTH AFRICAN COAST: DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE AND POPULATION STRUCTURE

    T. B. Robinson;C. L. Griffiths;A. Tonin;P. Bloomer

  • A four‐component classification of uncertainties in biological invasions: implications for management

    G. Latombe;S. Canavan;H. Hirsch;C. Hui;C. Hui

  • A synthesis of three decades of socio-ecological change in False Bay, South Africa: setting the scene for multidisciplinary research and management

    Maya Carina Pfaff;Renae C. Logston;Serge J. P. N. Raemaekers;Juliet C. Hermes

  • Lost in translation? Standardising the terminology used in marine invasion biology and updating South African alien species lists

    TB Robinson;ME Alexander;CA Simon;CL Griffiths

  • Introducing the World Register of introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

    Agnese Marchini;Ahyong Shane;Mark J. Costello;Decock Wim

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles L. Griffiths
Charles L. Griffiths University of Cape Town
George M. Branch
George M. Branch University of Cape Town
David M. Richardson
David M. Richardson Stellenbosch University
John R. U. Wilson
John R. U. Wilson South African National Biodiversity Institute
Jaimie T. A. Dick
Jaimie T. A. Dick Queen's University Belfast
Sabrina Kumschick
Sabrina Kumschick Stellenbosch University
Johannes J. Le Roux
Johannes J. Le Roux Macquarie University
Sven Bacher
Sven Bacher University of Fribourg
Coleen L. Moloney
Coleen L. Moloney University of Cape Town
Cang Hui
Cang Hui Stellenbosch University

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