| Spiny plants, mammal browsers, and the origin of African savannas T Charles-Dominique, TJ Davies, GP Hempson, BS Bezeng, BH Daru, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (38), E5572-E5579, 2016 | 185 | 2016 |
| State of the world's birds AC Lees, L Haskell, T Allinson, SB Bezeng, IJ Burfield, LM Renjifo, ... Annual Review of Environment and Resources 47 (1), 231-260, 2022 | 149 | 2022 |
| A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets L Mair, LA Bennun, TM Brooks, SHM Butchart, FC Bolam, ND Burgess, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 5 (6), 836-844, 2021 | 93 | 2021 |
| Revisiting Darwin's naturalization conundrum: explaining invasion success of non‐native trees and shrubs in southern Africa SB Bezeng, JT Davies, K Yessoufou, O Maurin, M Van der Bank Journal of Ecology 103 (4), 871-879, 2015 | 62 | 2015 |
| Climate change may reduce the spread of non‐native species BS Bezeng, I Morales‐Castilla, M Van Der Bank, K Yessoufou, BH Daru, ... Ecosphere 8 (3), e01694, 2017 | 60 | 2017 |
| Effects of climate change on the future distributions of the top five freshwater invasive plants in South Africa LN Hoveka, BS Bezeng, K Yessoufou, JS Boatwright, M Van der Bank South African Journal of Botany 102, 33-38, 2016 | 60 | 2016 |
| Identifying biodiversity knowledge gaps for conserving South Africa’s endemic flora LN Hoveka, M van Der Bank, BS Bezeng, TJ Davies Biodiversity and Conservation 29 (9), 2803-2819, 2020 | 40 | 2020 |
| Methodological advances for hypothesis‐driven ethnobiology OG Gaoue, JK Moutouama, MA Coe, MO Bond, E Green, NB Sero, ... Biological Reviews 96 (5), 2281-2303, 2021 | 35 | 2021 |
| Savanna tree evolutionary ages inform the reconstruction of the paleoenvironment of our hominin ancestors TJ Davies, BH Daru, BS Bezeng, T Charles-Dominique, GP Hempson, ... Scientific Reports 10 (1), 12430, 2020 | 33 | 2020 |
| Ten years of barcoding at the African Centre for DNA Barcoding BS Bezeng, TJ Davies, BH Daru, RM Kabongo, O Maurin, K Yessoufou, ... Genome 60 (7), 629-638, 2017 | 32 | 2017 |
| A phylogenetic approach towards understanding the drivers of plant invasiveness on Robben Island, South Africa OMMVANDERB BEZENG S. BEZENG*, VINCENT SAVOLAINEN, KOWIYOU Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 142–152., 2013 | 25 | 2013 |
| The noncoding trnH-psbA spacer, as an effective DNA barcode for aquatic freshwater plants, reveals prohibited invasive species in aquarium trade in South Africa LN Hoveka, M Van der Bank, JS Boatwright, BS Bezeng, K Yessoufou South African Journal of Botany 102, 208-216, 2016 | 24 | 2016 |
| DNA barcoding of southern African crustaceans reveals a mix of invasive species and potential cryptic diversity BS Bezeng, HF van der Bank PLoS One 14 (9), e0222047, 2019 | 23 | 2019 |
| Addressing the Biodiversity Paradox: Mismatch between the Co-occurrence of biological diversity and the human, financial and institutional resources to address its decline JP Rodríguez, B Sucre, K Mileham, A Sánchez-Mercado, N De Andrade, ... Diversity 14 (9), 708, 2022 | 19 | 2022 |
| Predicting the effect of climate change on a range-restricted lizard in southeastern Australia BS Bezeng, SG Tesfamichael, B Dayananda Current zoology 64 (2), 165-171, 2018 | 13 | 2018 |
| Phylogenetically diverse native systems are more resistant to invasive plant species on Robben Island, South Africa K Yessoufou, BS Bezeng, OG Gaoue, T Bengu, M Van Der Bank Genome 62 (3), 217-228, 2019 | 12 | 2019 |
| Climate change may reduce the spread of non-native species. Ecosphere 8: e01694 BS Bezeng, I Morales-Castilla, M Van Der Bank, K Yessoufou, BH Daru, ... | 11 | 2017 |
| Climate change impacts on tropical reptiles: Likely effects and future research needs based on Sri Lankan perspectives B Dayananda, SB Bezeng, S Karunarathna, RA Jeffree Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9, 688723, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
| Expected spatial patterns of alien woody plants in South Africa’s protected areas under current scenario of climate change BS Bezeng, K Yessoufou, PJ Taylor, SG Tesfamichael Scientific reports 10 (1), 7038, 2020 | 9 | 2020 |
| Systems thinking creates opportunities for a circular economy and sustainable palm agriculture in Africa V Savolainen, VA Clottey, BTS Doubi, JL Konan, M Quain, BS Bezeng, ... Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 1, 31-34, 2020 | 9 | 2020 |
Michelle van der BankProfessor of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of JohannesburgVerified email at uj.ac.za
