Fynbos

Nicky Allsopp, Fynbos Node Manager, South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON),Jonathan F. Colville, NRF Research Fellow, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South African National Biodiversity Institute,G. Anthony Verboom, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town

Dr Nicky Allsopp manages the Fynbos Node of the South African Environmental Observation Network. She started her research career investigating nutrient uptake specializations of fynbos vegetation and followed this with studies of nutrient patterns and processes associated with vegetation degradation in most of the major biomes in South Africa. While working in communal rangelands, she became interested in the social dimensions of environmental management. Recently she served as an editor and author on the South African Department of Science and Technology's Global Change Research Plan. She is also involved with the Fynbos Forum which promotes science-management-decision making communication and action.

Dr Tony Verboom holds an associate professorship in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Cape Town, teaching topics in systematics, evolutionary ecology and land plant diversity. Research-wise he is interested in questions relating to speciation, adaptation and the processes that underpin the spatial organization of biodiversity. Much of his research has involved the use of systematic tools to understand better the assembly of the modern Cape flora. To date, Dr Verboom has published 39 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. He regularly reviews for international journals and currently serves as an associate editor for Austral Ecology. He also co-edited a special issue of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution entitled 'Origins and evolution of a biodiversity hotspot, the biota of the African Cape Floristic Region'.

Dr Jonathan Colville holds a NRF-Research Career Advancement Fellowship and is currently based at the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) within the Kirstenbosch Research Centre, where he conducts research on the ecology and evolution of South Africa's insects, as well as their conservation and value as ecosystem service providers. Most of his research focuses on investigating the patterns and processes of insect diversity, with a particular interest on the insect faunas of the Greater Cape Floristic Region, in which several insect groups show clear signatures of adaptive radiation. Dr Colville serves as an associate editor for African Entomology and is a member of the Entomological Society and Lepidopterists' Society of Southern Africa. He is an avid natural historian of insects and plants: in 2002 he was involved in the scientific discovery of the World's most recent insect order, and in 2011, he was involved in the discovery of the World's first jumping cockroach.

David D. Ackerly, Department of Integrative Biology and Jepson Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Nicky Allsopp, South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), Fynbos Node, South Africa

Res Altwegg, Statistics in Ecology, Environment and Conservation, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town, and Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa

Bruce Anderson, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Pippin M.L. Anderson, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science and African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Mandy Barnett, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa

Nicola G. Bergh, Compton Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa

Rauri C.K. Bowie, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley , USA

Peter L. Bradshaw, South African National Parks and Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

Hayley C. Cawthra, Marine Geoscience Unit, Council for Geoscience, South Africa

Jonathan F. Colville, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa

Richard M. Cowling, Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

Michael D. Cramer, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Tracey Cumming, Biodiversity Planning and Policy Advice, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa

Fahiema Daniels, Biodiversity Planning and Policy Advice, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa

Jan De Vynck, Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

Allan G. Ellis, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University,South Africa

Karen J. Esler, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Erich Fisher, Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, USA

Félix Forest, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK

Mirijam Gaertner, Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Lindsey Gillson, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Charles L. Griffiths, Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

M. Timm Hoffman, Plant Conservation Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Vera Hoffmann, Bolus Herbarium and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Patricia M. Holmes, Environmental Resource Management Department, City of Cape Town and Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Steven D. Johnson, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Tineke Kraaij, Scientific Services, South African National Parks, South Africa

Andrew Knight, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, UK

Ian Kotzé, Institute for Soil, Climate and Water, Agricultural Research Council, South Africa

Andrew M. Latimer, Graduate Group in Ecology, University of California, Davis, USA

David C. Le Maitre, Natural Resources and the Environment, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch, South Africa

H. Peter Linder, Institute for Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Switzerland

John C. Manning Compton, Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa

Jeff Manuel, Biodiversity Planning and Policy Advice, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa

Curtis W. Marean, Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, USA

Sean M. Marr, Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, South Africa

G. John Measey, Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Annalie Melin, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town and Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa

Jeremy J. Midgley, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Guy F. Midgley, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South African National Biodiversity Institute and School of Agricultural, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Antoni Milewski, Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Patrick J. O'Farrell, Natural Resources and the Environment, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Azisa Parker, Coordination Unit: Cape Action for People and the Environment, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa

Anton Pauw, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Mike D. Picker, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Alastair J. Potts, Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

Benjamin W. Price, Life Sciences Department, Natural History Museum, London, UK

Simon C. Power, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Serban Proches, Discipline of Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Domitilla Raimondo, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa

Tony Rebelo, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa

David M. Richardson, Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

James G. Rodger, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Mathieu Rouget, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Elzanne Singels, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Jasper A. Slingsby, South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), Fynbos Node and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Robert Skelton, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Dee Snijman, Compton Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa

Dian Spear, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South African National Biodiversity Institute and Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Louise Stafford, Environmental Resource Management Department, City of Cape Town, South Africa

William D. Stock, Centre for Ecosystem Management, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia

Krystal A. Tolley, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South African National Biodiversity Institute and Department of Botany and Zoology,Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Timo van der Niet, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden University, The Netherlands

Brian van Wilgen, Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

G. Anthony Verboom, Bolus Herbarium and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Andrew Wannenburgh, Working for Water, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa

Adam West, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

John R. Wilson, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South African National Biodiversity Institute and Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

"[It] forms an affordable compendium of our current state of knowledge regarding this extraordinary ecoregion." -- Frontiers of Biogeography

"... this book will be the primary go-to reference ..." -- Ecology

"A wealth of knowledge and expertise has made Fynbos a rich resource not only for those interested in the GCFR but also for the practicing ecologist in any community." -- Austral Ecology

"[T]he rich science and compelling natural history offered in Fynbos: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation of a Megadiverse Region command the global conservation community to pay equal attention to this extratropical, megadiverse landscape." --Conservation Biology