Richard Cowling
Biographic Data
| ID | 1571829 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Cowling |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Cowling |
| SIGNATURE | COWLING R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Ranking of Cape Geophytes by Proxies for the Benefits and Costs of Harvesting their Underground Storage Organs
The Cape Floristic Region (CFR) has the world’s highest diversity of plants with underground storage organs (USOs). This rich USO flora has been proposed as a key food source for modern humans in the Late Pleistocene. For 130 Cape geophyte species, we quantified proxies for energetic benefits (USO size and nutrient content) and harvesting costs (USO depth and anti‐nutrients), then ranked species by their likely attractiveness to foragers. We iden…
The Role of Participatory Modeling in Landscape Approaches to Reconcile Conservation and Development
Sandker, M., B. M. Campbell, M. Ruiz-Pérez, J. A. Sayer, R. Cowling, H. Kassa, and A. T. Knight. 2010. The role of participatory modeling in landscape approaches to reconcile conservation and development. Ecology and Society 15(2): 13. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03400-150213
Using the Species-Area Relationship to Set Baseline Targets for Conservation
This paper demonstrates how the power form of the Species-Area Relationship (SAR) can be used to set conservation targets for land classes using biodiversity survey data. The log-transformation of the power model is a straight line; therefore, if one knows the average number of species recorded per survey site and can estimate the true species number present in the land class, using EstimateS software, it is possible to calculate the slope of the…
Using the Species-Area Relationship to Set Baseline Targets for Conservation
This paper demonstrates how the power form of the Species-Area Relationship (SAR) can be used to set conservation targets for land classes using biodiversity survey data. The log-transformation of the power model is a straight line; therefore, if one knows the average number of species recorded per survey site and can estimate the true species number present in the land class, using EstimateS software, it is possible to calculate the slope of the…
The Role of Participatory Modeling in Landscape Approaches to Reconcile Conservation and Development
Sandker, M., B. M. Campbell, M. Ruiz-Pérez, J. A. Sayer, R. Cowling, H. Kassa, and A. T. Knight. 2010. The role of participatory modeling in landscape approaches to reconcile conservation and development. Ecology and Society 15(2): 13. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03400-150213
Using the Species-Area Relationship to Set Baseline Targets for Conservation
This paper demonstrates how the power form of the Species-Area Relationship (SAR) can be used to set conservation targets for land classes using biodiversity survey data. The log-transformation of the power model is a straight line; therefore, if one knows the average number of species recorded per survey site and can estimate the true species number present in the land class, using EstimateS software, it is possible to calculate the slope of the…
The Role of Participatory Modeling in Landscape Approaches to Reconcile Conservation and Development
Sandker, M., B. M. Campbell, M. Ruiz-Pérez, J. A. Sayer, R. Cowling, H. Kassa, and A. T. Knight. 2010. The role of participatory modeling in landscape approaches to reconcile conservation and development. Ecology and Society 15(2): 13. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03400-150213
Ranking of Cape Geophytes by Proxies for the Benefits and Costs of Harvesting their Underground Storage Organs
The Cape Floristic Region (CFR) has the world’s highest diversity of plants with underground storage organs (USOs). This rich USO flora has been proposed as a key food source for modern humans in the Late Pleistocene. For 130 Cape geophyte species, we quantified proxies for energetic benefits (USO size and nutrient content) and harvesting costs (USO depth and anti‐nutrients), then ranked species by their likely attractiveness to foragers. We iden…
Biology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Environmental resource management (2 works) · Environmental Science (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (1 works) · Attractiveness (1 works) · Biodiversity (1 works) · Biome (1 works) · Bioregion (1 works)