Contact

Dr Shirley Pierce Cowling
scowling@kingsley.co.za
Restoration Research Group

PUBLICATIONS


Mills, A.J. and Fey, M.V. 2003. Declining soil quality in South Africa:
      effects of land use on soil organic matter and surface crusting.
      South African Journal of Science 99, 429-436.


Mills, A.J. and Fey, M.V. 2004. Soil carbon and nitrogen in five
      contrasting biomes of South Africa exposed to different land
      uses. South African Journal of Soil Science 21(2), 94-103.


Mills, A.J., Cowling, R.M., Fey, M.V., Kerley, G.I.H.,
      Lechmere-Oertel, R.G., Sigwela, A., Skowno, A. and Rundel,
      P.W. 2005. Effects of goat pastoralism on ecosystem carbon
      storage in semi-arid thicket, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
      Austral Ecology 30, 807-813.


Mills, A.J. and Cowling, R.M. 2006. Rate of carbon sequestration at
      two thicket restoration sites in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
      Restoration Ecology 14, 38-49.


Mills, A.J., Turpie, J., Cowling, R.M., Marais, C., Kerley, G.I.H.,
      Lechmere-Oertel, R.G., Sigwela, A.M. and Powell, M. 2007.
      Assessing costs, benefits and feasibility of subtropical thicket
      restoration in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. In: J.Aronson,
      S.J. Milton and J. Blignaut (eds), Restoring natural capital.
      Science, business and practice
. Island Press, Washington DC.

Mills, A.J., Cowling, R.M. 2010. Below-ground carbon stocks in
      intact and transformed subtropical thicket landscapes
      in semi-arid South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments
      74 (1), 93- 100.

Marais, C., Cowling, R.M., Powell, M. and Mills, A. 2009.
      Establishing the platform for a carbon sequestration market
      in South Africa: The Working for Woodlands Subtropical Thicket
      Restoration Programme. XIII World Forestry Congress, Buenos
      Aires.