Heidi van Deventer

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research — South Africa

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

17h-index909citations65works1.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Land Use and Ecosystem Services(17), Remote Sensing in Agriculture(12), Fish Ecology and Management Studies(12), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics(10), Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity(7)

Publications65 total

Integrating Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 derived parameters for wetland carbon modelling in the Grassland Biome of South Africa
2025
Monitoring Coastal Estuarine Habitats for Biodiversity Along the Temperate Bioregion of South Africa
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences·2025
Charting a course for freshwater biomonitoring: The grand challenges identified by the global scientific community
Ecological Indicators·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Global biodiversity framework for freshwater wetlands of South Africa: Preliminary calculation of progress towards achieving the restoration target of goal 2
Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie·2025Open Access
Blue Carbon at the southern tip of Africa: current knowledge and future perspectives for dynamic estuarine environments
Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
Conserving cross-realm coastal biodiversity when real-world planning and implementation processes split the land and sea
Ocean & Coastal Management·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Assessing the feasibility of mapping changes of ecosystem functional groups in South African estuaries using Landsat and Sentinel images of 1990, 2014, 2018 and 2020
Wetlands Ecology and Management·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Assessment of the inland wetland ecosystem types in South Africa: threats and protection
African Journal of Aquatic Science·2025Open Access
Cross-realm biodiversity profile of the South African coastal zone
African Journal of Marine Science·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Assessing the extent to which African wetland inventories can report to the global targets on biodiversity, including Goal A of the Global Biodiversity Framework
African Journal of Aquatic Science·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Delineating and Sub-classifying Depressional Wetlands with Gradient Analysis of Littoral Vegetation Using Sentinel-2A Vege-Tation Indices
Preprints.org·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Mapping Changes in South African Estuarine Ecosystem Functional Groups Using Landsat and Sentinel Images of 1990, 2014, 2018 and 2020
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024Open Access
National Seashore and Estuary CBA Map
Figshare·2023Open Access
Incorporating free‐flowing rivers into global biodiversity targets: Prioritization and targeted interventions to maintain ecological integrity
Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
Comparison between Sentinel-2 and WorldView-3 sensors in mapping wetland vegetation communities of the Grassland Biome of South Africa, for monitoring under climate change
Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment·2022· 9 cited
Deriving the maximum extent and hydroperiod of open water from Sentinel-2 imagery for global sustainability and biodiversity reporting for wetlands
Water SA·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
Conservation conundrum – Red listing of subtropical-temperate coastal forested wetlands of South Africa
Ecological Indicators·2021· 19 citedOpen Access
Determining the Wetland-Dryland Boundary of Depressions Using Littoral Gradient Analysis of Soil Edaphic Factors
Wetlands·2021· 1 cited
Monitoring changes in South Africa’s surface water extent for reporting Sustainable Development Goal sub-indicator 6.6.1.a
South African Journal of Science·2021· 9 citedOpen Access
The contribution of wetland flora to regional floristic diversity across a wide range of climatic conditions in southern Africa
Biodiversity and Conservation·2021· 13 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Moses Azong Cho(14), Jeanne Nel(12), Lara Van Niekerk(12), Lindie Smith-Adao(9), Andrew Skowno(9), Onisimo Mutanga(8), Nancy Job(8), Chantel Petersen(7), Laven Naidoo(7), Janine B. Adams(7), A Maherry(5), Kate Snaddon(5), Taryn Riddin(5), SJ Lamberth(5), Mervyn Lötter(5), E.J.J. Sieben(5), Amanda Driver(4), Abel Ramoelo(4), Ridhwannah Gangat(4), Kerry Sink(4)