Michael J. Samways

Stellenbosch University — South Africa

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(240), Plant and animal studies(184), Species Distribution and Climate Change(152), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology(96), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior(69)

Publications600 total

Gardens and agroecological farms are important land uses for pollinators in a tropical urban environment
Biodiversity and Conservation·2026
Pesticides and habitat loss additively reduce wild bees in crop fields
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Floral resource strips enhance parasitoid abundance and diversity in apple orchards and promote agroecological advances in a South African biosphere reserve
Insect Conservation and Diversity·2025Open Access
Improving an African urban mosaic for insect pollinators through increased floral diversity and better functional connectivity
Landscape and Urban Planning·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Oviposition strategies of Amazonian dragonflies in response to anthropogenic gradients
Oecologia·2025· 1 cited
Scientists' warning on climate change and insects
UNC Libraries·2025Open Access
Scientists' warning on the need for greater inclusion of dragonflies in global conservation
Insect Conservation and Diversity·2025· 12 citedOpen Access
Do pinch points in conservation corridors matter? A test case using localized butterflies and grasshoppers
Biological Conservation·2025Open Access
Soil arthropods make an important contribution to litter decomposition in both indigenous and plantation forests
Applied Soil Ecology·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Viable conservation of pondscapes includes the ecotones with dryland
Biological Conservation·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Heterogeneous conservation corridors of remnant vegetation protect biodiversity in South African timber mosaics
Biodiversity and Conservation·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Biosphere reserves in the megadiverse Cape Floristic Region are effective in conserving arthropod diversity
Integrative Conservation·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Conservation Corridors With Many Small Waterbodies Support Dragonfly Functional Diversity Across a Transformed Landscape Mosaic
Diversity and Distributions·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Conservation Corridors With Many Small Waterbodies Support Dragonfly Functional Diversity Across a Transformed Landscape Mosaic"
2024
Author response for "Conservation Corridors With Many Small Waterbodies Support Dragonfly Functional Diversity Across a Transformed Landscape Mosaic"
2024
Umbrella index as a conservation tool across pondscapes: A case study using frogs, aquatic insects, and plants in South Africa
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Eco‐evolutionary origins and diversification in a megadiverse hotspot: Arthropods in the Greater Cape Floristic Region
Ecology and Evolution·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Introduction
CABI eBooks·2024
A Trait Perspective on Dragonfly Conservation
CABI eBooks·2024· 1 cited
Stressors on Freshwater Ecosystems and Dragonflies
CABI eBooks·2024
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Frequent Co-authors

James S. Pryke(7), John P. Simaika(7), Pedro Cardoso(5), Axel Hochkirch(5), Jan Christian Habel(4), Caspar A. Hallmann(4), Josef Settele(4), Frank Suhling(4), Viola Clausnitzer(4), Charl Deacon(3), Thomas Fartmann(3), Caroline Sayuri Fukushima(3), Matthew J. Hill(3), Nigel E. Stork(3), Justin Gerlach(3), John Haslett(3), Martin Zobel(3), T. R. New(3), Philip S. Barton(2), Klaus Birkhofer(2)