Richard M. Cowling

Nelson Mandela University — South Africa

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

99h-index34.0kcitations492works2.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(265), Plant and animal studies(68), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management(59), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies(58), Plant Diversity and Evolution(55)

Publications492 total

On leadership for conservation implementation: A personal perspective
South African Journal of Science·2026Open Access
Spatial and temporal variation in the diversity, abundance, and energetic returns of underground storage organs on the coastal lowlands of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa
Journal of Archaeological Science·2026
Vertebrate tracks in Pliocene aeolianite deposits of the Wankoe Formation, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Proceedings of the Geologists Association·2025Open Access
Scratch circles and circular purported ammoglyphs: Novel observations from the Cape south coast of South Africa
Proceedings of the Geologists Association·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
A new MIS 5 to MIS 2 speleothem record from Sandkraal Cave on the South African Cape south coast
Quaternary Research·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Banksias are iconic Australian plants, but their ancestors actually came from North Africa
2024
Out of Africa: Linked continents, overland migration and differential survival explain abundance of Proteaceae in Australia
Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
The vegetation of Holocene coastal dunes of the Cape south coast, South Africa
PeerJ·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Mediterranean-Climate Ecosystems
Elsevier eBooks·2023· 3 cited
The importance of C3 and C4 grasses and CAM shrubs in the Greater Cape Floristic Region under contemporary and Last Glacial Maximum climates
Quaternary Science Reviews·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Effects of simulated fire and browsing on the resprouting of subtropical dune thicket shrubs in the southeastern Cape Floristic Region
Plant Ecology·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Fossil pollen resolves origin of the South African Proteaceae as transcontinental not transoceanic
Annals of Botany·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Climatic stability recorded in speleothems may contribute to higher biodiversity in the Cape Floristic Region
Journal of Biogeography·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Why we should be looking for longitudinal patterns in biodiversity
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2023· 12 citedOpen Access
Meeting Human and Biodiversity Needs for 30 × 30 and beyond with an Iterative Land Allocation Framework and Tool
Land·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Out of Africa: Linked Continents, Overland Migration and Differential Survival Explain Abundance of Proteaceae in Australia
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Conservation Planning for Action: End-User Engagement in the Development and Dual-Centric Weighting of a Spatial Decision Support System
Land·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Effects of simulated fire and browsing on the resprouting of subtropical dune thicket shrubs in the southeastern Cape Floristic Region
Research Square (Research Square)·2022Open Access
Peer Review #2 of "Canopy plant composition and structure of Cape subtropical dune thicket are predicted by the levels of fire exposure (v0.2)"
2022Open Access
Canopy plant composition and structure of Cape subtropical dune thicket are predicted by the levels of fire exposure
PeerJ·2022· 5 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Mathieu Rouget(12), Andrew T. Knight(9), Amanda T. Lombard(8), Robert L. Pressey(7), David M. Richardson(7), Belinda Reyers(5), Byron B. Lamont(4), Andrew Balmford(4), Dirk J. Roux(4), Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca(3), Philip W. Rundel(3), Félix Forest(3), Şerban Procheş(3), Bruce Campbell(3), Benis N. Egoh(3), David C. Le Maître(3), Steven I. Higgins(3), Philip Desmet(3), Jeanne Nel(3), Thomas M. Brooks(2)