All Stories

  1. Temporal analysis of electricity consumption for prepaid metered low- and high-income households in Soweto, South Africa

    Article • African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development, December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou, Dr. Njabulo Kambule

  2. Phylogenetic exploration of commonly used medicinal plants in South Africa

    Article • Molecular Ecology Resources, August 2014, Wiley

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  3. Savanna fire and the origins of the ‘underground forests’ of Africa

    Article • New Phytologist, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  4. Differences in evolutionary history translate into differences in invasion success of alien mammals in South Africa

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, April 2014, Wiley

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  5. Revisiting species delimitation within the genus Oxystele using DNA barcoding approach

    Article • ZooKeys, December 2013, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  6. Incorporating trnH-psbA to the core DNA barcodes improves significantly species discrimination within southern African Combretaceae

    Article • ZooKeys, December 2013, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  7. Efficacy of the core DNA barcodes in identifying processed and poorly conserved plant materials commonly used in South African traditional medicine

    Article • ZooKeys, December 2013, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  8. Evidence of constant diversification punctuated by a mass extinction in the African cycads

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, December 2013, Wiley

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  9. A Global Trend towards the Loss of Evolutionarily Unique Species in Mangrove Ecosystems

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2013, PLOS

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  10. Revisiting the impacts of non-random extinction on the tree-of-life

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 2013, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  11. Extinction risk in eastern African flora

    Article • South African Journal of Botany, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  12. Counterintuitive performance of core DNA barcodes within clades of southern African Combretaceae

    Article • South African Journal of Botany, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  13. Investigating the origins of the “underground forests” of Africa

    Article • South African Journal of Botany, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  14. The development of an accurate DNA-based identification tool for traded and protected tree species in Southern Africa

    Article • South African Journal of Botany, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  15. Human population density correlates with phylogenetic diversity and plant vulnerability in southern Africa

    Article • South African Journal of Botany, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  16. A phylogenetic approach towards understanding the drivers of plant invasiveness on Robben Island, South Africa

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, April 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  17. Large herbivores favour species diversity but have mixed impacts on phylogenetic community structure in an African savanna ecosystem

    Article • Journal of Ecology, March 2013, Wiley

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  18. DNA barcoding reveals micro-evolutionary changes and river system-level phylogeographic resolution of African silver catfish, Schilbe intermedius (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes: Schilbeidae) from seven populations across different African river s...

    Article • Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, December 2012, Szczecinskie Towarzystwo Naukowe

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  19. Phylogenetic Patterns of Extinction Risk in the Eastern Arc Ecosystems, an African Biodiversity Hotspot

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2012, PLOS

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou

  20. Fig-Frugivore Interactions Follow a Constrained Brownian Motion Model of Evolution in an Important Bird Area, West Africa

    Article • Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, January 2012, Brill

    Dr Kowiyou Yessoufou