G
Guy F. Midgley
Researcher at Stellenbosch University
Publications - 234
Citations - 34165
Guy F. Midgley is an academic researcher from Stellenbosch University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Climate change & Biodiversity. The author has an hindex of 66, co-authored 217 publications receiving 30649 citations. Previous affiliations of Guy F. Midgley include University of Cape Town & International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Future of African terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystems under anthropogenic climate change
TL;DR: In this article, the authors unpacked some of the reasons for this uncertainty and revealed the importance of accounting for the influences of disturbances and climate on vegetation in Africa's ecology and ecosystems.
Journal ArticleDOI
Endemic species and ecosystem sensitivity to climate change in Namibia
Wilfried Thuiller,Guy F. Midgley,Greg Hughes,Bastian Bomhard,Gill Drew,M.C. Rutherford,F. Ian Woodward +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a first assessment of the potential impacts of anthropogenic climate change on the endemic flora of Namibia, and on its vegetation structure and function, for a projected climate in � 2050 and � 2080.
Journal ArticleDOI
A mechanistic model for secondary seed dispersal by wind and its experimental validation
TL;DR: In this paper, a mechanistic model that describes how secondary seed dispersal by wind is affected by seed traits, wind conditions and obstacles to seed movement is proposed, which can be fully specified using independently measured parameters.
Journal ArticleDOI
Plant functional diversity, species diversity and climate in arid and semi-arid southern Africa
TL;DR: An index of climatic heterogeneity (reflecting the diversity of conditions suitable for plant growth) and measures of rainfall evenness throughout the year, emerged as the strongest predictors of species richness and growth form diversity.
Journal ArticleDOI
Post-2020 biodiversity targets need to embrace climate change
Almut Arneth,Yunne-Jai Shin,Paul Leadley,Carlo Rondinini,Elena Bukvareva,Melanie Kolb,Guy F. Midgley,Thierry Oberdorff,Ignacio Palomo,Ignacio Palomo,Osamu Saito +10 more
TL;DR: This analysis suggests that the next set of biodiversity targets explicitly addresses climate change-related risks since many aspirational goals will not be feasible under even lower-end projections of future warming.