Joh R. Henschel

TL;DR: It is concluded that aquatic insects had a bottom-up effect on spiders and that this subsidy facilitated a top-down effect that cascaded from spiders to leafhoppers to plants.

TL;DR: In this article, the potential litter decomposition was investigated by using standardized substrates (Rooibos and Green tea) for comparison of litter mass loss at 336 sites (ranging from

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the pioneering work of Professor Gideon Louw's pioneering work on water relations and economy, which includes osmoregulation in desert plants and animals such as grass, beetles and springbok, established a foundation that inspired numerous studies by colleagues and students.

TL;DR: The knowledge gaps and needs for further ecological studies, including the continuation of the LTER programme, are indicated, to elucidate the reproductive output, seed dispersal, recruitment, water availability, age structure, and ecological differences between the sexes, and long-term life history strategies of this unique Namib Desert perennial.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured 0.1% of incident sunlight as the lower limit for hypolithic growth on quartz rocks in the Namib and found that uncolonized ventral rock surfaces were limited by light rather than moisture.