Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Volume 76, Issue 3 (2021)

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Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Volume 76, Issue 3 (2021)

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Research Articles

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Exploring the transmission-blocking activity of antiplasmodial 3,6-diarylated imidazopyridazines
Dina Coertzen, Janette Reader, Mariëtte E. van der Watt, Meta M. Leshabane, Henrico Langeveld, Peter M. Cheuka, Godwin A. Dziwornu, Kelly Chibale & Lyn-Marie Birkholtz
Pages: 225-233
Published online: 20 Oct 2021
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Bipedal leaping Jurassic vertebrates in Southern Africa: proposed new ichnotaxon and inferred palaeoenvironment
D. Eduard van Dijk & Patrick G. Eriksson
Pages: 235-245
Published online: 30 Aug 2021
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Effect of mulch, no-tillage and no-fertiliser as sustainable practices on soil organic carbon and carbon dioxide emission
Vagish Ramborun, Sunita Facknath & Bhanooduth Lalljee
Pages: 247-255
Published online: 12 Nov 2021
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Regular Articles

An appraisal of the metabolites, pharmacological and biotechnological significance of edible mushrooms
Tolulope Bolaniran, Abdullahi Temitope Jamiu, Taofeeq Garuba, Alhassan Muhammad Wudil, Henry Ademola Adeola & Saheed Sabiu
Pages: 257-272
Published online: 23 Jul 2021
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Smallholders’ replacement of groundnut varieties in Malawi: implications for adoption and conservation of improved and conventional varieties
Admire Katunga, Edilegnaw Wale Zegeye & Gerald Ortmann
Pages: 273-282
Published online: 09 Jul 2021
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Can the application of item response theory improve the quality of survey items for assessing human fingerprints on climate change?
R. Mugandani, C. T. F. Murewi, T. Chitata, F. Chipepa, B. T. Mudereri, L. Mwadzingeni & P. L. Mafongoya
Pages: 283-290
Published online: 30 Aug 2021
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Vegetation phenology dynamics as an indicator of energy and productivity functions in semi-arid savannah protected areas: a case study of Gonarezhou National Park in south-eastern Zimbabwe
Talent Murwendo, Amon Murwira & Mhosisi Masocha
Pages: 291-299
Published online: 23 Jul 2021
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Biological invasions in South Africa
edited by Brian van Wilgen, John Measey, David Richardson, John Wilson and Tsungai Zengeya, Cham, Springer Open, 2020, 975 pp., Price: £45.89 (eBook), ISBN 978-3-030-32393-6, ISBN 978-3-030-32394-3
Mike Bruton
Pages: 301-305
Published online: 06 Sep 2021
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Rock | water | life: ecology and humanities for a decolonial South Africa
by Lesley Green, Johannesburg, Wits University Press, 2020, Pp. 296, Price: ZAR385, (Paperback), ISBN 978-1-77614-614-7
Jane Carruthers
Pages: 307-308
Published online: 10 Jun 2021
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Obituaries

Obituary
Obituary: Peter Ernest Spargo (07 June 1937–02 Aug. 2021)
Stephen A. Craven
Page: 309
Published online: 15 Oct 2021
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Obituary
Morris James Viljoen (1940–2021)
Carl R. Anhaeusser
Pages: 311-312
Published online: 26 Oct 2021
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