C·I·B Teams

Former Post-docs and Students


Dr. Antoinette Botes

Antoinette is a former CIB Ph.D. student.

Project Title: Ant diversity, altitude and climate change


Dr. Susanna Clusella-Trullas

Susanna is a former CIB Post-doctoral fellow.

Project Title: The size-grain hypotheses as a test of evolutionary trade-offs


Ms. Jeanne Gouws

Jeanne is a former CIB M.Sc. student.

Project Title: Intraspecific body size variation in insects


Dr. Emilie Gray

Emilie is a former CIB Post-doctoral fellow.

Project Title: Gas exchange, water balance and tolerance: influence on species strategies


Ms. Michelle Greve

Michelle is a former CIB M.Sc. student.

Project Title: South Africa's avifauna: How they are effected by landscape


Dr. Donald Midoko Iponga

Donald Midoko is a former CIB Post-doctoral fellow.

Project Title: The ecology of tree invasions in arid regions of South Africa


Ms. Ulrike Irlich

Ulrike is a former CIB M.Sc. student.

Project Title: Insects, temperature and the metabolic theory of ecology


Ms. Keafon Jumbam

Keafon is a former CIB M.Sc. Student.

Project Title: Variation in thermal tolerances of the Argentine ant


Dr. Jesse Kalwij

Jesse is a former CIB Post-doctoral fellow.

Project Title: The role of roadside verges as invasion corridors


Ms. Ndivhuwo Luruli

Ndivhuwo is a former CIB M.Sc. student.

Project Title: Distribution of the Argentine Ant at multiple spatial scales in South Africa


Dr. Elrike Marais

Elrike is a former CIB Ph.D. student.

Project Title: Thermal tolerance responses to environmental variability in insect models


Dr. Sonja Matthee

Sonja is a former CIB Post-doctoral fellow.

Project Title: Parasite community ecology of invasive small mammal species in South Africa: a comparative approach to evaluate the potential parasite and disease transmission risk


Mr. Dickson Mazibuko

Dickson is a former CIB Honours/4th year B.Agric student.

Project Title: The seed bank dynamics of emerging invasive acacias in the Western Cape: lessons for management


Dr. Serban Proches

Serban is a former CIB Post-doctoral fellow.

Project Title: Insect loads on alien plants in the Cape Floristic Region


Dr. Núria Roura-Pascual

Núria is a former CIB Post-doctoral fellow.

Project Title: Developing an integrated tool for managing biological invasions across spatial scales


Dr. Krystal Tolley

Krystal is a former CIB Post-doctoral fellow.

Project Title: Do genetic patterns show a recent extra-limital range expansion for Hyperolius marmoratus?


Dr. Mark van Kleunen

Mark is a former CIB Post-doctoral fellow.

Project Title: Can invasiveness of introduced plants be predicted from their life-history characteristics


Mr. Herbert van Zyl

Herbert is a former CIB Honours/4th year B.Agric student.

Project Title: Acacia implexa in South Africa: an emerging invader and potential candidate for eradication 


Dr. Ruan Veldtman

Ruan is a former CIB Post-doctoral fellow.

Project Title: Abundance structure and range limits of the biological control agent Trichilogaster on Acacia longifolia in South Africa


Dr. Bruno Walther

Bruno is a former CIB Post-doctoral fellow.

Project Title: The winter distribution and habitat use of the near threatened Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea


Dr. John Wilson

John is a former CIB Post-doctoral fellow.

Project Title: Aquatic weed population dynamics