Prof. Ben du Toit

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Students

Current students (Main supervisor)

	Dean da Costa	PhD The interaction between site, harvest residue management and plant stock quality on Eucalyptus transplant survival, growth and uniformity.
	GP Scheepers	PhD Fertilization of Pinus elliottii and its effect on soil chemistry, foliar nutrition and stand development for a range of edaphic, geographic and climatic growing conditions in the Greater Tsitsikamma, South Africa.
	Sylvanus Mensah	PhD A Quantitative Framework to Assess Ecosystem Services Provided by Trees and Forests
	Alfred Kundhlande	PhD Carbon dynamics and nutritional sustainability of South Africa’s pine plantation soils: A case of Mpumalanga escarpment forests
	Phillip Fischer	PhD Individual tree growth response to competition within clonal Eucalyptus hybrid plantings on the Zululand coastal plains of South Africa
	Hannel Ham	PhD Development of a protocol for the successful hybridisation of Pinus radiata with other Pinus species
	Werner Mbongo	PhD Effects of thinning intensities on the growth regeneration of Burkea africana and Pterocarpus angolensis in the Zambezian-Baikiaea woodlands.
	Paul Mwansa	MSc An Investigation into the effect of Rainfall gradient and Fire disturbance on Natural Regeneration and stand characteristics of selected tree species in the Zambian Phytoregion
	Philip van Niekerk	MSc Modelling biomass and carbon sequestration in clonal plantations of Eucalyptus grandis x nitens hybrids.
	Martin Kambayi	MSc Estimating carbon sequestered in an undisturbed Cryptosepalum forest in Mwinilunga District of North - western Province, Zambia
	Hugo Lambrechts	MSc A study of the potential for Eucalyptus hybrids in farm forestry in the semi-arid winter rainfall region of South Africa
	Francis Zhangazha	Postgraduate diploma in Forestry

Current students (Co-supervisor)

	Sylvanus Mensah	PhD A Quantitative Framework to Assess Ecosystem Services Provided by Trees and Forests
	Phillip Fischer	PhD Individual tree growth response to competition within clonal Eucalyptus hybrid plantings on the Zululand coastal plains of South Africa
	Philip van Niekerk	MSc Modelling biomass and carbon sequestration in clonal plantations of Eucalyptus grandis c nitens hybrids.
	Philip Muyambo	MSc Aboveground biomass model for Pinus elliottii in South Africa

Past students

	Christof Gresse	MSc (2016) The impact of repeated prescribed burning in semi-mature pine plantation forests of Mpumalanga on fuel loads, nutrient pools and stand productivity. MSc Thesis, University of Stellenbosch, 194 pp.
	Filemon Kayofa	MSc (2015) Natural Regeneration Potential of Pterocarpus angolensis (Kiaat Tree) in the dry forests of Northern Namibia. MSc Thesis, University of Stellenbosch, 162pp.
	Kayla Noeth	Post-graduate Diploma in Forestry (2014)
	GP Scheepers	MSc (2014) The effect of wood ash on the soil properties, nutrition and growth of Eucalyptus grandis x urophylla grown on a sandy coastal soil in Zululand. MSc Thesis, University of Stellenbosch, 143pp.
	Ralston Hans	MSc (2014) Initial growth responses to controlled release fertilizer application at establishment of commercial forestry species in South Africa. MSc Thesis, University of Stellenbosch, 158pp.
	Steven Dovey	PhD (2012) Effects of Clear Felling and Residue Management on Nutrient Pools, Productivity and Sustainability in a Clonal Eucalypt Stand in South Africa. PhD thesis, Stellenbosch University, 218pp.
	Vavariro Chikumbu	MSc (2011) Growth responses to fertiliser application of thinned mid-rotation Pinus radiata stands across a soil water availability gradient in the Boland area of the Western Cape. MSc Thesis, University of Stellenbosch, 100pp.
	Phillip Fischer	MSc (2011) δ¹³C as indicator of soil water availability and drought stress in Pinus radiata stands in South Africa. MSc Thesis, University of Stellenbosch, 101pp.
	Ilse Botman	MSc (2010) Production of Eucalypt woodlots for bio-energy in the Winelands region of the Western Cape. MSc Thesis, University of Stellenbosch, 96pp.
	JJ Badenhorst	MSc (2010) The effect of fertilising Pinus radiata stands at mid rotation age in the Western Cape province on leaf area, growth efficiency and stand productivity. MSc Thesis, University of Stellenbosch, 62pp.
	Louisa Burger	Hons (2010) Estimating PAI from remote sensed imagery on Pinus radiata in the Western Cape. HonsBScFor. Research report, University of Stellenbosch., 28pp.