I am a conservation ecologist currently conducting research at the School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal. I am interested in landscape and functional ecology, forest and grassland ecosystem functionality, and the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on community assemblages, with specific reference to bird and mammal communities.
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