Professor Anton Pauw

Director & Leslie Hill Chair in Plant Conservation

Research Interests

The topic of my research is biological diversity, how it originates and how it is assembled into ecological communities. To answer these questions, I study plant–pollinator interactions in the southwestern Cape, with a focus on sunbirds, long-proboscid flies, oil-collecting bees and rodents. My work has shown that many of these pollinators and their dependent plants are threatened by human activity, but that pollination restoration can be successful. I am a founding member of Ingcungcu Sunbird Restoration, a not-for-profit organization that aims to reconnect plants, birds and people by planting nectar gardens on school grounds in Cape Town. The gardens are “filling stations” for sunbirds and learning spaces for youth and their communities.

Publications

Books

Pauw, A. & Johnson, S. (1999). Table Mountain: a natural history. Fernwood Press, Cape Town. pp. 160. Endorsed by the Botanical Society of SA. Sponsored by Old Mutual Plc. Reprinted 2002.

Journal articles

  1. Neu, A., Cooksley, H., Esler, K. J., Pauw, A., Roets, F., Schurr, F. M., & Schleuning, M. (2023). Interactions between protea plants and their animal mutualists and antagonists are structured more by energetic than morphological trait matching. Functional Ecology, 37(1), 176–189. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14231 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2435.14231

  1. Costa, A., Moré, M., Sérsic, A.N., Cocucci, A.A., Drewniak, M.E., Izquierdo, J.V., Coetzee, A., Pauw, A., Traveset, A. & Paiaro, V. (2023). Floral colour variation of Nicotiana glauca in native and non-native ranges: Testing the role of pollinators' perception and abiotic factors. Plant Biology, 25(3), 403-410. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13509 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.1111%2Fplb.13509

  1. Theron, G. L., Anderson, B., Cozien, R.J., Ellis, A.G.,Grenier, F., Johnson, S.D., Newman, E., Pauw, A & van der Niet, T. (2023). We don’t know the half of it: morphological and molecular evidence reveal dramatic underestimation of diversity in a key pollinator group (Nemestrinidae). Invertebrate Systematics, 37(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1071/IS22023 https://www.publish.csiro.au/IS/IS22023

  1. Neu, A., Cooksley, H., Esler, K.J., Pauw, A., Roets, F., Schurr, F.M. & Schleuning, M. (2023) Bird and insect pollinators differ in specialization and potential pollination services along disturbance and resource gradients. Austral Ecology, 48(5), 1015–1035 https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13324

  1. Pauw, A. (2022). Pollination syndrome accurately predicts pollination by tangleveined flies (Nemestrinidae: Prosoeca s.s.) across multiple plant families. Plant Biology, 24(6), 1010–1021. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13461 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/plb.13461

  1. Mnisi, B. E., Geerts, S., Smith, C., & Pauw, A. (2021). Nectar gardens on school grounds reconnect plants, birds and people. Biological Conservation, 257, 109087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109087 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320721001397

  1. Osterman, J., Aizen, M. A., Biesmeijer, J. C., Bosch, J., Howlett, B. G., Inouye, D. W., Jung, C., Martins, D. J., Medel, R., Pauw, A., Seymour, C. L., & Paxton, R. J. (2021). Global trends in the number and diversity of managed pollinator species. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 322, 107653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107653 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880921003571

  1. Rodger, J. G., Bennett, J. M., Razanajatovo, M., Knight, T. M., van Kleunen, M., Ashman, T.-L., Steets, J. A., Hui, C., Arceo-Gómez, G., Burd, M., Burkle, L. A., Burns, J. H., Durka, W., Freitas, L., Kemp, J. E., Li, J., Pauw, A., Vamosi, J. C., Wolowski, M., Ellis, A. G. (2021). Widespread vulnerability of flowering plant seed production to pollinator declines. Science Advances, 7(42), eabd3524. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd3524 https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.abd3524

  1. Coetzee, A., Barnard, P., & Pauw, A. (2021). Reliability and quality of artificial nectar feeders for birds in the Cape Floristic Region. Ostrich, 92(1), 26-31. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2020.1836060 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/00306525.2020.1836060

  1. Bosc, C., & Pauw, A. (2020). Increasing importance of niche versus neutral processes in the assembly of plant–herbivore networks during succession. Oecologia, 194(1), 123–134. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04740-7

  1. Issaly, E. A., Sérsic, A. N., Pauw, A., Cocucci, A. A., Traveset, A., Benítez-Vieyra, S. M., & Paiaro, V. (2020). Reproductive ecology of the bird-pollinated Nicotiana glauca across native and introduced ranges with contrasting pollination environments. Biological Invasions, 22(2), 485–498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02104-8 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-019-02104-8

  1. Pauw, A., Cocucci, A. A., & Sérsic, A. N. (2020). The least effective pollinator principle: Specialized morphology despite generalized ecology. Plant Biology, 22(5), 924–931. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13145 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/plb.13145

  1. Geerts, S., Coetzee, A., Rebelo, A.G., & Pauw, A. (2020). Pollination structures plant and nectar-feeding bird communities in Cape fynbos, South Africa: Implications for the conservation of plant–bird mutualisms. Ecological Research, 35(5), 838-856. https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12148 https://esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1440-1703.12148

  1. Bosc, C., & Pauw, A. (2020). Increasing importance of niche versus neutral processes in the assembly of plant–herbivore networks during succession. Oecologia,194(1) 123–134. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04740-7 https://rdcu.be/d1ox8

  1. García, M., Benítez-Vieyra, S., Sérsic, A.N., Pauw, A., Cocucci, A.A., Traveset, A., Sazatornil, F., Paiaro., V. (2020). Is variation in flower shape and length among native and non-native populations of Nicotiana glauca a product of pollinator-mediated selection?. Evolutionary Ecology, 34, 893–913. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-020-10082-w https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10682-020-10082-w

  1. Wester, P., Johnson, S.D., & Pauw, A. (2019). Scent chemistry is key in the evolutionary transition between insect and mammal pollination in African pineapple lilies. New Phytologist, 222(3), 1624-1637. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15671 https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.15671

  1. Bosc, C., Hui, C., Roets, F., & Pauw, A. (2019). Importance of biotic niches versus drift in a plant-inhabiting arthropod community depends on rarity and trophic group. Ecography, 42(11), 1926-1935. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04396 https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ecog.04396

  1. Semwal P., Pauw, A., Palni, L.M.S., Verma, S., & Thapliyal, A. (2019). Bumblebees (Bombus rufofasciatus Smith) pollinate the enclosed inflorescences of the endangered Brahma’s lotus (Saussurea obvallata: Asteraceae) of the Indian Himalaya. South African Journal of Botany, 121, 435-441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2018.12.015 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629918312985

  1. Ojeda, F., Midgley, J., Pauw, A., Lavola, A., Casimiro-Soriguer, R., Hattas, D., Segarra-Moragues, J.G., & Julkunen-Tiitto, R. (2019). Flower colour divergence is associated with post-fire regeneration dimorphism in the fynbos heath Erica coccinea subsp. coccinea (Ericaceae). Evolutionary Ecology, 33(3), 345–367 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-019-09985-0 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10682-019-09985-0

  1. Aizen, M. A., Aguiar, S., Biesmeijer, J. C., Garibaldi, L. A., Inouye, D. W., Jung, C., Martins, D. J., Medel, R., Morales, C. L., Ngo, H., Pauw, A., Paxton, R. J., Sáez, A., & Seymour, C. L. (2019). Global agricultural productivity is threatened by increasing pollinator dependence without a parallel increase in crop diversification. Global Change Biology, 25(10), 3516–3527. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14736 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.14736

  1. Pauw, A. (2019). A bird’s-eye view of pollination: Biotic interactions as drivers of adaptation and community change. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 50(1), 477–502. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110218-024845 https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110218-024845

  1. Benadi, G., & Pauw, A. (2018). Frequency dependence of pollinator visitation rates suggests that pollination niches can allow plant species coexistence. Journal of Ecology, 106(5), 1892–1901. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13025  https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2745.13025
  2. Bosc, C., Roets, F., Hui, C., & Pauw, A. (2018). Interactions among predators and plant specificity protect herbivores from top predators. Ecology, 99(7), 1602–1609. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2377 https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecy.2377

  1. Pauw, A., & Johnson, C. M. (2018). Mutualism between co-occurring plant species in South Africa’s Mediterranean climate heathland is mediated by birds. Plant Biology, 20, 224–230. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.12635 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/plb.12635

  1. Coetzee, A., Barnard, P., & Pauw, A. (2018). Urban nectarivorous bird communities in Cape Town, South Africa, are structured by ecological generalisation and resource distribution. Journal of Avian Biology, 49(6). https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01526 https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jav.01526

  1. Kahnt, B., Theodorou, P., Soro, A., Hollens-Kuhr, H., Kuhlmann, M., Pauw, A., & Paxton, R.J. (2018). Small and genetically highly structured populations in a long-legged bee, Rediviva longimanus, as inferred by pooled RAD-seq. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 18(1), 196. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1313-z https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1313-z

  1. Pauw A. (2018). Flower wars. Journal of Vegetation Science, 29(1), 4–5. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12603

  1. Kahnt, B., Montgomery, G.A., Murray, E., Kuhlmann, M., Pauw, A., Michez, D., Paxton, R.J., & Danforth, B.N. (2017). Playing with extremes: Origins and evolution of exaggerated female forelegs in South African Rediviva bees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,115, 95-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.025 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790316304687

  1. Grossenbacher, D. L., Brandvain, Y., Auld, J. R., Burd, M., Cheptou, P.-O., Conner, J. K., Grant, A. G., Hovick, S. M., Pannell, J. R., Pauw, A., Petanidou, T., Randle, A. M., Rubio de Casas, R., Vamosi, J., Winn, A., Igic, B., Busch, J. W., Kalisz, S., & Goldberg, E. E. (2017). Self-compatibility is over-represented on islands. New Phytologist, 215(1), 469–478. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14534 https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.14534

  1. Botha, P.W., & Pauw. (2017). Rodents and baboons reduce seed cone production of Protea neriifolia. South African Journal of Botany, 108, 303-307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2016.07.020

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  1. Rohwer V. G., Pauw, A & Martin, P.R. (2017). Fluff-thieving birds sabotage seed dispersal. Royal Society Open Science. 4(1), 160538. 10.1098/rsos.160538 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rsos.160538

  1. Pauw, A., Kahnt, B., Kuhlmann, M., Michez, D., Montgomery, G. A., Murray, E., & Danforth, B. N. (2017). Long-legged bees make adaptive leaps: Linking adaptation to coevolution in a plant–pollinator network. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1862), 20171707. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1707 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2017.1707

  1. Coetzee, A., Barnard, P. & Pauw, A. (2017). Indigenous plants and artificial nectar sources facilitate urban adjustment of avian pollinators in Cape Town. South African Journal of Botany, 100(109), 330. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2017.01.039

  1. Pauw, A. (2017). Ecology of Plant-pollinator Interactions. Stellenbosch University.

  1. Anderson, B., Pauw, A., Cole, W.W., & Barrett.,S. C. H. (2016). Pollination, mating and reproductive fitness in a plant population with bimodal floraltube length. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29(8), 1631–1642. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12899 https://academic.oup.com/jeb/article/29/8/1631/7381476

  1. Schmid, B., Nottebrock, H., Esler, K.J., Pagel, J., Pauw, A., Böhning-Gaese, K., Schurr, F.M., & Schleuning, M., (2015). Reward quality predicts effects of bird-pollinators on the reproduction of African Protea shrubs. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 17, (3), 209-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2015.02.007 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1433831915000207

  1. Botha,P., Pauw,A., & Hui,C. (2015). How do fynbos plant-pollinator communities respond to the loss of birds? South African Journal of Botany,98(173). DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2015.03.023 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629915000708

  1. Johnson, C. M., He, T., Lamont, B. B., & Pauw, A. (2015). The role of pollinators in the floral diversification and life history of Leucospermum (Proteaceae). South African Journal of Botany, 98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2015.03.007

  1. Heystek, A., Pauw, A. & Barnard, P. (2015). Proteaceae nectar sources for nectarivorous birds at landscape level. South African Journal of Botany, 98, 179-180.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2015.03.047 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629915000940

  1. Pauw, A., & Stanway, R. (2015). Unrivalled specialization in a pollination network from South Africa reveals that specialization increases with latitude only in the Southern Hemisphere. Journal of Biogeography, 42(4), 652–661. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12453 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jbi.12453

  1. Pannell, J.R., Auld, J.R., Brandvain, Y., Burd, M., Busch, J.W., Cheptou, P., Conner, J.K., Goldberg, E.E., Grant, A.G., Grossenbacher, D.L., Hovick, S.M., Igic, B., Kalisz, S., Petanidou, T., Randle, A.M., Rubio de Casas, R., Pauw, A., Vamosi, J.C., & Winn, A.A. (2015). The scope of Baker’s law. New Phytologist, 208(3), 656-667. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13539 https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.13539

  1. Schmid, B., Nottebrock, H., Esler, K.J., Pagel, J., Pauw, A., Böhning-Gaese, K., Schurr, F.M., & Schleuning, M. (2015). Responses of nectar-feeding birds to floral resources at multiple spatial scales. Ecography, 39(7), 619-629. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01621 https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ecog.01621

  1. Heystek, A., Geerts, S., Barnard, P., & Pauw, A. (2014). Pink flower preference in sunbirds does not translate into plant fitness differences in a polymorphic Erica species. Evolutionary Ecology, 28(3), 457–470. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-014-9693-z https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10682-014-9693-z

  1. Johnson, C. M., & Pauw, A. (2014). Adaptation for rodent pollination in Leucospermum arenarium (Proteaceae) despite rapid pollen loss during grooming. Annals of Botany, 113(6), 931–938. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcu015 https://academic.oup.com/aob/article/113/6/931/86388

  1. Pauw, A., Slingsby, J.A., Ackerly, D.D., Latimer, A.M., Linder, H.P. (2014). The assembly and function of Cape plant communities in a changing world. In: Allsopp, N., Colville, J.F., Verboom, G.A. Fynbos: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation of a Megadiverse region. Oxford: Oxford Press, pp. 200-223. https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/100403/

  1. Heystek, A., & Pauw, A. (2014). Does competition for pollinators contribute to structuring Erica communities? Journal of Vegetation science, 25(3), 648-656. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12127 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jvs.12127

  1. Anderson, B., Allsopp, N., Ellis, A.G., Johnson, S.D., Midgley, J.J., Pauw, A. & Rodger, J.G. (2014). Biotic interactions. Fynbos: ecology, evolution, and conservation of a megadiverse region, pp.224-247. Oxford University Press.

  1. Johnson, C.M., He, T., & Pauw, A. (2014). Floral divergence in closely related Leucospermum tottum (Proteaceae) varieties pollinated by birds and long-proboscid flies. Evolutionary Ecology, 28(5), 849-868.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-014-9712-0

  1. Pauw, A. (2013). Can pollination niches facilitate plant coexistence? Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 28(1), 30–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2012.07.019 https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(12)00191-7

  1. Zhang, F., Hui, C., Pauw, A. (2013).  Adaptive divergence in Darwin’s race: how coevolution can generate traitdiversity in a pollination system. International Journal of Organic Evolution, 67(2), 548-560. DOI:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01796.x https://academic.oup.com/evolut/article/67/2/548/6881572

  1. Gibson, M.R., Pauw, A., & Richardson, D.M. (2013). Decreased insect visitation to a native species caused by an invasive tree in the Cape Floristic Region. Biological Conservation, 157, 196-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2012.07.011

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  1. Wester, P., Johnson, S.D. & Pauw, A. (2013). Small mammal pollinators attracted by potato scent of the South African Pineapple Lily, Eucomis regia (Hyacinthaceae). South African Journal of Botany,86. 170-171. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.02.121

  1. Geerts, S., & Pauw, A. (2013). Pollination structures plant and nectar-feeding bird communities in Cape Fynbos, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 86, 161. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.02.086

  1. Heystek,A., & Geerts,S., Barnard,P. & Pauw,A. (2013). Flower colour preference of sunbird pollinators. South African Journal of Botany, 86, 160. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.02.083 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629913001099

  1. Zhang Feng., Hui Cang., & Pauw,A. (2013). Adaptive divergence in Darwin’s race: how coevolution can generate trait diversity in a pollination system. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution 67(2), 548–560. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01796.x http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1558-5646

  1. Pauw, A. (2013). Can pollination niches facilitate plant. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 28(1), 30-37. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2012.07.019 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01695347

  1. Pauw, A. (2013). Pollination by oil-collecting bees (Rediviva: Melittidae). In: William R., Liltved & Johnson, S.D. (Eds.), The Cape Orchids: A Regional monograph of the Orchids of the Cape Floristic Region. Volume I. Sandstone Editions. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/90848

  1. Wilson, J.M., Schueller, S., Nattero, J, Cocucci, A.A., Izhaki, I, Geerts, S, & Pauw, A. (2012). NECTAR. Journal of Pollination Ecology, 9(12), 85-95.

  1. Gibson, M. R., Richardson, D. M., & Pauw, A. (2012). Can floral traits predict an invasive plant’s impact on native plant–pollinator communities? Journal of Ecology, 100(5), 1216–1223. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.02004.x https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.02004.x

  1. Pauw, A., & Louw, K. (2012). Urbanization drives a reduction in functional diversity in a guild of nectar-feeding birds. Ecology and Society, 17(2), 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-04758-170227 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26269046

  1. Ollerton, J., Watts, S., Connerty, S., Lock, J., Parker, L., Wilson, I., Schueller, S., Nattero, J., Cocucci, A. A., Izhaki, I., Geerts, S., Pauw, A. & Stout, J. C. (2012) Pollination ecology of the invasive tree tobacco Nicotiana glauca: comparisons across native and non-native ranges. Journal of Pollination Ecology, 9, 85-95. http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/4595/ 

  1. Geerts, S., Malherbe, S.D.T. & Pauw, A. (2012). Reduced flower visitation by nectar-feeding birds in response to fire in Cape fynbos vegetation, South Africa. Journal of Ornithology, 153, 297-301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-011-0743-9 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10336-011-0743-9

  1. Heytek, A., & Pauw, A. (2012). The role of pollinators in the assembly of Erica communities. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/84771

  1. Geerts, S., & Pauw, A. (2012). The cost of being specialized: Pollinator limitation in the endangered geophyte Brunsvigia litoralis (Amaryllidaceae) in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 78,159-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2011.06.007 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629911000974

  1. Geerts, S., & Pauw, A. (2011). Easy technique for assessing pollination rates in the genus Erica reveals road impact on bird pollination in the Cape fynbos, South Africa. Austral Ecology, 36(6), 656–662. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02201.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02201.x

  1. Pauw, A., & Bond, W. J. (2011). Mutualisms matter: Pollination rate limits the distribution of oil-secreting orchids. Oikos, 120(10), 1531–1538.  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19417.x https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19417.x

  1. Pauw, A., & Hawkins, J. A. (2011). Reconstruction of historical pollination rates reveals linked declines of pollinators and plants. Oikos, 120(3), 344–349. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.19039.x https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.19039.x

  1. Waterman, R. J., Bidartondo, M. I., Stofberg, J., Combs, J. K., Gerbauer, G., Savolainen, V., Barraclough, T. G., & Pauw, A. (2011). The effects of above- and belowground mutualisms on orchid speciation and co-existence. American Naturalist, 177(2), E54–E68. https://doi.org/10.1086/657955 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/657955

  1. Geerts, S., & Pauw, A. (2011). Can pollinator loss cause population extirpation in the candelabra plant Brunsvigia orientalis–a demographic modelling approach. In The 95th ESA Annual Meeting. South African Journal of Botany, 77(2), 528-528.

  1. Anderson, B., Pauw, A., Cole, W., & Barrett, S. C. H. (2011). Successional effects on morph frequencies, pollinator abundance and geneflow barriers within a contact zone. South African Journal of Botany, 77(2), 512-512.

  1. Geerts, S., & Pauw, A. (2011). Farming with native bees (Apis mellifera subsp. capensis Esch.) has varied effects on nectar-feeding bird communities in South African fynbos vegetation. Popul Ecol, 53, 333–339. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-010-0245-2 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10144-010-0245-2

  1. Gibson, M.R., Richardson, D.M., Marchante, E., Marchante, H., Rodger, J.G., Stone, G.N., Byrne, M., Ramírez, A.F., George, N., Harris, C., Johnson, S.D., Le Roux, J.J., Miller, J.T., Murphy, D.J., Pauw, A., Prescott, M.N., Wandrag, E.M & Wilson, J.R.U. (2011). Reproductive biology of Australian acacias: important mediator of invasiveness?. Diversity and Distributions, 17(5), 911-933. DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00808.x  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00808.x
  2. Waterman, R.J., Pauw, A., Barraclough, T.G., & Savolainen, V. (2009). Pollinators underestimated: A molecular phylogeny reveals widespread floral convergence in oil-secreting orchids (sub-tribe Coryciinae) of the Cape of South Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 51(1), 100-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.05.020 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790308002558

  1. Combs, J.K., & Pauw, A. (2009). Preliminary evidence that the long-proboscid fly, Philoliche gulosa, pollinates Disa karooica and its proposed Batesian model Pelargonium stipulaceum. South African Journal of Botany, 75(4), 757-761. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2009.06.015 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629909002348

  1. Manning, J. C. (2009). Field Guide to the Orchids of northern South Africa and Swaziland. South African Journal of Botany, 75(4), 816-817. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.09.004

  1. Johnson,S. D., Manning,J. C., & Pauw, A. editors. (2009). Advances in the pollination biology of South African plants. South African Journal of Botany, 75(4), 625-815. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.09.003 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299

  1. Stanway, R., Combs, J.K., & Pauw, A. (2009). Can pollination network structure predict pollination syndromes? South African Journal of Botany, 2(75), 421. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.02.107

  1. Pauw, A., Waterman, R. J., Barraclough, T. G., Savolainen, V., & Bidartondo, M. I. (2009). Orchid speciation and coexistence in the context of above and belowground mutualists. South African Journal of Botany, 2(75), 415. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.02.090

  1. Geerts, S., & Pauw, A. (2009). Does farming with native honeybees affect bird pollination in Cape fynbos? South African Journal of Botany, 2(75), 401-402. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.02.051

  1. Wester, P. & Pauw, A. (2009). Two South African hybrid swarms in the genus Salvia - with parents of the same and different pollination syndromes. South African Journal of Botany, 2(75), 427. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.02.126.

  1. Pauw, A., Stofberg, J., & Waterman, R. J. (2009). Flies and flowers in Darwin’s race. Evolution, 63(1), 268–279. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00547.x https://academic.oup.com/evolut/article/63/1/268/6853327

  1. Geerts, S., & Pauw, A. (2009). African sunbirds hover to pollinate an invasive hummingbird-pollinated plant. Oikos, 118(4), 573–579. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17167.x https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17167.x

  1. Geerts, S., & Pauw, A. (2009). Hyper-specialization for long-billed bird pollination in a guild of South African plants: The Malachite Sunbird pollination syndrome. South African Journal of Botany, 75(4), 699–706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2009.08.001 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629909002701

  1. Wester, P., Stanway, R., & Pauw, A. (2009). Mice pollinate the Pagoda Lily, Whiteheadia bifolia (Hyacinthaceae)—First field observations with photographic documentation of rodent pollination in South Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 75(4), 713–719.

  1. Oliver, E.G.H., Liltved, W.R., & Pauw, A. (2008). Pterygodium vermiferum (Coryciinae), a new, autonomously self-pollinating, oil-secreting orchid from the Western Cape of South Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 74(4), 617-622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2008.03.002 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629908002196

  1. Geerts, S., & Pauw, A. (2008). Pollination of an alien hummingbird-pollinated plant (Nicotiana glauca) by hovering sunbirds (Nectarinia famosa): Effects on each others distribution. South African Journal of Botany, 2(74), 367. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2008.01.056

  1. Marais, N., Anderson, B., Dreyer, L. L., & Pauw, A. (2007). Pollinator driven variation of Oxalis hirta (Oxalidaceae). South African Journal of Botany, 2(73), 330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2007.02.167 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629907001780

  1. Geerts, S & Pauw. A. (2007). A malachite sunbird pollination guild in the Cape flora, with implications for the endangered Brunsvigia litoralis. South African Journal of Botany, 73(2), 289-289. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2007.02.047 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238382943

  1. Pauw,A. (2007). Co-differentiation of pollinator and plant populations in a long-tongued fly pollination system (Moegistorhynchus longirostris: Nemestrinidae). South African Journal of Botany, 2(73), 306. 10.1016/j.sajb.2007.02.099.

  1. Pauw, A. (2007). Collapse of a pollination web in small conservation areas. Ecology, 88(7), 1759–1769. https://doi.org/10.1890/06-1383.1 https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1890/06-1383.1

  1. Pauw, A. (2007). Collapse of a pollination web in small conservation areas. Ecology, 88, 1759-1769. https://doi.org/10.1890/06-1383.1

  1. Pauw, A. (2006). Floral syndromes accurately predict pollination by a specialized oil-collecting bee (Rediviva peringueyi, Melittidae) in a guild of South African orchids (Coryciinae). American Journal of Botany, 93(6), 917–926. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.93.6.917 https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3732/ajb.93.6.917

  1. Pauw, A. (2005). Inversostyly: A new stylar polymorphism in an oil-secreting plant, Hemimeris racemosa (Scrophulariaceae). American Journal of Botany, 92(11), 1878–1886. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.92.11.1878 https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3732/ajb.92.11.1878

  1. Pauw, A., Van Bael, S.A., Peters, H.A., Allison, S.D., Camargo, J.L.C., Cifuentes-Jara, M., Conserva, A., Restom, T.G., Heartsill-Scalley, T., Mangan, S.A., Nunez-lturri, G., Rivera-Ocasio, E., Rountree, M., Vetter, S., & de Castllho, C.V. (2004). Physical damage in relation to carbon allocation strategies of tropical forest tree saplings. Biotropica, 36(3), 410-413. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00334.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00334.x

  1. Peters, H. A., Pauw, A., Silman, M. R., & Terborgh, J. W. (2004). Falling palm fronds structure Amazonian rainforest sapling communities. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 271(5), 367-369. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0197 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rsbl.2004.0197

  1. Pauw, A., Bond, W. J., & Hawkins, J. A. (2004). Reconstruction of a historical pollination landscape reveals the disruption of mutualisms in small conservation areas. MEDECOS. Rhodes, Greece, Millpress: Rotterdem, 74.

  1. Pauw, A. (2004). Variation in pollination across a fragmented landscape at the Cape of Africa. (Thesis). University of Cape Town, Faculty of Science, Department of Biological Sciences. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6157

  1. Peters, H. A., Pauw, A., Silman, M. R., & Terborgh, J. W. (2004). Falling palm fronds structure Amazonian rainforest sapling communities. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 271, S367–S369. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2004.0197 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rsbl.2004.0197

  1. Johnson, S.D., Pauw, A., & Midgley, J. (2001). Of mice and massonias.Veld & Flora, 87(4),166-167. Johnson, S. D., Pauw, A., & Midgley, J. (2001). Rodent pollination in the African lily Massonia depressa (Hyacinthaceae). American Journal of Botany, 88(10), 1768–1773. https://doi.org/10.2307/3558351 https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2307/3558351

  1. Pauw, A. (2000). Parental care in a polygynous group of bat-eared foxes, Otocyon megalotis (Carnivora: Canidae). African Zoology, 35(1), 139–145. https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2000.11407200 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15627020.2000.11407200

  1. Pauw, A. (1998). Will a new name save Malawi's cedars! Sabonet News, 3(1).

  1. Pauw, A. (1998). Pollen transfer on birds’ tongues. Nature, 394(6695), 731–732.

  1. Pauw, A. (1997). Bat-Ears: Africa's insect-eating fox. Africa Environment & Wildlife, 5, 30-42.

  1. Pauw, C. A., & Linder, H. P. (1997). Tropical African cedars (Widdringtonia, Cupressaceae): Systematics, ecology and conservation status. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 123(4), 297–319. https://doi.org/10.1038/29421 https://academic.oup.com/botlinnean/article/123/4/297/2630950

  1. Pauw, A. (1992). Mite-plant mutualism: leaf domatia of African plants house beneficial mites (Doctoral dissertation).

  1. Pauw, A. (1992). A revision of the genus Widdringtonia Endl. (Cupressaceae) occuring in Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and the Transvaal (South Africa) (Doctoral dissertation).

Reports

Assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on pollinators, pollination and food production. 2016. pp. 556. United Nations, Bonn. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2009.07.005 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629909002361