Publications
Repeat photography has emerged as an important tool for understanding and documenting long-term change in the environment. The publications below provide some examples of how repeat photography has been used in southern Africa.
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Hoffman MT and Cowling RM 1990. Vegetation change in the semi-arid, eastern Karoo over the last two hundred years: An expanding Karoo - fact or fiction? South African Journal of Science 86, 286-294. [View]
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Hoffman MT 1991. Is the Karoo spreading? Veld and Flora 77(1), 4-7. [View]
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Hoffman MT & O'Connor TG 1999. Vegetation change over 40 years in the Weenen/Muden area, KwaZulu-Natal: evidence from photo-panoramas. African Journal of Range & Forage Science 16 (2&3): 71-88. [View]
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Hoffman MT and Rohde RF 2007. From pastoralism to tourism: The historical impact of changing land use practices in Namaqualand. Journal of Arid Environments 70: 641-658. [View]
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Rohde RF and Hoffman MT 2008. One hundred years of separation: The historical ecology of a South African 'Coloured Reserve'. Africa 78(2): 189-222. [View]
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Hongslo E, Rohde R and Hoffman MT 2009. Landscape change and ecological processes in relation to land-use in Namaqualand, South Africa, 1939-2005. South African Geographical Journal 91(2): 63-74. [View]
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Hoffman MT & Rohde RF 2010. An analysis of 20th century vegetation change in Namaqualand using repeat photography. In: Schmiedel U & Jürgens N (Eds). Biodiversity in Southern Africa - Volume II: Patterns and Processes at Regional Scale. Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek. pp.15-21. ISBN: 978-3-933117-46-5.
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Hoffman MT and Rohde R 2011. Long-term changes in the vegetation of southern Africa as revealed by repeat photography. In: Zietsman L (Ed.): Observations on environmental change in South Africa. Sunmedia, Stellenbosch. pp.79-83. ISBN 978-1-920338-24-4.
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Hoffman MT and Rohde RF 2011. Rivers through time: Historical changes in the riparian vegetation of the semi-arid, winter rainfall region of South Africa in response to climate and land use. Journal of the History of Biology 44(1): 59-80. [View]
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Hoffman MT, Rohde RF, Duncan J and Kaleme P 2011. Repeat photography, climate change and the long-term population dynamics of tree Aloes in southern Africa. In: Webb RH, Boyer DE and Turner RM (Eds): Repeat photography-Methods and applications in the natural sciences. Island Press, Washington DC. pp.133-142. ISBN 978-1-59726-713-7.
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Rohde RF & Hoffman MT 2012. Historical ecology of Namibian rangelands: Vegetation change since 1876 in response to local and global drivers. Science of the Total Environment 416: 276-288. [View]
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Masubelele ML, Hoffman MT, Bond WJ and Burdett P 2013. Vegetation change (1988-2010) in the Camdeboo National Park, South Africa using fixed-point photo monitoring: The role of herbivory and climate. Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science 55(1), Art. #1127, 16pp. [View]
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Hoffman MT. 2014. Changing patterns of rural land use and land cover in South Africa and their implications for land reform. Journal of Southern African Studies 40(4): 705-725. [View]
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Masubelele ML, Hoffman MT, Bond WJ and Gambiza J 2014. A 50 year study shows grass cover has increased in shrublands of semi-arid South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 104: 43-51. [View]
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Ward D, Hoffman MT and Collocott SJ 2014. A century of woody plant encroachment in the dry Kimberley savanna of South Africa. African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 31(2): 107-121. [View]
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Masubelele ML, Hoffman MT and Bond WJ 2015. A repeat photograph analysis of long-term vegetation change in semi-arid South Africa in response to land use and climate. Journal of Vegetation Science 26(5): 1013-1023. [View]
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Poulsen Z and Hoffman MT 2015. Changes in the distribution of indigenous forest in Table Mountain National Park during the 20th century. South African Journal of Botany 101: 49-56. [View]
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White JDM, Jack SL, Hoffman MT, Puttick J, Bonora D and February EC 2016. Collapse of an iconic conifer: Long-term changes in the demography of Widdringtonia cedarbergensis using repeat photography. BMC Ecology 16:53. 30 November 2016. [View]
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Okubamichael DY, Jack S, de Wet Bosenberg J, Hoffman MT and Donaldson JS 2016. Repeat photography confirms alarming decline in South African cycads. Biodiversity and Conservation 25(11): 2153-2170. [View]
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Hoffman MT, Rohde RF and Gillson L 2019. Rethinking catastrophe? Historical trajectories and modelled future vegetation change in southern Africa. Anthropocene 25: 100189. [View]
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Rohde RF, Hoffman MT, Durbach I, Venter Z and Jack S 2019. Vegetation and climate change in the Pro-Namib and Namib Desert based on repeat photography: insights into climate trends. Journal of Arid Environments 165: 119-131. [View]
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Cowling RM and Hoffman MT 2021. Multi-decadal vegetation change in dune vegetation of the south-eastern Cape Floristic Region: is thicket expansion without fire inevitable? South African Journal of Botany 142: 73-81. [View]
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Fleury G, Hoffman MT and Todd SW 2021. Land reform and its impact on the arid South African environment: Riemvasmaak as a case study. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 38(2): 157-168. [View]
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Scott, S. L., Venter, Z. S., Petersen, H., Jack, S. L., Navarro, R. A., Hoffman, M. T., 2021. Documenting changing landscapes with rePhotoSA: A repeat photography and citizen science project in southern Africa. Ecological Informatics. 64, 101390. [View]
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Eastment C, Humphrey G, Hoffman MT, Gillson L 2022. The influence of contrasting fire management practice on bush encroachment: lessons from Bwabwata National Park, Namibia. Journal of Vegetation Science 25(1): e13123. [View]
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Hoffman MT and Rohde RF 2022. The use of repeat photography in African historical ecology. In: Decocq G (Ed.). Historical ecology: Learning from the past to understand the present and forecast the future of ecosystems. ISTE Science Publishing Ltd, London. ISBN: 9781789450903. pp. 57-70.