Susi Vetter
Associate Professor and Head
Botany
Rhodes University
South Africa
Biography
"Susi's research interests include rangeland ecology, vegetation ecology and the social and cultural aspects of resource management and biodiversity conservation. Recent research projects include: Does holistic grazing work in the grasslands? (Read Meat Development SA / CapeWool funded), Understanding people’s valuation of landscapes, vegetation types and vegetation condition in relation to use value, biodiversity and aesthetic qualities (SANPAD funded) and Bush encroachment: processes and feedbacks (NRF funded). At undergraduate and Honours level, Susi teaches a range of theoretical and applied ecological topics, including the biomes of South Africa, plant-herbivore interactions, plant life histories, competition and coexistence in plant communities, savanna ecology and ecological tools."
Research Interest
Ecology, vegetation ecology and the social and cultural aspects of resource management and biodiversity conservation
Publications
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Vetter S. (2013) Development and sustainable management of rangeland commons – aligning policy with the realities of South Africa’s rural landscape. African Journal of Range & Forage Science 30: 1-9.
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Hempson G, Illius AW, Hendricks HH, Bond WJ, Vetter S. (2015) Herbivore population regulation and resource heterogeneity in a stochastic environment. Ecology 96: 2170–2180.
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Cocks ML, Alexander J, Mogano LL and Vetter S. (in press) Ways of belonging: Meanings of “nature†among Xhosa-speaking township residents in South Africa. Journal of Ethnobiology.
