The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses by Hayley S. Clements, Emmanuel Do Linh San, Gareth Hempson, Birthe Linden, Bryan Maritz, Ara Monadjem, Chevonne Reynolds, Frances Siebert, Nicola Stevens, Reinette Biggs, Alta De Vos, Ryan Blanchard, Matthew Child, Karen J. Esler, Maike Hamann, Ty Loft, Belinda Reyers, Odirilwe Selomane, Andrew L. Skowno, Tshegofatso Tshoke, Diarrassouba Abdoulaye, Thierry Aebischer, Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Graham J. Alexander, Abdullahi H. Ali, David G. Allan, Esther E. Amoako, Samuel Angedakin, Edward Aruna, Nico L. Avenant, Gabriel Badjedjea, Adama Bakayoko, Abraham Bamba-kaya, Michael F. Bates, Paul J. J. Bates, Steven R. Belmain, Emily Bennitt, James Bradley, Chris A. Brewster, Michael B. Brown, Michelle Brown, Josef Bryja, Thomas M. Butynski, Filipe Carvalho, Alan Channing, Colin A. Chapman, Callan Cohen, Marina Cords, Jennifer D. Cramer, Nadine Cronk, Pamela M. K. Cunneyworth, Fredrik Dalerum, Emmanuel Danquah, Harriet T. Davies-Mostert, Andrew D. de Blocq, Yvonne A. De Jong, Terrence C. Demos, Christiane Denys, Chabi A. M. S. Djagoun, Thomas M. Doherty-Bone, Marine Drouilly, Johan T. du Toit, David A. Ehlers Smith, Yvette C. Ehlers Smith, Seth J. Eiseb, Peter J. Fashing, Adam W. Ferguson, José M. Fernández-García, Manfred Finckh, Claude Fischer, Edson Gandiwa, Philippe Gaubert, Jerome Y. Gaugris, Dalton J. Gibbs, Jason S. Gilchrist, Jose M. Gil-Sánchez, Anthony N. Githitho, Peter S. Goodman, Laurent Granjon, J. Paul Grobler, Bonginkosi C. Gumbi, Vaclav Gvozdik, James Harvey, Morgan Hauptfleisch, Firas Hayder, Emmanuel M. Hema, Marna Herbst, Mariano Houngbédji, Brian J. Huntley, Rainer Hutterer, Samuel T. Ivande, Kate Jackson, Gregory F. M. Jongsma, Javier Juste, Blaise Kadjo, Prince K. Kaleme, Edwin Kamugisha, Beth A. Kaplin, Humphrey N. Kato, Christian Kiffner, Duncan M. Kimuyu, Robert M. Kityo, N’goran G. Kouamé, Marcel Kouete T, Aliza le Roux, Alan T. K. Lee, Mervyn C. Lötter, Anne Mette Lykke, Duncan N. MacFadyen, Gacheru P. Macharia, Zimkitha J. K. Madikiza, Themb’alilahlwa A. M. Mahlaba, David Mallon, Mnqobi L. Mamba, Claude Mande, Rob A. Marchant, Robin A. Maritz, Wanda Markotter, Trevor McIntyre, John Measey, Addisu Mekonnen, Paulina Meller, Haemish I. Melville, Kevin Z. Mganga, Michael G. L. Mills, Liaan Minnie, Alain Didier Missoup, Abubakr Mohammad, Nancy N. Moinde, Bakwo Fils E. Moise, Pedro Monterroso, Jennifer F. Moore, Simon Musila, Sedjro Gilles A. Nago, Maganizo W. Namoto, Fatimata Niang, Violaine Nicolas, Jerry B. Nkenku, Evans E. Nkrumah, Gonwouo L. Nono, Mulavwa M. Norbert, Katarzyna Nowak, Benneth C. Obitte, Arnold D. Okoni-Williams, Jonathan Onongo, M. Justin O’Riain, Samuel T. Osinubi, Daniel M. Parker, Francesca Parrini, Mike J. S. Peel, Johannes Penner, Darren W. Pietersen, Andrew J. Plumptre, Damian W. Ponsonby, Stefan Porembski, R. John Power, Frans G. T. Radloff, Ramugondo V. Rambau, Tharmalingam Ramesh, Leigh R. Richards, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Dominic P. Rollinson, Francesco Rovero, Mostafa A. Saleh, Ute Schmiedel, M. Corrie Schoeman, Paul Scholte, Thomas L. Serfass, Julie Teresa Shapiro, Sidney Shema, Stefan J. Siebert, Jasper A. Slingsby, Alexander Sliwa, Hanneline A. Smit-Robinson, Etotepe A. Sogbohossou, Michael J. Somers, Stephen Spawls, Jarryd P. Streicher, Lourens Swanepoel, Iroro Tanshi, Peter J. Taylor, William A. Taylor, Mariska te Beest, Paul T. Telfer, Dave I. Thompson, Elie Tobi, Krystal A. Tolley, Andrew A. Turner, Wayne Twine, Victor Van Cakenberghe, Frederik Van de Perre, Helga van der Merwe, Chris J. G. van Niekerk, Pieter C. V. van Wyk, Jan A. Venter, Luke Verburgt, Geraldine Veron, Susanne Vetter, Maria S. Vorontsova, Thomas C. Wagner, Paul W. Webala, Natalie Weber, Sina M. Weier, Paula A. White, Melissa A. Whitecross, Benjamin J. Wigley, Frank J. Willems, Christiaan W. Winterbach, Galena M. Woodhouse

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A review of the opportunities to support pollinator populations in South African cities by Peta Brom, Les G. Underhill, Kevin Winter

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Estimating IUCN Red List population reduction: JARA—A decision‐support tool applied to pelagic sharks by Richard B. Sherley, Henning Winker, Cassandra L. Rigby, Peter M. Kyne, Riley Pollom, Nathan Pacoureau, Katelyn Herman, John K. Carlson, Jamie S. Yin, Holly K. Kindsvater, Nicholas K. Dulvy

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Mammal diversity of an urbanised environment in an arid zone of south-west Africa by Grzegorz Kopij

“…They have reached a population density (5.6 and >2.0 individuals per 100 ha, respectively) higher than in any other cities in Namibia, and probably in southern Africa at large. …”
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Germination ecology of three Asteraceae annuals Arctotis hirsuta, Oncosiphon suffruticosum, and Cotula duckittiae in the winter-rainfall region of South Africa: A review by Oliver Roger Clive, Jimoh Muhali Olaide, Laubscher Charles Petrus

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Urban vegetation change after a hundred years in a tropical city (San José de Costa Rica) by Julián Monge-Nájera, Gabriela Pérez-Gómez

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Spatial and temporal disaggregation of anthropogenic CO2 emissions from the City of Cape Town by Alecia Nickless, Robert J. Scholes, Ed Filby

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Economic potentials of artisanal food processing microenterprises in West Africa: case of “atta” production in Cotonou (Benin) by Claudia E. Kpossilande, Barthélemy G. Honfoga, Thierry Ferre

“…Abstract Rapid population growth and urbanization in West Africa have led to profound changes in the lifestyles and diets of urban dwellers. …”
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Spatial and temporal disaggregation of anthropogenic CO2 emissions from the City of Cape Town by Nickless, A, Scholes, RJ, Filby, E

Steingo, Gavin. 2016. Kwaito’s Promise: Music and the Aesthetics of Freedom in South Africa. Chicago: University of Chicago Press by Emily Hansell Clark

“…In a sense, Kwaito’s Promise is a typical work of ethnomusicology, drawing from fieldwork in Soweto (a township of Steingo’s native city, Johannesburg) to attend ethnographically to a musical object, namely the practices and products that comprise the genre of kwaito, a genre historically tied to a specific population in a specific place. …”
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Everyday hazards and vulnerabilities amongst backyard dwellers: A case study of Vredendal North, Matzikama Municipality, South Africa by Patricia J. Zweig

“…The populations of many small towns in South Africa continue to expand unmatched by parallel economic growth, entrenching high levels of poverty. …”
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Development of a Compendium of Local, Wild-Harvested Species Used in the Informal Economy Trade, Cape Town, South Africa by L. M. Petersen, E. J. Moll, R. Collins, Marc T. Hockings

“…This paper focuses on Cape Town, South Africa where high levels of poverty and extensive population growth have led to a rapidly growing informal industry based on the cultural, subsistence, and entrepreneurial harvesting and consumption of products obtained from the local natural environment. …”
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Sleep disorders and associated factors among medical students in the Middle East and North Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Sonia Chaabane, Karima Chaabna, Salina Khawaja, Jasmine Aboughanem, Dhruv Mittal, Ravinder Mamtani, Sohaila Cheema

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Considérer les stress urbains comme potentielles sources de désastres et de catastrophes : cas de l’habitat lacustre de Ganvié au Bénin by Fèmy A. D. D. Fagla, Alexia Pilon Diabaté, Yona Jébrak

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Extinction risk and conservation of the world’s sharks and rays by Nicholas K Dulvy, Sarah L Fowler, John A Musick, Rachel D Cavanagh, Peter M Kyne, Lucy R Harrison, John K Carlson, Lindsay NK Davidson, Sonja V Fordham, Malcolm P Francis, Caroline M Pollock, Colin A Simpfendorfer, George H Burgess, Kent E Carpenter, Leonard JV Compagno, David A Ebert, Claudine Gibson, Michelle R Heupel, Suzanne R Livingstone, Jonnell C Sanciangco, John D Stevens, Sarah Valenti, William T White

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Clinically actionable secondary findings in 130 triads from sub‐Saharan African families with non‐syndromic orofacial clefts by Abimbola Oladayo, Lord Jephthah Joojo Gowans, Waheed Awotoye, Azeez Alade, Tamara Busch, Thirona Naicker, Mekonen A. Eshete, Wasiu L. Adeyemo, Jacqueline B. Hetmanski, Erliang Zeng, Olawale Adamson, Chinyere Adeleke, Mary Li, Veronica Sule, Sami Kayali, Joy Olotu, Peter A. Mossey, Solomon Obiri‐Yeboah, Carmen J. Buxo, Terri Beaty, Margaret Taub, Peter Donkor, Mary L. Marazita, Oluwakemi Odukoya, Adebowale A. Adeyemo, Jeffrey C. Murray, Anya Prince, Azeez Butali

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Participatory mapping of target areas to enable operational larval source management to suppress malaria vector mosquitoes in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Dongus Stefan, Nyika Dickson, Kannady Khadija, Mtasiwa Deo, Mshinda Hassan, Fillinger Ulrike, Drescher Axel W, Tanner Marcel, Castro Marcia C, Killeen Gerry F

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Half of the population of Africa will soon live in towns and cities where it can be protected from malaria by controlling aquatic stages of mosquitoes. …”
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Detection of alleles associated with resistance to chemical insecticide in the malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis in Santiago, Cabo Verde by Derciliano Lopes da Cruz, Marcelo Henrique Santos Paiva, Duschinka Ribeiro Duarte Guedes, Joana Alves, Lara Ferrero Gómez, Constância Flávia Junqueira Ayres

“…However, the intensive use of such compounds has led to the emergence of insecticide resistance in several Anopheles populations in Africa. This study aimed to investigate the presence of resistance alleles in an Anopheles arabiensis population from the City of Praia, capital of the Archipelago Cabo Verde, one of the countries on the World Health Organization list of countries that are on a path to eliminate local transmission of malaria. …”
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Ending Neglected Surgical Diseases (NSDs): Definitions, Strategies, and Goals for the Next Decade by Jaymie A. Henry, Angela S. Volk, Sicily K. Kariuki, Kiraitu Murungi, Trina Firmalo, Ruth Laibon Masha, Orion Henry, Peter Arimi, Patrick Mwai, Estella Waiguru, Evans Mwiti, Dan Okoro, Angella Langat, Cosmas Mugambi, Erin Anastasi, Gillian Slinger, Chris Lavy, Rosalind Owen, Erin Stieber, Marc Lester Suntay, Danny Haddad, Robert Lane, Joel Buenaventura, Neil Parsan, Fizan Abdullah, Michael Nebeker, Lismore Nebeker, Charles Mock, Larry Hollier, Pankaj Jani

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Medical Tourism and the Libyan National Health Services by El Taguri A

“…It is also unreasonable to think that a country with a small population will be able to deliver all service demands and needs of the population. …”
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