| From representation to persistence: requirements for a sustainable system of conservation areas in the species‐rich mediterranean‐climate desert of southern Africa RM Cowling, RL Pressey, AT Lombard, PG Desmet, AG Ellis Diversity and Distributions 5 (1‐2), 51-71, 1999 | 309 | 1999 |
| Designing systematic conservation assessments that promote effective implementation: best practice from South Africa AT Knight, A Driver, RM Cowling, K Maze, PG Desmet, AT Lombard, ... Conservation biology 20 (3), 739-750, 2006 | 285 | 2006 |
| The greater cape floristic region J Born, HP Linder, P Desmet Journal of Biogeography 34 (1), 147-162, 2007 | 277 | 2007 |
| National spatial biodiversity assessment 2004: priorities for biodiversity conservation in South Africa. A Driver, K Maze, M Rouget, AT Lombard, J Nel, JK Turpie, RM Cowling, ... | 267 | 2005 |
| Using the species–area relationship to set baseline targets for conservation P Desmet, R Cowling Ecology and Society 9 (2), 2004 | 214 | 2004 |
| Succulent karoo biome L Mucina, N Jürgens, A Le Roux, MC Rutherford, U Schmiedel, KJ Esler, ... The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19, 221-299, 2006 | 182 | 2006 |
| Nature conservation requires more than a passion for species RM Cowling, AT Knight, DP Faith, S Ferrier, AT Lombard, A Driver, ... Conservation Biology 18 (6), 1674-1676, 2004 | 168 | 2004 |
| Namaqualand—a brief overview of the physical and floristic environment PG Desmet Journal of Arid environments 70 (4), 570-587, 2007 | 165 | 2007 |
| Extraordinary high regional-scale plant diversity in southern African arid lands: subcontinental and global comparisons RM Cowling, PW Rundel, PG Desmet, KJ Esler Diversity and Distributions, 27-36, 1998 | 152 | 1998 |
| The climate of the Karoo–a functional approach PG Desmet, RM Cowling The Karoo: ecological patterns and processes, 3-16, 1999 | 151 | 1999 |
| Eastern Cape biodiversity conservation plan: Technical report D Berliner, P Desmet Department of Water Affairs and Forestry Project, 3, 2007 | 92 | 2007 |
| Improving the key biodiversity areas approach for effective conservation planning AT Knight, RJ Smith, RM Cowling, PG Desmet, DP Faith, S Ferrier, ... BioScience 57 (3), 256-261, 2007 | 92 | 2007 |
| Developing products for conservation decision‐making: lessons from a spatial biodiversity assessment for South Africa B Reyers, M Rouget, Z Jonas, RM Cowling, A Driver, K Maze, P Desmet Diversity and Distributions 13 (5), 608-619, 2007 | 91 | 2007 |
| South African national spatial biodiversity assessment 2004: Technical report. Volume 1: Terrestrial component M Rouget, B Reyers, Z Jonas, P Desmet, A Driver, K Maze, B Egoh, ... SANBI, Pretoria, 2004 | 77 | 2004 |
| Biodiversity, habitat and range-size aspects of a flora from a winter-rainfall desert in north-western Namaqualand, South Africa PG Desmet, RM Cowling Plant Ecology 142 (1), 23-33, 1999 | 77 | 1999 |
| Fire life histories and the seeds of chaos WJ Bond, K Maze, P Desmet Ecoscience 2 (3), 252-260, 1995 | 62 | 1995 |
| Picking up the pieces: a biosphere reserve framework for a fragmented landscape–The Coastal Lowlands of the Western Cape, South Africa CE Heijnis, AT Lombard, RM Cowling, PG Desmet Biodiversity & Conservation 8, 471-496, 1999 | 57 | 1999 |
| Application of Landsat-derived vegetation trends over South Africa: Potential for monitoring land degradation and restoration ZS Venter, SL Scott, PG Desmet, MT Hoffman Ecological Indicators 113, 106206, 2020 | 56 | 2020 |
| Integrating biosystematic data into conservation planning: perspectives from southern Africa's Succulent Karoo PG Desmet, RM Cowling, AG Ellis, RL Pressey Systematic Biology 51 (2), 317-330, 2002 | 53 | 2002 |
| Patch creation by fossorial rodents: a key process in the revegetation of phytotoxic arid soils PG Desmet, RM Cowling Journal of Arid Environments 43 (1), 35-45, 1999 | 46 | 1999 |
