Position: Senior Lecturer
Phone: +27 35 902 6114
Email: MosterT @unizulu.ac.za
Building &Room: Room G8, Botany Building, KwaDlangezwa Campus
Biography:
Dr Theodorus Mostert is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Botany at the University of Zululand and his expertise focuses on vegetation studies include plant community descriptions based on the internationally accepted standard of the Zurich Montpellier School of Phytosociology within the Grassland Biome, Savanna Biome, Forest Biome, and the Indian Ocean Coastal Belt Biome. Formal syntaxonomic classification of vegetation at regional and national scale following the international code for vegetation nomenclature, with specific reference to the Kruger National Park and the Soutpansberg Mountain Range. Conservation status revisions on rare and endangered plants of southern Africa using the IUCN criteria.
Lecture ‘s the following modules:
Plant anatomy, taxonomy and diversity (4BOT212)
Plant ecology and conservation (4BOT322)
Plant ecology and conservation (4BOT501)
Vegetation classification and conservation (4BOT509)
Qualifications:
PhD Vegetation Science (UP), MSc African Mammalogy (UP), BSc Hons Wildlife Management (UP), BSc Botany and Zoology (UP).
Research interests:
Current and recent research include vegetation studies within the Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park, Umlalazi Nature Reserve, Enseleni Nature Reserve, Amatigulu Nature Reserve, Ongoye Forest Reserve, Sand Forests, as well as a conservation status revision of Didymoplexis verrucosa. Tree diversity surveys include Ntendeka Forest, Entumeni Forest, Maphelane Nature Reserve, Harold Johnson Nature Reserve, False Bay Park, Bonamanzi Game Reserve, Kube Yini, Southern Lebombo Mountain Range, Nkandla Forest, Tembe Elephant Reserve, Ndumo Game Reserve, Dlinza Forest, Futululu Forest, Ozabeni and Ngobezeleni.
Professional membership:
- South African Council for Natural Scientific Professionals
- South African Association of Botanists
Postgraduate research
Phytosociology, vegetation ecology and its management implications for the uMlalazi Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Community engagements
- Coordinating member of the Zululand Dendrological Society
- Coordinating member of the Zululand Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflower group
- Regular outreach sessions to educate the local public on plant identification, ecology and ecosystem conservation