Tsitsi S. Maponga PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow - SAEON Ndlovu Node/ University of the Witwatersrand.
#Mistletoes #PlantEcology #Savannas
Mistletoes are not just for Christmas and kissing.

[Tsitsi S. Maponga PhD @MistletoeTwists]

Our latest paper on Ziziphus mucronata understorey functional traits.

[Prof. HGT Ndagurwa🇿🇼 @ProfHGTNdagurwa]

Plastic allocation responses may not be a general consequence of mistletoe infection. @MistletoeTwists https://t.co/Kf8iZay8xa

[SAEON @Saeonews]

SAEON Ndlovu Node collaborated with Wits Rural, @K2CBiosphere, @WWF, @SANParksKNP, @AWARD_RSA and universities for the 2024 Science For Society Symposium @dsigovza @NRF_News @UniMpumalanga @WitsUniversity @UPTuks

[Tsitsi S. Maponga PhD @MistletoeTwists]

Just had another opportunity to share our preliminary results on the socio-ecological impacts of mistletoes within Bushbuckridge, South Africa. We are thankful to @NRF_News, @Saeonews and @WitsUniversity for funding this work.

[Tsitsi S. Maponga PhD @MistletoeTwists]

Hie everyone. Please find below the link to our latest paper with @ProfHGTNdagurwa, @MuvengwiJustice. Hope you enjoy the read. @Saeonews https://t.co/hws3bl4ywA

[Tsitsi S. Maponga PhD @MistletoeTwists]

@Mtho_Moyo Hie Mtho it's available on YouTube. Here i the link. https://t.co/LcwR0AmUtt

[Tsitsi S. Maponga PhD @MistletoeTwists]

Thank you to everyone who joined me during this seminar session. Hopefully, we will share more about our current work sometime soon.

[SAEON @Saeonews]

Join us for the NRF-SAEON seminar 4th of April to gain insights on, "Are mistletoes shaping the semi-arid savanna plant ecosystems?" with Dr. Tsitsi Maponga by registering using the link below:
https://t.co/a02D5GsbNq
@NRF_News @DSI @SAEON_GSN

[Tsitsi S. Maponga PhD @MistletoeTwists]

@Matari_Tsumbe @SANParks @NRF_News @Saeonews We missed you at the conference. I thought I was going to see you. But I will send you an email about the forbs.

[Tsitsi S. Maponga PhD @MistletoeTwists]

I just finished my short presentation on mistletoes at the Savanna Science Network Meeting at Kruger National Park. Thank you @SANParks for the opportunity. I'm also grateful to the @NRF_News and @Saeonews for the funding to do this work. #SSNM2024

[Tsitsi S. Maponga PhD @MistletoeTwists]

The wet season always means we resume our mistletoe work. The good news is that we got our permit to work in the private reserves. It's been an interesting game of hide and seek with the elephants. We all wanted the Marula trees. @Saeonews

[Philile Mvula @MvulaPhilile]

It’s amazing to see the work that has been down over a 21yr period #NRFSAEON21st

[Toka Mosikidi @tokamosikidi]

Amazing work from NRF/SAEON. #NRFSAEON21st

[Sue @Jvrs1928]

#nrfsaeon21st so proud of our teams on the ground who over the past 21 years have developed our platforms to what they are today

[Tsitsi S. Maponga PhD @MistletoeTwists]

Currently celebrating #NRFSAEON21st anniversary online. So much environmental work has been done in the past 21 years.

[Tsitsi S. Maponga PhD @MistletoeTwists]

We are continuing with our mistletoe quest in and around Bushbuckridge, and today we got bitten by wasps, we saw a black mamba and one member of the team almost got choked by a Strychnos spinosa seed😆. Fieldwork at its best. #mistletoes #SAEON #postdocdiaries

[Prof. HGT Ndagurwa🇿🇼 @ProfHGTNdagurwa]

Fully funded PhD on bush encroachment at Shanghani Ranch
#savannahscience #Zimbabwe #savanna @uMaNali_omuhle @nguDrTheone @MuvengwiJustice @Masunungure_C

[Nali Moyo @MoyoNali]

On your mark, get set, ready, GROW?

Reseeding experiment of S.uniplumis and C.ciliaris with light brush/bush packing, under natural conditions.

Will this work? #bringbackthegrass

[Tsitsi S. Maponga PhD @MistletoeTwists]

In September I was privileged to present one of my PhD chapters as a case study for the 2nd years doing Plant Physiology and Morphology at NUST. We even went out to see how some of my data was collected. Taking part in capacity building and knowledge sharing. #NRF #SAEON #Postdoc

[Tsitsi S. Maponga PhD @MistletoeTwists]

It was a great pleasure being a Guest lecturer for the Research Methods module. Of interest, this is the first cohort of the Masters in Geospatial Sciences at NUST.
#Postdocdiaries #SAEON #NRF

[Michelle Tedder @MichelleTedder8]

17 days until The Conservation Symposium 2022! Come and join us in Scottburgh to reconnect in person

[SAEON-GSN @SAEON_GSN]

Junior Operational Modeller!!