People
Timberlake, Jonathan
| Job Title | Editor, Flora Zambesiaca |
|---|---|
| Department | Herbarium |
| Section | |
| Science Teams |
Drylands: Africa |
| Joined Kew | 2005 |
| Foreign Language(s) | Portuguese |
Qualifications & Appointments
BSc (Hons) (1975)
MSc (1983)
Role
Editor of ‘Flora Zambesiaca’; plant conservation, plant utilization; vegetation survey; applied ecology; Acacia.
Editing of ‘Flora Zambesiaca’, covering Caprivi, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique. The flora is 77% complete at present. Includes liaison with botanists in the South-Central African region and giving advice on aspects of plant conservation.
Projects
Darwin 15/036: Monitoring and Managing Biodiversity Loss in South-East Africa’s Montane Ecosystems
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Frost, P.G.H., Timberlake, J.R. & Chidumayo, E. (2002). Miombo-Mopane woodlands and grasslands. In Gil, P.R. (ed) Wilderness: Earth's Last Wild Places. Mexico/Washington: CEMEX/Conservation International. 183-204.
Timberlake, J.R., Drummond, R.B., Cunliffe, R.N., Mapaure, I., Hyde, M. & Ellert, A. (2002). A preliminary checklist of vascular plants from the Tuli-Lower Umzingwane area, southern Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18: 83-110.
Golding, J.S. & Timberlake, J.R. (2003). How taxonomists can bridge the gap between taxonomy and conservation science. Conservation Biology 17: 1177-1178.
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J.R. (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants. Sabonet Report No.33. Pretoria/Harare: SABONET/National Herbarium. 150 pp.
Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (eds) (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews. Report for African Wildlife Foundation Four Corners TBNRM Project. Occasional publications in Biodiversity no.15. Bulawayo/Harare: BFA/Zambezi Society. 508 pp.
Selected Publications pre-2001
Timberlake, J.R. & Müller, T. (1994). Identifying and describing areas for vegetation conservation in Zimbabwe. Strelitzia 1: 125-139.
Timberlake, J.R. (1995). Colophospermum mopane: annotated bibliography and review. Zimbabwe Bulletin of Forestry Research 11. Harare: Zimbabwe Forestry Commission. 49 pp.
Timberlake, J.R., Fagg, C. & Barnes, R.D. (1999). Field Guide to the Acacias of Zimbabwe. Harare: CBC Publishing. 160 pp.
Timberlake, J.R. & Kativu, S. (eds) (1999). African Plants: Biodiversity, Taxonomy and Uses. Proceedings of the 1997 AETFAT Congress, Harare, Zimbabwe. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 581 pp.
Timberlake, J.R. (ed) (2000). Biodiversity of the Zambezi Basin Wetlands. Consultancy report for IUCN-ROSA. Occasional Publications in Biodiversity No.8. Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: BFA/Zambezi Society. 4 vols, 940 pp.