Modelling informal Sand Forest harvesting using a Disturbance Index from Landsat, in Maputaland (South Africa). - Ryan Nel; Kevin F. Mearns; Maarten Jordaan (Ecol. Informatics, 2017)

Trajectory analysis of informal Sand Forest harvesting using Markov chain, within Maputaland, Northern KwaZulu-Natal. - Ryan Nel; Kevin F. Mearns; Maarten Jordaan (Ecol. Informatics, 2017)

Towards understanding the role of islandness in shaping socio-ecological systems on SIDS: The socio-ecological islandscape concept. - Ryan Nel; Kevin F. Mearns; Maarten Jordaan; Peter Goethals (Ecol. Informatics, 2021)

The role of modelling in resource management within the livelihood-conservation nexus: A socio-ecological systems approach to Sand Forest harvesting, Northern KwaZulu-Natal. - Ryan Nel; Kevin F. Mearns; Maarten Jordaan; Peter Goethals (Ecol. Informatics, 2022)