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Alastair Potts

Botany Department, Nelson Mandela University
Verified email at mandela.ac.za
Cited by 1751

Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists: classification and nomenclature

AJ Potts, C Cano, SHL Thomas, SL Hill - Clinical Toxicology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The emergence of novel psychoactive substances has changed the epidemiology
of drugs used recreationally throughout Europe and have posed significant challenges …

Paleodistribution modeling in archaeology and paleoanthropology

J Franklin, AJ Potts, EC Fisher, RM Cowling… - Quaternary science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Species distribution modeling (SDM) is a methodology that has been widely used in the
past two decades for developing quantitative, empirical, predictive models of species–…

A new research strategy for integrating studies of paleoclimate, paleoenvironment, and paleoanthropology

…, J Franklin, K Hill, M Janssen, AJ Potts… - … : Issues, News, and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Paleoanthropologists (scientists studying human origins) universally recognize the evolutionary
significance of ancient climates and environments for understanding human origins. …

Identification of Candida species by PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of intergenic spacer regions of ribosomal DNA

…, MJ Wilson, MA Lewis, AJ Potts - Journal of Clinical …, 1995 - Am Soc Microbiol
The PCR was used to amplify a targeted region of the ribosomal DNA from 84 Candida
isolates. Unique product sizes were obtained for Candida guilliermondii, Candida (Torulopsis) …

Variation in plant diversity in mediterranean‐climate ecosystems: The role of climatic and topographical stability

RM Cowling, AJ Potts, PL Bradshaw… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Although all five of the major mediterranean‐climate ecosystems ( MCE s) of the world
are recognized as loci of high plant species diversity and endemism, they show considerable …

Stone age people in a changing South African greater Cape Floristic Region

…, KJ Esler, E Fisher, A Milewski, AJ Potts… - … , and conservation of …, 2014 - books.google.com
All the major steps in the evolution of the hominin lineage occurred in Africa, from the divergence
with the other apes at~ 7 million years ago (Ma), through the first stone tool technology …

Circadian rhythms in human parotid saliva flow rate and composition

DB Ferguson, A Fort, AL Elliott, AJ Potts - Archives of Oral Biology, 1973 - Elsevier
The circadian variations in flow rate and pH of stimulated parotid sauva and the concentrations
of sodium, potassium, calcium, chloride, inorganic and total phosphate, nitrogen, protein, …

Psychological stress and psychological well-being among sports coaches: a meta-synthesis of the qualitative research evidence

AJ Potts, FF Didymus, M Kaiseler - International Review of Sport …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Approximately 200,000 coaches cease coaching each year in the United Kingdom alone.
The reasons for this dropout are not fully understood, but they could be linked to the stressful …

Exploring stressors and coping among volunteer, part-time and full-time sports coaches

AJ Potts, FF Didymus, M Kaiseler - Qualitative Research in Sport …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Potts is a doctoral student in sport and exercise psychology in the Institute for Sport, Physical
Activity, and Leisure at Leeds Beckett University. The author’s doctoral studies focus on …

Describing a drowned Pleistocene ecosystem: last Glacial Maximum vegetation reconstruction of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain

RM Cowling, AJ Potts, J Franklin, GF Midgley… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pleistocene ecosystems provided the stage for modern human emergence. Terrestrial
vegetation communities structure resources for human foragers, providing plant food, wood for …