The impact of herbivore exclusion on forb diversity: Comparing species and functional responses during a drought

Herbivory and drought generate short-term stochasticity and long-term stability in a savanna understory community

(2018) Corinna Riginos et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

The role of landscape heterogeneity in regulating plant functional diversity under different precipitation and grazing regimes in semi-arid savannas

(2018) Tong Guo et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Herbaceous responses to herbivory, fire and rainfall variability differ between grasses and forbs

(2018) H. Van Coller et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Plant functional identity as the predictor of carbon storage in semi-arid ecosystems

(2017) Pejman Tahmasebi et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Determinants of seasonal changes in availability of food patches for elephants (Loxodonta africana) in a semi-arid African savanna

(2017) Bruce W. Clegg et al.   PeerJ

Savanna elephant numbers are only a quarter of their expected values

(2017) Ashley S. Robson et al.   PLoS One

Herbivory causes increases in leaf spinescence and fluctuating asymmetry as a mechanism of delayed induced resistance in a tropical savanna tree

(2016) Estevao Alves-Silva et al.   Plant Ecology and Evolution

Herbaceous biomass–species diversity relationships in nutrient hotspots of a semi-arid African riparian ecosystem

(2015) Helga van Coller et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE

Long-term response of an herbaceous sward to reduced grazing pressure and rainfall variability in a semi-arid South African savanna

(2015) Tim G O'Connor   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE

Defoliation by pastoralists affects savanna tree seedling dynamics by limiting the facilitative role of canopy cover

(2015) Jennifer L. Bufford et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns in South Africa's national parks

(2015) Nicola J. van Wilgen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Ecological legacies of civil war: 35-year increase in savanna tree cover following wholesale large-mammal declines

(2015) Joshua H. Daskin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Hydraulic lift as a determinant of tree-grass coexistence on savannas

(2015) Kailiang Yu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Defence against vertebrate herbivores trades off into architectural and low nutrient strategies amongst savanna Fabaceae species

(2015) Kyle W. Tomlinson et al.   OIKOS

Browsing intensity of herbaceous forbs across a semi-arid savanna catenal sequence

(2015) F. Siebert et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Grazing depletes forb species diversity in the mesic grasslands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

(2014) Rob Scott-Shaw et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE

The long-term effect of fire and grazing by wildlife on range condition in moist and arid savannas in the Kruger National Park

(2014) Winston Trollope et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE

The impact of livestock grazing on plant diversity: an analysis across dryland ecosystems and scales in southern Africa

(2014) Wiebke Hanke et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Plant community response to loss of large herbivores differs between North American and South African savanna grasslands

(2014) Sally E. Koerner et al.   ECOLOGY

Oak savanna management strategies and their differential effects on vegetative structure, understory light, and flowering forbs

(2014) M.C. Lettow et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

(2013) N. Pérez-Harguindeguy et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Native ungulates of diverse body sizes collectively regulate long-term woody plant demography and structure of a semi-arid savanna

(2013) Mahesh Sankaran et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

From North to South: A latitudinal look at legume nodulation processes

(2013) J.I. Sprent et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Woody dominance in a semi-arid savanna rangeland – Evidence for competitive self-thinning

(2012) Tamrat A. Belay et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Protein supplementation reduces non-grass foraging by a primary grazer

(2012) Wilfred O. Odadi et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Phylogenetic diversity promotes ecosystem stability

(2012) Marc W. Cadotte et al.   ECOLOGY

A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances

(2012) David Mouillot et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The vegetation and floristics of the Nkhuhlu Exclosures, Kruger National Park

(2012) Frances Siebert et al.   KOEDOE

Responses of woody vegetation to exclusion of large herbivores in semi-arid savannas

(2011) PETER F. SCOGINGS et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Hierarchical resource selection by impala in a savanna environment

(2011) JORISTA VAN DER MERWE et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Flowering phenology as a functional trait in a tallgrass prairie

(2011) Joseph M. Craine et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Stem growth of woody species at the Nkuhlu exclosures, Kruger National Park: 2006–2010

(2011) Peter F. Scogings   KOEDOE

Beyond the forest edge: Ecology, diversity and conservation of the grassy biomes

(2010) William J. Bond et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Disturbance effects on species diversity and functional diversity in riparian and upland plant communities

(2010) Shekhar R. Biswas et al.   ECOLOGY

Patch and species specific responses of savanna woody vegetation to browser exclusion

(2008) Shaun Levick et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Land use and drought interactively affect interspecific competition and species diversity at the local scale in a semiarid steppe ecosystem

(2008) Y. Z. Gao et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

ELEPHANTS AS AGENTS OF HABITAT CREATION FOR SMALL VERTEBRATES AT THE PATCH SCALE

(2008) Robert M. Pringle   ECOLOGY

Large African herbivores decrease herbaceous plant biomass while increasing plant species richness in a semi-arid savanna toposequence

(2008) Shayne M. Jacobs et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Herbaceous species responses to long-term effects of prescribed fire, grazing and selective tree cutting in the savanna-woodlands of West Africa

(2008) Patrice Savadogo et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Woody cover in African savannas: the role of resources, fire and herbivory

(2007) Mahesh Sankaran et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY