Where Tree Planting and Forest Expansion are Bad for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Toward an old-growth concept for grasslands, savannas, and woodlands

(2015) Joseph W Veldman et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Tyranny of trees in grassy biomes

(2015) J. W. Veldman et al.   SCIENCE

Sparing grasslands: Map misinterpreted

(2015) L. Laestadius et al.   SCIENCE

Sparing grasslands: FAO's active role

(2015) E. Rojas-Briales   SCIENCE

Committing to ecological restoration

(2015) K. Suding et al.   SCIENCE

Brazil's Soy Moratorium

(2015) H. K. Gibbs et al.   SCIENCE

High carbon and biodiversity costs from converting Africa’s wet savannahs to cropland

(2015) Timothy D. Searchinger et al.   Nature Climate Change

Regional Variations in Biomass Distribution in Brazilian Savanna Woodland

(2014) Sabrina do Couto de Miranda et al.   BIOTROPICA

How global biodiversity hotspots may go unrecognized: lessons from the North American Coastal Plain

(2014) Reed F. Noss et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Savanna fire and the origins of the ‘underground forests’ of Africa

(2014) Olivier Maurin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Tropical grassy biomes: misunderstood, neglected, and under threat

(2014) Catherine L. Parr et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Temperate mountain grasslands: a climate-herbivore hypothesis for origins and persistence

(2013) Peter D. Weigl et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Recent land use change in the Western Corn Belt threatens grasslands and wetlands

(2013) C. K. Wright et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Grass-dominated vegetation, not species-diverse natural savanna, replaces degraded tropical forests on the southern edge of the Amazon Basin

(2011) Joseph W. Veldman et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Soil C and N changes with afforestation of grasslands across gradients of precipitation and plantation age

(2011) Sean T. Berthrong et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

When is a ‘forest’ a savanna, and why does it matter?

(2011) Jayashree Ratnam et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Distinct roles of savanna and forest tree species in regeneration under fire suppression in a Brazilian savanna

(2011) Erika L. Geiger et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Deciphering the distribution of the savanna biome

(2011) Caroline E. R. Lehmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Changes in the plant community of a Brazilian grassland savannah after 22 years of invasion byPinus elliottiiEngelm

(2011) Rodolfo C.R. de Abreu et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

The Global Extent and Determinants of Savanna and Forest as Alternative Biome States

(2011) A. C. Staver et al.   SCIENCE

Does plantation forestry restore biodiversity or create green deserts? A synthesis of the effects of land-use transitions on plant species richness

(2010) Leah L. Bremer et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

The Importance of Defining ‘Forest’: Tropical Forest Degradation, Deforestation, Long-term Phase Shifts, and Further Transitions

(2009) Francis E. Putz et al.   BIOTROPICA

A global meta-analysis of soil exchangeable cations, pH, carbon, and nitrogen with afforestation

(2009) Sean T. Berthrong et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Controls on stand transpiration and soil water utilization along a tree density gradient in a Neotropical savanna

(2008) Sandra J. Bucci et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Diversity patterns in savanna grassland communities: implications for conservation strategies in a biodiversity hotspot

(2008) Mahesh Sankaran   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

The antiquity of Madagascar’s grasslands and the rise of C4grassy biomes

(2008) William J. Bond et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Managing Forests for Climate Change Mitigation

(2008) J. G. Canadell et al.   SCIENCE