Out of the shadows: ecology of open ecosystems

Fire frequency, state change and hysteresis in tallgrass prairie

(2021) Scott L. Collins et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The past, present, and future of herbivore impacts on savanna vegetation

(2021) A. Carla Staver et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Causes, Consequences, and Conservation of Ungulate Migration

(2021) Matthew J. Kauffman et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Frost‐driven lower treelines in Angola and their implications for tropical forest–grassland mosaics

(2021) Manfred Finckh et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Dry corridors opened by fire and low CO2 in Amazonian rainforest during the Last Glacial Maximum

(2021) Hiromitsu Sato et al.   Nature Geoscience

The drought‒dieback‒death conundrum in trees and forests

(2021) J. Julio Camarero   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Biome Awareness Disparity is BAD for tropical ecosystem conservation and restoration

(2021) Fernando A. O. Silveira et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Alternative biome states challenge the modelling of species' niche shifts under climate change

(2021) Juli G. Pausas et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Protect, manage and then restore lands for climate mitigation

(2021) Susan C. Cook-Patton et al.   Nature Climate Change

Rainforest expansion reduces understorey plant diversity and density in open forest of eastern Australia

(2020) Andrew G. Baker et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Alternative Biome States in Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2020) Juli G. Pausas et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Megafauna biogeography explains plant functional trait variability in the tropics

(2020) Vinicius L. Dantas et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Fire and grazing determined grasslands of central Madagascar represent ancient assemblages

(2020) Cédrique L. Solofondranohatra et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

On the Three Major Recycling Pathways in Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2020) Juli G. Pausas et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Flammability thresholds or flammability gradients? Determinants of fire across savanna–forest transitions

(2020) Brooklynn M. Newberry et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

High plant diversity and slow assembly of old-growth grasslands

(2020) Ashish N. Nerlekar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pitfalls of Tree Planting Show Why We Need People-Centered Natural Climate Solutions

(2020) Forrest Fleischman et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Shade alters savanna grass layer structure and function along a gradient of canopy cover

(2020) Natashi A. L. Pilon et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Step back from the forest and step up to the Bonn Challenge: How a broad ecological perspective can promote successful landscape restoration

(2019) Vicky M. Temperton et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Alternate Grassy Ecosystem States Are Determined by Palatability–Flammability Trade-Offs

(2019) Gareth P. Hempson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Frost maintains forests and grasslands as alternate states in a montane tropical forest–grassland mosaic; but alien tree invasion and warming can disrupt this balance

(2019) Atul A. Joshi et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Does a tradeoff between trait plasticity and resource conservatism contribute to the maintenance of alternative stable states?

(2019) Simon C. Power et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A unified framework for plant life‐history strategies shaped by fire and herbivory

(2019) Sally Archibald et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The global tree restoration potential

(2019) Jean-Francois Bastin et al.   SCIENCE

The Trouble with Trees: Afforestation Plans for Africa

(2019) William J. Bond et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Post-Soviet Land-Use Change Affected Fire Regimes on the Eurasian Steppes

(2019) Andrey Dara et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

The edge of two worlds: A new review and synthesis on Eurasian forest-steppes

(2018) László Erdős et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

‘Foresting’ the grassland: Historical management legacies in forest-grassland mosaics in southern India, and lessons for the conservation of tropical grassy biomes

(2018) Atul Arvind Joshi et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth system

(2018) S Archibald et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Steal the light: shade vs fire adapted vegetation in forest-savanna mosaics

(2018) Tristan Charles-Dominique et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Resilience and restoration of tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and grassy woodlands

(2018) Elise Buisson et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Are forest-shrubland mosaics of the Cape Floristic Region an example of alternate stable states?

(2018) Michael D. Cramer et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits

(2018) Zeqing Ma et al.   NATURE

The Physics and Ecology of Mining Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere by Ecosystems

(2018) Dennis Baldocchi et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Humboldt and the reinvention of nature

(2018) Juli G. Pausas et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Tree–herb co-existence and community assembly in natural forest-steppe transitions

(2018) Csaba Tölgyesi et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

The Kobresia pygmaea ecosystem of the Tibetan highlands – Origin, functioning and degradation of the world's largest pastoral alpine ecosystem

(2018) Georg Miehe et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The architectural design of trees protects them against large herbivores

(2017) Tristan Charles-Dominique et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Environmental correlates of biome-level floristic turnover in South Africa

(2017) Simon C. Power et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Mediterranean Biomes: Evolution of Their Vegetation, Floras, and Climate

(2016) Philip W. Rundel et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Remotely sensed canopy height reveals three pantropical ecosystem states

(2016) Chi Xu et al.   ECOLOGY

Savanna woody encroachment is widespread across three continents

(2016) Nicola Stevens et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Flammability as an ecological and evolutionary driver

(2016) Juli G. Pausas et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Changes to Cretaceous surface fire behaviour influenced the spread of the early angiosperms

(2016) Claire M. Belcher et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Reforestation or conservation? The attributes of old growth grasslands in South Africa

(2016) Nicholas P. Zaloumis et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Savannahs of Asia: antiquity, biogeography, and an uncertain future

(2016) Jayashree Ratnam et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The underestimated biodiversity of tropical grassy biomes

(2016) Brett P. Murphy et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Clarifying the confusion: old-growth savannahs and tropical ecosystem degradation

(2016) Joseph W. Veldman   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Why is the world green? The interactions of top–down and bottom–up processes in terrestrial vegetation ecology

(2016) David M. Wilkinson et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Shedding light on shade: ecological perspectives of understorey plant life

(2016) Fernando Valladares et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Ancient grasslands at risk

(2016) W. J. Bond   SCIENCE

Fossil evidence for open, Proteaceae-dominated heathlands and fire in the Late Cretaceous of Australia

(2015) Raymond J. Carpenter et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

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

(2015) Joseph W. Veldman et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Disturbance maintains alternative biome states

(2015) Vinícius de L. Dantas et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

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

The need for a consistent fire policy for Cerrado conservation

(2015) Giselda Durigan et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Origin of the forest steppe and exceptional grassland diversity in Transylvania (central-eastern Europe)

(2015) Angelica Feurdean et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Determinants of flammability in savanna grass species

(2015) Kimberley J. Simpson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

Ecology and evolution of plant diversity in the endangered campo rupestre: a neglected conservation priority

(2015) Fernando A. O. Silveira et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Toward a trophic theory of species diversity

(2015) John W. Terborgh   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functional differentiation of biomes in an African savanna/forest mosaic

(2015) T. Charles-Dominique et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Feedbacks and landscape-level vegetation dynamics

(2015) David M.J.S. Bowman et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Fire dynamics distinguish grasslands, shrublands and woodlands as alternative attractors in the Central Great Plains of North America

(2015) Zak Ratajczak et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Ecology of grazing lawns in Africa

(2014) Gareth P. Hempson et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

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

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

Is climate an important driver of post-European vegetation change in the Eastern United States?

(2014) Gregory J. Nowacki et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Using a rainforest-flame forest mosaic to test the hypothesis that leaf and litter fuel flammability is under natural selection

(2014) Peter J. Clarke et al.   OECOLOGIA

Tropical grassy biomes: misunderstood, neglected, and under threat

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

Fire drives functional thresholds on the savanna–forest transition

(2013) Vinícius de L. Dantas et al.   ECOLOGY

A large herbivore triggers alternative successional trajectories in the boreal forest

(2013) Bert Hidding et al.   ECOLOGY

Analysis of stable states in global savannas: is the CART pulling the horse?

(2013) Niall P. Hanan et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

On the delineation of tropical vegetation types with an emphasis on forest/savanna transitions

(2013) Mireia Torello-Raventos et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Spatial optimization of carbon-stocking projects across Africa integrating stocking potential with co-benefits and feasibility

(2013) Michelle Greve et al.   Nature Communications

Fire-adapted Gondwanan Angiosperm floras evolved in the Cretaceous

(2012) Byron B Lamont et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Understory plant communities and the functional distinction between savanna trees, forest trees, and pines

(2012) Joseph W. Veldman et al.   ECOLOGY

Top-down determinants of niche structure and adaptation among African Acacias

(2012) A. Carla Staver et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

What controls the distribution of tropical forest and savanna?

(2012) Brett P. Murphy et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Ecological thresholds at the savanna-forest boundary: how plant traits, resources and fire govern the distribution of tropical biomes

(2012) William A. Hoffmann et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Atmospheric CO2 forces abrupt vegetation shifts locally, but not globally

(2012) Steven I. Higgins et al.   NATURE

Carbon dioxide and the uneasy interactions of trees and savannah grasses

(2012) W. J. Bond et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolution of Grasses and Grassland Ecosystems

(2011) Caroline A.E. Strömberg   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

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

Slow responses of ecosystems to reductions in deer (Cervidae) populations and strategies for achieving recovery

(2011) Andrew J. Tanentzap et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

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

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

Ecosystem CO2 starvation and terrestrial silicate weathering: mechanisms and global-scale quantification during the late Miocene

(2011) David J. Beerling et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Alternative stable states and the role of fire–vegetation–soil feedbacks in the temperate wilderness of southwest Tasmania

(2011) Sam W. Wood et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Global Resilience of Tropical Forest and Savanna to Critical Transitions

(2011) M. Hirota et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2011) A. C. Staver et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

Tree cover in sub-Saharan Africa: Rainfall and fire constrain forest and savanna as alternative stable states

(2010) A. Carla Staver et al.   ECOLOGY

Fire and the spread of flowering plants in the Cretaceous

(2010) William J. Bond et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ground vegetation in the Mongolian taiga forest-steppe ecotone does not offer evidence for the human origin of grasslands

(2009) Ch. Dulamsuren et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

A Burning Story: The Role of Fire in the History of Life

(2009) Juli G. Pausas et al.   BIOSCIENCE

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

(2009) Craig D. Allen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

What limits fire? An examination of drivers of burnt area in Southern Africa

(2009) SALLY ARCHIBALD et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Causes and consequences of woody plant encroachment into western North American grasslands

(2009) O.W. Van Auken   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Recent assembly of the Cerrado, a neotropical plant diversity hotspot, by in situ evolution of adaptations to fire

(2009) M. F. Simon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Drought-induced tree death in savanna

(2008) R. J. FENSHAM et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Alternative stable states in Australia’s Wet Tropics: a theoretical framework for the field data and a field-case for the theory

(2008) Laura Warman et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY