Woody encroachment over 70 years in South African savannahs: overgrazing, global change or extinction aftershock?

Feedback of trees on nitrogen mineralization to restrict the advance of trees in C4 savannahs

(2015) Steven I. Higgins et al.   Biology Letters

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

Biomass Increases Go under Cover: Woody Vegetation Dynamics in South African Rangelands

(2015) Penelope J. Mograbi et al.   PLoS One

Bush encroachment in southern Africa: changes and causes

(2014) Tim G O'Connor et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE

Savanna Vegetation-Fire-Climate Relationships Differ Among Continents

(2014) C. E. R. Lehmann et al.   SCIENCE

Observed and modelled trends in rainfall and temperature for South Africa: 1960–2010

(2014) Neil MacKellar et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

Unsustainable fuelwood extraction from South African savannas

(2013) K J Wessels et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Impact of CO2fertilization on maximum foliage cover across the globe's warm, arid environments

(2013) Randall J. Donohue et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Fire regimes and woody biomass dynamics in Australian savannas

(2013) Brett P. Murphy et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Woody plant encroachment facilitated by increased precipitation intensity

(2013) Andrew Kulmatiski et al.   Nature Climate Change

Will woody plant encroachment impact the visitor experience and economy of conservation areas?

(2013) Emma F. Gray et al.   KOEDOE

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

Woody encroachment decreases diversity across North American grasslands and savannas

(2011) Zakary Ratajczak et al.   ECOLOGY

Shrub expansion in tundra ecosystems: dynamics, impacts and research priorities

(2011) Isla H Myers-Smith et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Increased tree densities in South African savannas: >50 years of data suggests CO2 as a driver

(2011) R. Buitenwerf et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Context-dependent vegetation dynamics in an African savanna

(2011) Shaun R. Levick et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Deciphering the distribution of the savanna biome

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

Climatological determinants of woody cover in Africa

(2011) S. P. Good et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Syndromes of dryland degradation in southern Africa

(2010) R J Scholes   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE

Effects of fire on woody vegetation structure in African savanna

(2010) Izak P. J. Smit et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Climate and the inter-annual variability of fire in southern Africa: a meta-analysis using long-term field data and satellite-derived burnt area data

(2010) S. Archibald et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Southern African fire regimes as revealed by remote sensing

(2010) S. Archibald et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE

Changing predictors of spatial and temporal variability in stocking rates in a severely degraded communal rangeland

(2010) S. Vetter et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Growth responses of African savanna trees implicate atmospheric [CO2] as a driver of past and current changes in savanna tree cover

(2009) BARNEY S. KGOPE et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

The impact of shrub encroachment on savanna bird diversity from local to regional scale

(2009) Clélia Sirami et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Browsing and fire interact to suppress tree density in an African savanna

(2009) A. Carla Staver et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

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

(2009) SALLY ARCHIBALD et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Thicket expansion in a South African savanna under divergent land use: local vs. global drivers?

(2009) BENJAMIN J. WIGLEY et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Large-scale impacts of herbivores on the structural diversity of African savannas

(2009) G. P. Asner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of African Elephants on Savanna Vegetation

(2008) Robert Guldemond et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT