Mechanisms of bush encroachment and its inter-connection with rangeland degradation in semi-arid African ecosystems: a review

A century of woody plant encroachment in the dry Kimberley savanna of South Africa

(2014) David Ward et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE

Bush encroachment in southern Africa: changes and causes

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

Vegetation change in northern KwaZulu-Natal since the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879: local or global drivers?

(2013) Jennifer Russell et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE

Herbivore species and grazing intensity regulate community composition and an encroaching woody plant in semi-arid rangeland

(2012) Brady W. Allred et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Pastoralists’ Perception and Ecological Knowledge on Savanna Ecosystem Dynamics in Semi-arid Botswana

(2012) Olaotswe Kgosikoma et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Woody vegetation dynamics in the rangelands of lower Omo region, southwestern Ethiopia

(2012) T.A. Belay et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Influence of Grazing on Soil Seed Banks Determines the Restoration Potential of Aboveground Vegetation in a Semi-arid Savanna of Ethiopia

(2011) Zewdu K. Tessema et al.   BIOTROPICA

Woody encroachment decreases diversity across North American grasslands and savannas

(2011) Zakary Ratajczak et al.   ECOLOGY

Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis

(2011) David J. Eldridge et al.   ECOLOGY 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

The human dimension of fire regimes on Earth

(2011) David M. J. S. Bowman et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Private-public Collaboration to Reintroduce Fire Into the Changing Ecosystems of the Southwestern Borderlands Region

(2010) Gerald J. Gottfried et al.   Fire Ecology

Shrub encroachment can reverse desertification in semi-arid Mediterranean grasslands

(2009) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

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

Biodiversity and trophic structure of soil nematode communities are altered following woody plant invasion of grassland

(2009) Lori A. Biederman et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Woody plant encroachment reduces species richness of herb-rich woodlands in southern Australia

(2008) JODI N. PRICE et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

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

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