Winners and losers: tropical forest tree seedling survival across a West African forest-savanna transition

Savanna Vegetation-Fire-Climate Relationships Differ Among Continents

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

Tropical grassy biomes: misunderstood, neglected, and under threat

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

Drought survival of tropical tree seedlings enhanced by non-structural carbohydrate levels

(2014) Michael J. O’Brien et al.   Nature Climate Change

Which traits determine shifts in the abundance of tree species in a fire-prone savanna?

(2013) Steven I. Higgins et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Woody encroachment and forest degradation in sub-Saharan Africa's woodlands and savannas 1982-2006

(2013) E. T. A. Mitchard et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

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

Cascading biodiversity and functional consequences of a global change-induced biome switch

(2012) Catherine L. Parr et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

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

Biomass partitioning and root morphology of savanna trees across a water gradient

(2012) Kyle W. Tomlinson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Modelling biome shifts and tree cover change for 2050 in West Africa

(2011) Jonathan Heubes et al.   JOURNAL OF 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

Simply the best: the transition of savanna saplings to trees

(2011) Julia L. Wakeling et al.   OIKOS

Savanna soil fertility limits growth but not survival of tropical forest tree seedlings

(2011) Ricardo A. G. Viani et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

(2010) A. Carla Staver et al.   ECOLOGY

Co-limitation of photosynthetic capacity by nitrogen and phosphorus in West Africa woodlands

(2010) TOMAS FERREIRA DOMINGUES et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

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

Measuring Woody Encroachment along a Forest–Savanna Boundary in Central Africa

(2009) E. T. A. Mitchard et al.   Earth Interactions

Tree topkill, not mortality, governs the dynamics of savanna–forest boundaries under frequent fire in central Brazil

(2009) William A. Hoffmann et al.   ECOLOGY

Differences in growth patterns between co-occurring forest and savanna trees affect the forest-savanna boundary

(2009) Davi Rodrigo Rossatto et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Global wildland fire emissions from 1960 to 2000

(2008) Martin G. Schultz et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES