Scrubbing Up: Multi-Scale Investigation of Woody Encroachment in a Southern African Savannah

Determinants of woody encroachment and cover in African savannas

(2017) Aisling P. Devine et al.   OECOLOGIA

Woody Vegetation Die off and Regeneration in Response to Rainfall Variability in the West African Sahel

(2017) Martin Brandt et al.   Remote Sensing

Human population growth offsets climate-driven increase in woody vegetation in sub-Saharan Africa

(2017) Martin Brandt et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Savanna woody encroachment is widespread across three continents

(2016) Nicola Stevens et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

An examination of the potential efficacy of high-intensity fires for reversing woody encroachment in savannas

(2016) Izak P. J. Smit et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Elephant damage, not fire or rainfall, explains mortality of overstorey trees in Serengeti

(2016) Thomas A. Morrison et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The deforestation story: testing for anthropogenic origins of Africa's flammable grassy biomes

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

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

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

Woody plant cover estimation in drylands from Earth Observation based seasonal metrics

(2016) Martin Brandt et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Exploiting Differential Vegetation Phenology for Satellite-Based Mapping of Semiarid Grass Vegetation in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico

(2016) Dennis Dye et al.   Remote Sensing

Seasonal Separation of African Savanna Components Using Worldview-2 Imagery: A Comparison of Pixel- and Object-Based Approaches and Selected Classification Algorithms

(2016) Żaneta Kaszta et al.   Remote Sensing

Change in woody cover at representative sites in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, based on historical imagery

(2016) C. Munyati et al.   SpringerPlus

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

Woody cover in wet and dry African savannas after six decades of experimental fires

(2015) Aisling P. Devine et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

On regreening and degradation in Sahelian watersheds

(2015) Armel T. Kaptué et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Phenology-Based Method for Monitoring Woody and Herbaceous Vegetation in Mediterranean Forests from NDVI Time Series

(2015) David Helman et al.   Remote Sensing

Climate change will increase savannas at the expense of forests and treeless vegetation in tropical and subtropical Americas

(2015) José D. Anadón et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

Functional attributes of savanna soils: contrasting effects of tree canopies and herbivores on bulk density, nutrients and moisture dynamics

(2014) Ricardo M. Holdo et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Effects of class granularity and cofactors on the performance of unsupervised classification of wetlands using multi-spectral aerial photography

(2014) R. Martin et al.   Journal of Spatial Science

Large carnivores make savanna tree communities less thorny

(2014) A. T. Ford et al.   SCIENCE

Herbivores shape woody plant communities in the Kruger National Park: Lessons from three long-term exclosures

(2014) Benjamin J. Wigley et al.   KOEDOE

Elephants facilitate impact of large predators on small ungulate prey species

(2013) Craig J. Tambling et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

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

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

Native ungulates of diverse body sizes collectively regulate long-term woody plant demography and structure of a semi-arid savanna

(2013) Mahesh Sankaran et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Landsat-5 TM and Lidar Fusion for Sub-pixel Juniper Tree Cover Estimates in a Western Rangeland

(2013) Temuulen Sankey et al.   PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING AND REMOTE SENSING

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

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

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

(2013) Emma F. Gray et al.   KOEDOE

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

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

Landscape-scale effects of herbivores on treefall in African savannas

(2012) Gregory P. Asner et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Low gains in ecosystem carbon with woody plant encroachment in a South African savanna

(2012) Corli Coetsee et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

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

Changes in bird communities in Swaziland savannas between 1998 and 2008 owing to shrub encroachment

(2011) Clelia Sirami et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

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

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

Comparing object-based and pixel-based classifications for mapping savannas

(2011) Timothy G. Whiteside et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Global Resilience of Tropical Forest and Savanna to Critical Transitions

(2011) M. Hirota et al.   SCIENCE

TURNER REVIEW No. 19. Savanna woody plant dynamics: the role of fire and herbivory, separately and synergistically

(2010) Jeremy J. Midgley et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Woody species diversity in temperate Andean forests: The need for new conservation strategies

(2010) Adison Altamirano et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Elephant-induced structural changes in the vegetation and habitat selection by large herbivores in an African savanna

(2010) Marion Valeix 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

Has global environmental change caused monsoon rainforests to expand in the Australian monsoon tropics?

(2010) David M. J. S. Bowman et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Changes in the potential distribution of humid tropical forests on a warmer planet

(2010) P. Zelazowski et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

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

What Limits Trees in C4 Grasslands and Savannas?

(2008) William J. Bond   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

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

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

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

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