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

Fire frequency filters species by bark traits in a savanna-forest mosaic

(2017) Tristan Charles-Dominique et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Savanna woody encroachment is widespread across three continents

(2016) Nicola Stevens et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Allocation strategies of savanna and forest tree seedlings in response to fire and shading: outcomes of a field experiment

(2016) Jacques Gignoux et al.   Scientific Reports

Evidence of a tipping point in a southern African savanna?

(2015) Lindsey Gillson   Ecological Complexity

Fire ecology of C3and C4grasses depends on evolutionary history and frequency of burning but not photosynthetic type

(2015) Brad Ripley et al.   ECOLOGY

Determinants of flammability in savanna grass species

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

Bud protection: a key trait for species sorting in a forest-savanna mosaic

(2015) Tristan Charles-Dominique et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Soil nutrients in an African forest/savanna mosaic: Drivers or driven?

(2015) Emma F. Gray et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Functional differentiation of biomes in an African savanna/forest mosaic

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

Tropical grassy biomes: misunderstood, neglected, and under threat

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

Plant traits in relation to the performance and distribution of woody species in wet and dry tropical forest types in Panama

(2013) Tania Brenes-Arguedas et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Stopping the leaks: new insights into C4photosynthesis at low light

(2013) ROWAN F. SAGE   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Fire weather risk differs across rain forest-savanna boundaries in the humid tropics of north-eastern Australia

(2012) JEREMY K. LITTLE et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Sharp transitions in microclimatic conditions between savanna and forest in New Caledonia: Insights into the vulnerability of forest edges to fire

(2012) Thomas Ibanez et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

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

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

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

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

Fuels or microclimate? Understanding the drivers of fire feedbacks at savanna-forest boundaries

(2011) WILLIAM A. HOFFMANN et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

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

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

Evolution of the C4 photosynthetic mechanism: are there really three C4 acid decarboxylation types?

(2011) R. T. Furbank   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

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

Grass Trumps Trees with Fire

(2011) A. L. Mayer et al.   SCIENCE

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

A review of light interception in plant stands from leaf to canopy in different plant functional types and in species with varying shade tolerance

(2010) Ülo Niinemets   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

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

(2010) A. Carla Staver et al.   ECOLOGY

Do nutrient-poor soils inhibit development of forests? A nutrient stock analysis

(2010) William J. Bond   PLANT AND SOIL

Bush encroachment under three contrasting land-use practices in a mesic South African savanna

(2009) B. J. Wigley et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Resilience and Thresholds in Savannas: Nitrogen and Fire as Drivers and Responders of Vegetation Transition

(2009) Lindsey Gillson et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

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

(2009) Davi Rodrigo Rossatto et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

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

A demographic perspective on bush encroachment by Acacia karroo in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, South Africa

(2008) DA Balfour et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE

Soils as extended composite phenotypes

(2008) Jonathan D. Phillips   GEODERMA

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

Acacia species turnover in space and time in an African savanna

(2003) William J. Bond et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY