Woody Encroachment as a Social-Ecological Regime Shift

Woodland expansion in South African grassy biomes based on satellite observations (1990-2013): general patterns and potential drivers

(2016) Andrew L. Skowno 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

Woody encroachment and its consequences on hydrological processes in the savannah

(2016) Eliane A. Honda 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

Synthesis of human-nature feedbacks

(2015) Vanessa Hull et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

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

An empirical model of the Baltic Sea reveals the importance of social dynamics for ecological regime shifts

(2015) Steven J. Lade et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Three decades of multi-dimensional change in global leaf phenology

(2015) Robert Buitenwerf et al.   Nature Climate Change

Bush encroachment in southern Africa: changes and causes

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

The importance of reduced meat and dairy consumption for meeting stringent climate change targets

(2014) Fredrik Hedenus et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Tree-grass competition along a catenal gradient in a mesic grassland, South Africa

(2014) Michelle Tedder et al.   GRASSLAND SCIENCE

Is there a ‘browse trap’? Dynamics of herbivore impacts on trees and grasses in an African savanna

(2014) Ann Carla Staver et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Increasing temperatures can improve seedling establishment in arid-adapted savanna trees

(2014) Nicola Stevens et al.   OECOLOGIA

Understanding Tourists’ Preference for Mammal Species in Private Protected Areas: Is There a Case for Extralimital Species for Ecotourism?

(2014) Kristine Maciejewski et al.   PLoS One

Effect of woody-plant encroachment on livestock production in North and South America

(2014) J. D. Anadon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Institutions and governance of communal rangelands in South Africa

(2013) James E Bennett   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE

Urbanization and poverty reduction: the role of rural diversification and secondary towns1

(2013) Luc Christiaensen et al.   AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Influence of competition and rainfall manipulation on the growth responses of savanna trees and grasses

(2013) Edmund C. February et al.   ECOLOGY

Getting the measure of ecosystem services: a social–ecological approach

(2013) Belinda Reyers et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Refining thresholds in coupled fire-vegetation models to improve management of encroaching woody plants in grasslands

(2013) Dirac Twidwell et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Tree effects on grass growth in savannas: competition, facilitation and the stress-gradient hypothesis

(2013) Justin Dohn et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Increasing atmospheric CO2overrides the historical legacy of multiple stable biome states in Africa

(2013) Glenn R. Moncrieff et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Herbivory effects on saplings are influenced by nutrients and grass competition in a humid South African savanna

(2013) Snehalatha Vadigi et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Deagrarianisation and Forest Revegetation in a Biodiversity Hotspot on the Wild Coast, South Africa

(2013) Ross Shackleton et al.   PLoS One

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

(2013) Emma F. Gray et al.   KOEDOE

Regime shifts and management

(2012) Anne-Sophie Crépin et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Mental Models in Human-Environment Interactions: Theory, Policy Implications, and Methodological Explorations

(2012) Timothy Lynam et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Walter’s two-layer hypothesis revisited: back to the roots!

(2012) David Ward et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

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

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

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

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

Deciphering the distribution of the savanna biome

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

Evolution of human-driven fire regimes in Africa

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

The Global Extent and Determinants of Savanna and Forest as Alternative Biome States

(2011) A. C. Staver et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2010) A. Carla Staver et al.   ECOLOGY

Fire management in Mediterranean-climate shrublands: a case study from the Cape fynbos, South Africa

(2010) Brian W. Van Wilgen et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

What are the effects of substrate and grass removal on recruitment of Acacia mellifera seedlings in a semi-arid environment?

(2010) David Ward et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

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

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

Impact of storm-burning onMelaleuca viridiflorainvasion of grasslands and grassy woodlands on Cape York Peninsula, Australia

(2009) GABRIEL CROWLEY et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

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

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

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

Elevated CO2 effects on plant carbon, nitrogen, and water relations: six important lessons from FACE

(2009) Andrew D. B. Leakey et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Fire in the Earth System

(2009) D. M. J. S. Bowman et al.   SCIENCE

Bush encroachment control demonstrations in southern Ethiopia: 1. Woody species survival strategies with implications for herder land management

(2008) Ayana Angassa et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

What Limits Trees in C4 Grasslands and Savannas?

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

A conceptual model of vegetation dynamics in the semiarid Highland savanna of Namibia, with particular reference to bush thickening by Acacia mellifera

(2008) D.F. Joubert et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

African Grazing Lawns—How Fire, Rainfall, and Grazer Numbers Interact to Affect Grass Community States

(2008) S. Archibald   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