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

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

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

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

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

(2011) James A. Estes et al.   SCIENCE

Grassland restoration after afforestation: No direction home?

(2010) NICHOLAS P. ZALOUMIS et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Beyond the forest edge: Ecology, diversity and conservation of the grassy biomes

(2010) William J. Bond et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Rangeland degradation is poised to cause Africa's first recorded avian extinction

(2009) C. N. Spottiswoode et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Woody Plant Diversity, Evolution, and Ecology in the Tropics: Perspectives from Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests

(2009) R. Toby Pennington et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

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

The impact of shrub encroachment on savanna bird diversity from local to regional scale

(2009) Clélia Sirami et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Contribution of sunflecks is minimal in expanding shrub thickets compared to temperate forest

(2009) Steven T. Brantley 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

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

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

What Limits Trees in C4 Grasslands and Savannas?

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

Pulse-Driven Loss of Top-Down Control: The Critical-Rate Hypothesis

(2008) Marten Scheffer et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Ant community structure along an extended rain forest–savanna gradient in tropical Australia

(2008) Laura T. van Ingen et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY