Tree–grass competition varies across select savanna tree species: a potential role for rooting depth

Intra-annual rainfall regime shifts competitive interactions between coastal sage scrub and invasive grasses

(2014) Leah J. Goldstein et al.   ECOLOGY

Abrupt transition of mesic grassland to shrubland: evidence for thresholds, alternative attractors, and regime shifts

(2014) Zak Ratajczak et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2014) Michelle Tedder et al.   GRASSLAND SCIENCE

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

(2013) Edmund C. February et al.   ECOLOGY

Revisiting the Two-Layer Hypothesis: Coexistence of Alternative Functional Rooting Strategies in Savannas

(2013) Ricardo M. Holdo   PLoS One

Woody plant encroachment facilitated by increased precipitation intensity

(2013) Andrew Kulmatiski et al.   Nature Climate Change

Shade, nutrients, and grass competition are important for tree sapling establishment in a humid savanna

(2013) Snehalatha Vadigi et al.   Ecosphere

Overlap in soil water sources of savanna woody seedlings and grasses

(2012) Jack R. Kambatuku et al.   Ecohydrology

Root niche partitioning among grasses, saplings, and trees measured using a tracer technique

(2012) Andrew Kulmatiski et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

(2012) David Ward et al.   OECOLOGIA

Herbivore-vegetation feedbacks can expand the range of savanna persistence: insights from a simple theoretical model

(2012) Ricardo M. Holdo et al.   OIKOS

Root characteristics of C4 grasses limit reliance on deep soil water in tallgrass prairie

(2012) Jesse B. Nippert et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Belowground competitive suppression of seedling growth by grass in an African savanna

(2012) Michael D. Cramer et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Global diversity of drought tolerance and grassland climate-change resilience

(2012) Joseph M. Craine et al.   Nature Climate Change

Cumulative Soil Water Evaporation as a Function of Depth and Time

(2011) X. Xiao et al.   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Functional traits and the growth–mortality trade-off in tropical trees

(2010) S. Joseph Wright et al.   ECOLOGY

Grass competition suppresses savanna tree growth across multiple demographic stages

(2009) Corinna Riginos   ECOLOGY

Growth of N2-fixing African savanna Acacia species is constrained by below-ground competition with grass

(2009) Michael D. Cramer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Ecohydrological optimization of pattern and processes in water-limited ecosystems: A trade-off-based hypothesis

(2009) Kelly K. Caylor et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

What Limits Trees in C4 Grasslands and Savannas?

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

Rooting depth and above-ground community composition in Kalahari sand woodlands in western Zimbabwe

(2008) Ricardo M. Holdo et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Functional Traits and Niche-Based Tree Community Assembly in an Amazonian Forest

(2008) N. J. B. Kraft et al.   SCIENCE