Modelling Water Uptake Provides a New Perspective on Grass and Tree Coexistence

A combined tracer/evapotranspiration model approach estimates plant water uptake in native and non-native shrub-steppe communities

(2015) Clémence P. Warren et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Improving the representation of roots in terrestrial models

(2014) Erica A.H. Smithwick et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

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

Toward a better integration of biological data from precipitation manipulation experiments into Earth system models

(2014) Nicholas G. Smith et al.   REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS

Validation of Global Evapotranspiration Product (MOD16) using Flux Tower Data in the African Savanna, South Africa

(2014) Abel Ramoelo et al.   Remote Sensing

Soil water retention curves for the major soil types of the Kruger National Park

(2014) Robert Buitenwerf et al.   KOEDOE

What do ecologists miss by not digging deep enough? Insights and methodological guidelines for assessing soil fertility status in ecological studies

(2013) Benjamin J. Wigley et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

When vegetation change alters ecosystem water availability

(2013) Russell L. Scott et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Competition between trees and grasses for both soil water and mineral nitrogen in dry savannas

(2013) D. Donzelli et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

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

(2013) Ricardo M. Holdo   PLoS One

Improving evapotranspiration estimates in Mediterranean drylands: The role of soil evaporation

(2013) Laura Morillas et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Root depth distribution and the diversity–productivity relationship in a long-term grassland experiment

(2012) Kevin E. Mueller et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2012) David Ward et al.   OECOLOGIA

Evaluating Ecohydrological Theories of Woody Root Distribution in the Kalahari

(2012) Abinash Bhattachan et al.   PLoS One

Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis

(2011) David J. Eldridge et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Changes in precipitation with climate change

(2010) KE Trenberth   CLIMATE RESEARCH

Evapotranspiration (ET) and regulating mechanisms in two semiarid Artemisia-dominated shrub steppes at opposite sides of the globe

(2010) Burkhard Wilske et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

A depth-controlled tracer technique measures vertical, horizontal and temporal patterns of water use by trees and grasses in a subtropical savanna

(2010) Andrew Kulmatiski et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The distribution of tree and grass roots in savannas in relation to soil nitrogen and water

(2010) E.C. February et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2008) Alan K. Knapp et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Seasonal patterns in depth of water uptake under contrasting annual and perennial systems in the Corn Belt Region of the Midwestern U.S.

(2008) H. Asbjornsen et al.   PLANT AND SOIL