A savanna response to precipitation intensity

Same rainfall amount different vegetation—How environmental conditions and their interactions influence savanna dynamics

(2016) Britta Tietjen   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Rainfall variability and nitrogen addition synergistically reduce plant diversity in a restored tallgrass prairie

(2016) Nicholas G. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Effects of rainfall intensity and intermittency on woody vegetation cover and deep soil moisture in dryland ecosystems

(2016) Ding-Hai Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Precipitation Intensity Effects on Groundwater Recharge in the Southwestern United States

(2016) Brian Thomas et al.   Water

The ecological role of small rainfall events in a desert grassland

(2015) M. D. Petrie et al.   Ecohydrology

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

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

(2015) Michael G. Mazzacavallo et al.   PLoS One

Resistance and resilience of a grassland ecosystem to climate extremes

(2014) David L. Hoover et al.   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

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

(2014) Robert Buitenwerf et al.   KOEDOE

Climate projections over CORDEX Africa domain using the fifth-generation Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM5)

(2013) René Laprise et al.   CLIMATE DYNAMICS

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

(2013) Edmund C. February et al.   ECOLOGY

Woody plant encroachment facilitated by increased precipitation intensity

(2013) Andrew Kulmatiski et al.   Nature Climate Change

Effects of rainfall intensity, underlying surface and slope gradient on soil infiltration under simulated rainfall experiments

(2012) Jun Huang et al.   CATENA

A plant's perspective of extremes: terrestrial plant responses to changing climatic variability

(2012) Christopher P.O. Reyer et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Changes in Observed Daily Precipitation over the United States between 1950–79 and 1980–2009

(2012) R. W. Higgins et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY

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

(2012) Andrew Kulmatiski et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

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

Measuring forest floor and canopy interception in a savannah ecosystem

(2011) C.T. Tsiko et al.   PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH

Changes in precipitation with climate change

(2010) KE Trenberth   CLIMATE 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

Responses of terrestrial ecosystems to temperature and precipitation change: a meta-analysis of experimental manipulation

(2010) ZHUOTING WU et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

ET come home: potential evapotranspiration in geographical ecology

(2010) Joshua B. Fisher et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

Ecohydrology of dry regions of the United States: precipitation pulses and intraseasonal drought

(2009) William K. Lauenroth et al.   Ecohydrology

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

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

Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2008) Alan K. Knapp et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: shifts in growth form dominance rapidly alters control of ecosystem carbon inputs

(2008) ALAN K. KNAPP et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The Shallowest Possible Water Extraction Profile: A Null Model for Global Root Distributions

(2008) H. Jochen Schenk   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL