Grass competition overwhelms effects of herbivores and precipitation on early tree establishment in Serengeti

Seed production, infestation, and viability in Acacia tortilis (synonym: Vachellia tortilis) and Acacia robusta (synonym: Vachellia robusta) across the Serengeti rainfall gradient

(2017) Deusdedith M. Rugemalila et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Elephant damage, not fire or rainfall, explains mortality of overstorey trees in Serengeti

(2016) Thomas A. Morrison et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Relation between rainfall intensity and savanna tree abundance explained by water use strategies

(2015) Xiangtao Xu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Grass competition and the savanna-grassland ‘treeline’: A question of root gaps?

(2015) J.L. Wakeling et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Compositional decoupling of savanna canopy and understory tree communities in Serengeti

(2014) T. Michael Anderson et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Precipitation, fire and demographic bottleneck dynamics in Serengeti tree populations

(2014) Ricardo M. Holdo et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Savanna Vegetation-Fire-Climate Relationships Differ Among Continents

(2014) C. E. R. Lehmann et al.   SCIENCE

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

Landscape-scale effects of herbivores on treefall in African savannas

(2012) Gregory P. Asner et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

African Rainfall Climatology Version 2 for Famine Early Warning Systems

(2012) Nicholas S. Novella et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Grass competition is more important than seed ingestion by livestock for Acacia recruitment in South Africa

(2012) Séraphine Grellier et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

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

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

Cryptic herbivores mediate the strength and form of ungulate impacts on a long-lived savanna tree

(2011) Janet E. Maclean et al.   ECOLOGY

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

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

Landscape-scale analyses suggest both nutrient and antipredator advantages to Serengeti herbivore hotspots

(2010) T. Michael Anderson et al.   ECOLOGY

Seed predators limit plant recruitment in Neotropical savannas

(2010) Alana Vaz Ferreira et al.   OIKOS

Opposing Rainfall and Plant Nutritional Gradients Best Explain the Wildebeest Migration in the Serengeti

(2009) Ricardo M. Holdo et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Grass competition suppresses savanna tree growth across multiple demographic stages

(2009) Corinna Riginos   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

Large herbivores facilitate savanna tree establishment via diverse and indirect pathways

(2009) Jacob R. Goheen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Water and nutrients alter herbaceous competitive effects on tree seedlings in a semi-arid savanna

(2009) Cornelis van der Waal et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The spatial distribution of vegetation types in the Serengeti ecosystem: the influence of rainfall and topographic relief on vegetation patch characteristics

(2008) D. N. Reed et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Interacting effects of grass height and herbivores on the establishment of an encroaching savanna shrub

(2008) Nicole Hagenah et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Woody cover in African savannas: the role of resources, fire and herbivory

(2007) Mahesh Sankaran et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY