Do changes in grazing pressure and the degree of shrub encroachment alter the effects of individual shrubs on understorey plant communities and soil function?

Grazing dampens the positive effects of shrub encroachment on ecosystem functions in a semi-arid woodland

(2013) David J. Eldridge et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Tree effects on grass growth in savannas: competition, facilitation and the stress-gradient hypothesis

(2013) Justin Dohn et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Differential seedling establishment of woody plants along a tree density gradient in Neotropical savannas

(2013) Ana Salazar et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Positive effects of shrubs on plant species diversity do not change along a gradient in grazing pressure in an arid shrubland

(2012) Kimberley S.C. Howard et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Increases of Soil C, N, and P Pools Along an Acacia Tree Density Gradient and Their Effects on Trees and Grasses

(2012) Judith Sitters et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Nurse plant effects on plant species richness in drylands: The role of grazing, rainfall and species specificity

(2012) Santiago Soliveres et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

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

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

Microhabitat amelioration and reduced competition among understorey plants as drivers of facilitation across environmental gradients: Towards a unifying framework

(2011) Santiago Soliveres et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Biotic and Abiotic Changes in Ecosystem Structure over a Shrub-Encroachment Gradient in the Southwestern USA

(2010) Laura Turnbull et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Reversal of desertification: The role of physical and chemical soil properties

(2010) G.R.H. Allington et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Temporal dynamics of herbivory and water availability interactively modulate the outcome of a grass-shrub interaction in a semi-arid ecosystem

(2010) Santiago Soliveres et al.   OIKOS

Indices based on surface indicators predict soil functioning in Mediterranean semi-arid steppes

(2009) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Shrub encroachment can reverse desertification in semi-arid Mediterranean grasslands

(2009) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Local versus landscape-scale effects of savanna trees on grasses

(2009) Corinna Riginos et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

SAVANNA TREE DENSITY, HERBIVORES, AND THE HERBACEOUS COMMUNITY: BOTTOM-UP VS. TOP-DOWN EFFECTS

(2008) Corinna Riginos et al.   ECOLOGY

Shrub (Prosopis velutina) encroachment in a semidesert grassland: spatial-temporal changes in soil organic carbon and nitrogen pools

(2008) HEATHER L. THROOP et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

Shrub Invasion Decreases Diversity and Alters Community Stability in Northern Chihuahuan Desert Plant Communities

(2008) Selene Báez et al.   PLoS One