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

Contributions of woody and herbaceous vegetation to tropical savanna ecosystem productivity: a quasi-global estimate

(2011) J. Lloyd et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

The invasive grass, Melinis minutiflora, inhibits tree regeneration in a Neotropical savanna

(2010) WILLIAM A. HOFFMANN et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Beyond the forest edge: Ecology, diversity and conservation of the grassy biomes

(2010) William J. Bond et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Experimental investigation of fire ecology in the C3 and C4 subspecies of Alloteropsis semialata

(2010) Brad Ripley et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The Origins of C4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science

(2010) E. J. Edwards et al.   SCIENCE

Contrasting demographics of tropical savanna and temperate forest eucalypts provide insight into how savannas and forests function. A case study usingCorymbia clarksonianafrom north-eastern Australia

(2009) PAUL R. WILLIAMS   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Tree topkill, not mortality, governs the dynamics of savanna–forest boundaries under frequent fire in central Brazil

(2009) William A. Hoffmann et al.   ECOLOGY

Differences in growth patterns between co-occurring forest and savanna trees affect the forest-savanna boundary

(2009) Davi Rodrigo Rossatto et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Establishment and early persistence of tree seedlings in an annually burned savanna

(2009) Jacques Gignoux et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Which of these continents is not like the other? Comparisons of tropical savanna systems: key questions and challenges

(2009) Caroline E. R. Lehmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Juggling carbon: allocation patterns of a dominant tree in a fire-prone savanna

(2009) Alexander Ernest Noel Schutz et al.   OECOLOGIA

Exploring the likelihood and mechanism of a climate-change-induced dieback of the Amazon rainforest

(2009) Y. Malhi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Recent assembly of the Cerrado, a neotropical plant diversity hotspot, by in situ evolution of adaptations to fire

(2009) M. F. Simon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fire in the Earth System

(2009) D. M. J. S. Bowman et al.   SCIENCE

Do Fires in Savannas Consume Woody Biomass? A Comment on Approaches to Modeling Savanna Dynamics

(2008) Niall P. Hanan et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

What Limits Trees in C4 Grasslands and Savannas?

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

SyncarpiaandTristaniopsis(Myrtaceae) possess specialised fire-resistant epicormic structures

(2008) Geoffrey E. Burrows   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Diversity patterns in savanna grassland communities: implications for conservation strategies in a biodiversity hotspot

(2008) Mahesh Sankaran   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Expansion of gallery forests into central Brazilian savannas

(2008) LUCAS C. R. SILVA et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global characterization of fire activity: toward defining fire regimes from Earth observation data

(2008) EMILIO CHUVIECO et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Negative fire feedback in a transitional forest of southeastern Amazonia

(2008) JENNIFER K. BALCH et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Fire-mediated dieback and compositional cascade in an Amazonian forest

(2008) J. Barlow et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sapling survival in a frequently burnt savanna: mobilisation of carbon reserves in Acacia karroo

(2008) B. J. Wigley et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Long-term potential for fires in estimates of the occurrence of savannas in the tropics

(2007) Manoel F. Cardoso et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY