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Measuring savanna woody cover at scale to inform ecosystem restoration

Ecosphere, 2021
The maturity of remote sensing and ecosystem restoration science provides new opportunities to monitor and assess ecosystem indicators at finer resolutions and at suitable scales.
David A. Loewensteiner, Renee E. Bartolo, Timothy G. Whiteside, Andrew J. Esparon, Chris L. Humphrey   +4 more
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Shift of Nitrogen and Carbon Stable Isotopes in Temporary Pond Tadpoles Following the Decline of Large Mammalian Herbivores [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Nutrient cycling across ecosystems is driven by complex ecological interactions, potentially impacting environmental stability. Savanna ecosystem processes are highly driven by large mammalian herbivores, so removing them likely causes significant ...
Nick Ewald, Guillaume Demare, Julian Glos, Ulrich Struck, Mark‐Oliver Rödel   +4 more
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Management Strategies of Tropical Savanna Ecosystem for Multiple Benefits of Community Livelihoods in Semiarid Region of Indonesia

World Development Sustainability
Tropical savannas are complex landscapes composed of mainly grasses and a matrix of proportions of discontinuous tree cover. They play an essential role in providing multiple ecosystem services including biodiversity, carbon storage, and socio-economic ...
Perdinan, Raden Eliasar Prabowo Tjahjono, Delta Yova Dwi Infrawan, Ardi Nur Armanto, Syafararisa Dian Pratiwi, Erianto Indra Putra, Yonvitner, Shabrina Oktaviani, Kania Gita Lestari, Ryco Farysca Adi, Ade Reno Sudiarno, Evi Kaban, Rosalia Widyaningrum, Jansen Mayor   +13 more
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The genomic impact of population connectivity and decline in Africa’s elephants [PDF]

Nature Communications
African elephants are keystone species facing severe declines due to the ivory trade and habitat loss. To investigate the genomic consequences, we analyze 232 high-coverage genomes from 17 African countries in the first continent-wide genomic analysis ...
Patrícia Pečnerová, Yasuko Ishida, Genís Garcia-Erill, Laura D. Bertola, Cindy G. Santander, Xiaodong Liu, Anna Brüniche-Olsen, Anubhab Khan, Lauren M. Hennelly, Renzo F. Balboa, Long Lin, Malthe S. Rasmussen, Xi Wang, Mikkel Schubert, Amal Al-Chaer, Sylwia Urbaniak, Kan Nobuta, Sasha Treadup, Karine A. Viaud-Martinez, Alida de Flamingh, Ripan S. Malhi, Savanah Bird, Nelson Ting, Mrinalini Watsa, Martin N. Tchamba, Stéphanie Bourgeois, Chris Thouless, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, George Wittemyer, Peter J. Van Coeverden de Groot, Vincent B. Muwanika, Charles Masembe, Nicholas J. Georgiadis, Christina Hvilsom, Rasmus Heller, Hans Redlef Siegismund, Alfred L. Roca   +36 more
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Carbon Exchange and Accumulation in an Orinoco High Plains Native Savanna Ecosystem as Measured by Eddy Covariance

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021
Savanna ecosystems cover ∼20% of the total land surface and account for ∼30% of the terrestrial global net primary production. They are also highly sensitive to climate change, since their carbon (C) sink capacity may decline under rising temperatures ...
Luis A. Morales-Rincon, Andrea J. Hernandez, Nubia S. Rodriguez-Hernandez, Rodrigo Jimenez   +3 more
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Savannas can functionally turn into forests in the Amazonia/Cerrado transition

Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2021
Adjacent forest formations are ecotones that can reveal changes in the vertical structure of tropical biomes e.g., Cerrado (brazilian Savanna). Litterfall is a metric that shows some of these alterations.
Marco Bruno Xavier Valadão, Karla Monique Silva Carneiro, Ben Hur Marimon Junior, Fabiana Piontekowski Ribeiro, Beatriz Schwantes Marimon   +4 more
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The contribution of trees and grasses to productivity of an Australian tropical savanna [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2016
Savanna ecosystems cover 20 % of the global land surface and account for 25 % of global terrestrial carbon uptake. They support one fifth of the world's human population and are one of the most important ecosystems on our planet.
C. E. Moore, J. Beringer, B. Evans, L. B. Hutley, I. McHugh, N. J. Tapper   +5 more
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Ecosystem productivity and CO2 exchange response to the interaction of livestock grazing and rainfall manipulation in a Kenyan savanna

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2021
Savanna ecosystems in Kenya are experiencing altered rainfall amount and increased grazing pressure. These environmental alterations occur simultaneously and impact on productivity and CO2 exchange of the savanna in unclear ways. Rainfall was manipulated
Joseph O. Ondier, Daniel O. Okach, John C. Onyango, Dennis O. Otieno   +3 more
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Remote Sensing and GIS-Based Suitability Mapping of Termite Habitat in the African Savanna: A Case Study of the Lowveld in Kruger National Park

Land, 2022
Termites (Isoptera) are among the most globally dominant macroinvertebrates in terrestrial environments and are an ecologically important group of soil biota in tropical and subtropical ecosystems.
Emre Ozsahin, Mehmet Ozdes, Audrey C. Smith, Di Yang   +3 more
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A dataset of meteorological observations at Yuanjiang Savanna Ecosystem Research Station, Yunnan Province (2011 – 2020)

中国科学数据, 2022
The long-term meteorological observations plays an important role in studying the change mechanism of ecosystem functions and establishing environmental prediction models in the context of global warming.
SUN Chenna, YANG Daxin, SONG Qinghai, CHEN Aiguo, WEN Guojing, ZHANG Shubin, ZHANG Jing, DUAN Xingwu, JIN Yanqiang   +8 more
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