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Pine savanna restoration on agricultural landscapes: The path back to native savanna ecosystem services [PDF]
Science of The Total Environment, 2022 Restoration of savanna ecosystems within their historic range is expected to increase provision of ecosystem services to resident human populations. However, the benefits of restoration depend on the degree to which ecosystems and their services can be restored, the rate of restoration of particular services, and tradeoffs in services between restored ...
Dixon, Cinnamon M. +3 more
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Century-Scale Fire Dynamics in a Savanna Ecosystem [PDF]
Fire, 2019 (1) Background: Frequent fire, climate variability, and human activities collectively influence savanna ecosystems. The relative role of these three factors likely varies on interannual, decadal, and centennial timescales.
Bérangère A. Leys +3 more
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EFFECTS OF FIRE AND HERBIVORY ON THE STABILITY OF SAVANNA ECOSYSTEMS [PDF]
Ecology, 2003 Savanna ecosystems are characterized by the co-occurrence of trees and grasses. In this paper, we argue that the balance between trees and grasses is, to a large extent,determined by the indirect interactive effects of herbivory and fire. These effects are based on the positive feedback between fuel load (grass biomass) and fire intensity.
van Langevelde, F. +11 more
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Multiple savanna ecosystem function data in the Brazilian savanna (Cerrado)
, 2021 This data set includes monthly climate variables, two years of litterfall, leaf and fine wood decomposition rates, soil mesofauna diversity and abundance, and 16 soil biogeochemical variables from a savanna ecosystem (cerrado sensu stricto) in the ...
Bomfim, B (via Mendeley Data)
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 The degree to which grassland aboveground biomass responds to climatic variability (e.g. annual and growing season precipitation and temperature) as well as management practices (e.g.
Md Lokman Hossain, Jianfeng Li
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Applying adaptive management in resource use in South African National Parks: A case study approach
Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2011 South African National Parks (SANParks) has a history of formal and informal natural resource use that is characterised by polarised views on national conservation interests and benefits to communities. Current efforts aim to determine the sustainability
Kelly Scheepers +2 more
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Differential Responses of Small Mammals to Woody Encroachment in a Semi-Arid Grassland
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Encroachment by woody invasive plants is a major threat to grasslands and savannah ecosystems worldwide. Rodents, being primary consumers, are likely to be the first to respond to changes in the structure and composition of native vegetation. We examined
Chetan Misher +5 more
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Prediction and scale in savanna ecosystems [PDF]
New Phytologist, 2017 Contents Summary 52 I. Introduction 52 II. Determinants of savanna vegetation structure 53 III. Are trees in savannas really more heterogeneous? 53 IV. Are trees in savannas a ‘slow’ variable? 54 V. Are trees in savannas spatially patterned? 55 VI. Conclusions 55 Acknowledgements 55 References 56 SummarySavannas are
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Fire drives abandoned pastures to a savanna-like state in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 2020 Most tropical forests are threatened by a myriad of human-induced disturbances, associated with land use changes, altered fire regimes and direct deforestation. The combined effect of multiple disturbances can shift forests towards a new, resilient state
Jerônimo B.B Sansevero +4 more
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MONITORING PHENOLOGICAL VARIABILITY ACROSS A TROPICAL SAVANNA ARIDITY GRADIENT WITH REMOTE SENSING ACROSS SEASONAL TO ANNUALAND EXTREME EVENTS [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2012 Tropical savannas are key components of the global carbon and water cycles and understanding their functioning is critical to understanding ecosystem feedbacks to global climate.
A. Huete +5 more
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