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Wildlife Conservation in Tropical Savanna Ecosystems [PDF]

Scientifica, 2019
Edson Gandiwa, Never Muboko, John F. Mupangwa   +2 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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Thicket Formation and Light Limitation Drive Patch‐Scale Vegetation Transitions in a Subtropical Savanna [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Bush encroachment, in which C3 woody vegetation invades historically C4 grass‐dominated landscapes, is common in savannas worldwide. This process may lead to changes in the balance of tree and herbaceous species as well as transitions from open savannas ...
Marina R. Khoza, Susanne Vetter
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Ecosystem structural changes controlled by altered rainfall climatology in tropical savannas

Nature Communications, 2019
Changing rainfall patterns may drive changes in the structure of tropical savanna. Here Zhang et al. use satellite data from global tropical savannas, and find evidence to suggest that altered rainfall may be favouring woody plants over herbaceous plants
Wenmin Zhang, Martin Stefan Brandt, Josep Peñuelas   +2 more
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Nitrogen compounds emission and deposition in West African ecosystems: comparison between wet and dry savanna [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2012
Surface emission and deposition fluxes of reactive nitrogen compounds have been studied in five sites of West Africa during the period 2002 to 2007. Measurements of N deposition fluxes have been performed in IDAF sites representative of main west and ...
C. Delon, C. Galy-Lacaux, M. Adon, C. Liousse, D. Serça, B. Diop, A. Akpo   +6 more
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Allometric models for aboveground biomass estimation of small trees and shrubs in African savanna ecosystems

Trees, Forests and People, 2023
Quantification of plant biomass and carbon in ecosystems is critical for establishing climate change mitigation potential. For large trees in various ecosystems, allometric models for estimating biomass have been developed but few biomass equations exist
Antonia Nyamukuru, Cory Whitney, John R.S. Tabuti, Josephine Esaete, Matthew Low   +4 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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In Case of Fire, Escape or Die: A Trait-Based Approach for Identifying Animal Species Threatened by Fire

Fire, 2023
Recent studies have argued that changes in fire regimes in the 21st century are posing a major threat to global biodiversity. In this scenario, incorporating species’ physiological, ecological, and evolutionary traits with their local fire exposure might
Eugênia K. L. Batista, José E. C. Figueira, Ricardo R. C. Solar, Cristiano S. de Azevedo, Marina V. Beirão, Christian N. Berlinck, Reuber A. Brandão, Flávio S. de Castro, Henrique C. Costa, Lílian M. Costa, Rodrigo M. Feitosa, André V. L. Freitas, Guilherme H. S. Freitas, Conrado A. B. Galdino, José E. Santos Júnior, Felipe S. Leite, Leonardo Lopes, Sandra Ludwig, Maria C. do Nascimento, Daniel Negreiros, Yumi Oki, Henrique Paprocki, Lucas N. Perillo, Fernando A. Perini, Fernando M. Resende, Augusto H. B. Rosa, Luiz F. Salvador, Larissa M. Silva, Luis F. Silveira, Og DeSouza, Emerson M. Vieira, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes   +31 more
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