Thicket expansion in a South African savanna under divergent land use: local vs. global drivers? BJ Wigley, WJ Bond, MT Hoffman Global Change Biology 16 (3), 964-976, 2010 | 378 | 2010 |
Bush encroachment under three contrasting land‐use practices in a mesic South African savanna BJ Wigley, WJ Bond, MT Hoffman african Journal of Ecology 47, 62-70, 2009 | 177 | 2009 |
Sapling survival in a frequently burnt savanna: mobilisation of carbon reserves in Acacia karroo BJ Wigley, MD Cramer, WJ Bond Plant Ecology 203, 1-11, 2009 | 100 | 2009 |
Leaf traits of African woody savanna species across climate and soil fertility gradients: evidence for conservative versus acquisitive resource‐use strategies BJ Wigley, JA Slingsby, S Diaz, WJ Bond, H Fritz, C Coetsee Journal of Ecology 104 (5), 1357-1369, 2016 | 75 | 2016 |
Herbivores shape woody plant communities in the Kruger National Park: lessons from three long-term exclosures BJ Wigley, C Coetsee, H Fritz, WJ Bond Koedoe: African protected area conservation and science 56 (1), 1-12, 2014 | 62 | 2014 |
Rooting depth as a key woody functional trait in savannas Y Zhou, BJ Wigley, MF Case, C Coetsee, AC Staver New Phytologist 227 (5), 1350-1361, 2020 | 58 | 2020 |
A handbook for the standardised sampling of plant functional traits in disturbance-prone ecosystems, with a focus on open ecosystems BJ Wigley, T Charles-Dominique, GP Hempson, N Stevens, M TeBeest, ... Australian Journal of Botany 68 (8), 473-531, 2020 | 56 | 2020 |
Grasses continue to trump trees at soil carbon sequestration following herbivore exclusion in a semiarid African savanna BJ Wigley, DJ Augustine, C Coetsee, J Ratnam, M Sankaran Ecology 101 (5), e03008, 2020 | 56 | 2020 |
Low gains in ecosystem carbon with woody plant encroachment in a South African savanna C Coetsee, EF Gray, J Wakeling, BJ Wigley, WJ Bond Journal of Tropical Ecology 29 (1), 49-60, 2013 | 46 | 2013 |
What do ecologists miss by not digging deep enough? Insights and methodological guidelines for assessing soil fertility status in ecological studies BJ Wigley, C Coetsee, AS Hartshorn, WJ Bond Acta Oecologica 51, 17-27, 2013 | 44 | 2013 |
Forest and fynbos are alternative states on the same nutrient poor geological substrate C Coetsee, WJ Bond, BJ Wigley South African Journal of Botany 101, 57-65, 2015 | 37 | 2015 |
Defence strategies in African savanna trees BJ Wigley, H Fritz, C Coetsee Oecologia 187, 797-809, 2018 | 35 | 2018 |
Mammal Browsers and Rainfall Affect Acacia Leaf Nutrient Content, Defense, and Growth in South African Savannas BJ Wigley, WJ Bond, H Fritz, C Coetsee Biotropica 47 (2), 190-200, 2015 | 31 | 2015 |
Virgilia divaricate may facilitate forest expansion in the afrotemperate forests of the southern Cape, South Africa C Coetsee, BJ Wigley Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science 55 (1), 1-8, 2013 | 28 | 2013 |
A thorny issue: Woody plant defence and growth in an East African savanna BJ Wigley, C Coetsee, DJ Augustine, J Ratnam, D Hattas, M Sankaran Journal of Ecology 107 (4), 1839-1851, 2019 | 26 | 2019 |
Could drought constrain woody encroachers in savannas? MF Case, BJ Wigley, C Wigley-Coetsee, A Carla Staver African Journal of Range & Forage Science 37 (1), 19-29, 2020 | 22 | 2020 |
Root trait variation in African savannas BJ Wigley, AC Staver, R Zytkowiak, AM Jagodzinski, C Wigley-Coetsee Plant and Soil 441, 555-565, 2019 | 22 | 2019 |
Physiological traits of savanna woody species: Adaptations to resource availability EC February, C Coetsee, GD Cook, J Ratnam, B Wigley Savanna woody plants and large herbivores, 309-329, 2019 | 17 | 2019 |
Ants, fire, and bark traits affect how African savanna trees recover following damage BJ Wigley, C Coetsee, LM Kruger, J Ratnam, M Sankaran Biotropica, 2019 | 14 | 2019 |
Large herbivores maintain a two‐phase herbaceous vegetation mosaic in a semi‐arid savanna DJ Augustine, BJ Wigley, J Ratnam, S Kibet, M Nyangito, M Sankaran Ecology and Evolution 9 (22), 12779-12788, 2019 | 13 | 2019 |