| Frequent fire affects soil nitrogen and carbon in an African savanna by changing woody cover C Coetsee, WJ Bond, EC February Oecologia 162, 1027-1034, 2010 | 118 | 2010 |
| 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 | 77 | 2016 |
| Repeated fire shifts carbon and nitrogen cycling by changing plant inputs and soil decomposition across ecosystems AFA Pellegrini, SE Hobbie, PB Reich, A Jumpponen, ENJ Brookshire, ... Ecological Monographs 90 (4), e01409, 2020 | 74 | 2020 |
| Do grazers alter nitrogen dynamics on grazing lawns in a South African savannah? C Coetsee, WD Stock, JM Craine African Journal of Ecology 49 (1), 62-69, 2011 | 65 | 2011 |
| 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 | 63 | 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 | 62 | 2020 |
| Decadal changes in fire frequencies shift tree communities and functional traits AFA Pellegrini, T Refsland, C Averill, C Terrer, AC Staver, DG Brockway, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 5 (4), 504-512, 2021 | 60 | 2021 |
| 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 | 59 | 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 | 57 | 2020 |
| Limited increases in savanna carbon stocks over decades of fire suppression Y Zhou, J Singh, JR Butnor, C Coetsee, PB Boucher, MF Case, ... Nature 603 (7901), 445-449, 2022 | 55 | 2022 |
| Grazer movements exacerbate grass declines during drought in an African savanna AC Staver, C Wigley‐Coetsee, J Botha Journal of Ecology 107 (3), 1482-1491, 2019 | 52 | 2019 |
| Severe drought limits trees in a semi‐arid savanna MF Case, C Wigley‐Coetsee, N Nzima, PF Scogings, AC Staver Ecology 100 (11), e02842, 2019 | 49 | 2019 |
| 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 |
| Nitrogen availability is not affected by frequent fire in a South African savanna C Coetsee, EC February, WJ Bond Journal of Tropical Ecology 24 (6), 647-654, 2008 | 39 | 2008 |
| 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 |
| Pyromineralization of soil phosphorus in a South African savanna AS Hartshorn, C Coetsee, OA Chadwick Chemical Geology 267 (1-2), 24-31, 2009 | 35 | 2009 |
| Grass community responses to drought in an African savanna C Wigley-Coetsee, AC Staver African Journal of Range & Forage Science 37 (1), 43-52, 2020 | 32 | 2020 |
| 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 |
