Grazing lawns are a distinct grassland community type, characterised by short‐stature and
with their persistence and spread promoted by grazing. In Africa, they reveal a long co …

As soil engineers, termites play a key role in the functioning of many tropical and subtropical
ecosystems. This reviews assesses advances in our knowledge of the beneficial influences …

Self-organized spatial vegetation patterning is widespread and has been described using
models of scale-dependent feedback between plants and water on homogeneous …

Indirect effects of large mammalian herbivores (LMH), while much less studied than those of
apex predators, are increasingly recognized to exert powerful influences on communities …

Rangeland management, like most disciplines of natural resource management, has been
characterized by human efforts to reduce variability and increase predictability in natural …

Land use and climate change could have huge impacts on food security and the health of
various ecosystems. Leaf nitrogen (N) and above-ground biomass are some of the key …

African savannas are undergoing management intensification, and decision makers are
increasingly challenged to balance the needs of large herbivore populations with the …

The regional mapping of grass nutrients is of interest in the sustainable planning and
management of livestock and wildlife grazing. The objective of this study was to estimate …

Assessing plant nutrient limitation is a fundamental part of understanding grassland
dynamics. The ratio of concentrations of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in vegetation has …

Savanna covers about two-thirds of Africa, with forage quantity and quality being important
factors determining the distribution and density of wildlife and domestic stock. Testing …