Variation in vegetation cover and seedling performance of tree species in a forest-savanna ecotone
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DOI: 10.1017/s0266467418000469
Abstract: Abstract Differential tree seedling recruitment across forest-savanna ecotones is poorly understood, but hypothesized to be influenced by vegetation cover and associated factors. In a 3-y-long field transplant experiment in the forest-savanna ecotone of Ghana, we… read more here.
Keywords: savanna; performance; vegetation cover; forest savanna ... See more keywords
A distinct ecotonal tree community exists at central African forest–savanna transitions
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DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13549
Abstract: Global change is expected to increase savanna woody encroachment as well as fire spreading into forest. Forest–savanna ecotones are the frontier of these processes and can thus either mitigate or enhance the effects of global… read more here.
Keywords: savanna; ecotonal tree; tree community; forest savanna ... See more keywords
Fire refugia facilitate forest and savanna co‐existence as alternative stable states
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DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13707
Abstract: Does complex topography facilitate the establishment and persistence of fire‐sensitive (forest) vegetation in a fire‐prone landscape? We test the prediction that fire‐sensitive vegetation will establish and persist in areas where the fire return interval is… read more here.
Keywords: refugia facilitate; fire refugia; facilitate forest; facilitate ... See more keywords
Spatial-temporal dynamics of neotropical velvet ant (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) communities along a forest-savanna gradient
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187142
Abstract: Understanding how and why biological communities are organized over space and time is a major challenge and can aid biodiversity conservation in times of global changes. Herein, spatial-temporal variation in the structure of velvet ant… read more here.
Keywords: forest savanna; spatial temporal; along forest; velvet ... See more keywords