Within-population isotopic niche variability in savanna mammals: disparity between carnivores and herbivores

D Codron, J Codron, M Sponheimer… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
carnivore populations. Our results reveal generally narrower isotopic niche breadths in
herbivore than carnivore … differentiation across individuals within herbivore species. While these …

The past, present, and future of herbivore impacts on savanna vegetation

AC Staver, JO Abraham, GP Hempson… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… of herbivore experiments established in African savannas, of whether herbivore abundance
and abiotic environment are primary determinants of the severity of herbivore impacts on …

Rainfall, soil nutrient status and biomass of large African savanna mammals

R East - African journal of Ecology, 1984 - Wiley Online Library
… Large carnivore biomass is positively correlated with rainfall in arid/eutrophic … This implied
that under natural conditions large savanna herbivore populations reach levels close to the …

Herbivores, resources and risks: alternating regulation along primary environmental gradients in savannas

JGC Hopcraft, H Olff, ARE Sinclair - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2010 - cell.com
… Here, we use large herbivore assemblages in African savanna … not all carnivores can
consume all species of herbivore, and not all herbivores are equally susceptible to all carnivores. …

[HTML][HTML] Responses of mammalian carnivores to land use in arid savanna rangelands

N Blaum, E Rossmanith, M Schwager… - Basic and Applied …, 2007 - Elsevier
… Diversity of carnivores was best predicted by shrub cover (R 2 >0.7, p < 0.001 ) indicating …
diversity of savanna landscape and in consequence sustain diversity of small carnivores and …

The spatial distribution of African savannah herbivores: species associations and habitat occupancy in a landscape context

TM Anderson, S White, B Davis… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… the structure and function of tropical savannahs. Here, we (i) … mammalian herbivores,
carnivores and environmental variation influence herbivore habitat occupancy in tropical savannahs

The influence of large herbivores on savanna structure in Africa

DHM Cumming - Ecology of tropical savannas, 1982 - Springer
… wild, herbivores on vegetation and other facets of savanna structure. The term savanna is
used in a … between the plant and its herbivorous predators. In some cases the depredations of …

Movement ecology of large herbivores in African savannas: current knowledge and gaps

N Owen‐Smith, G Hopcraft, T Morrison… - Mammal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… on large herbivores occupying African savanna … These savanna ecosystems uniquely retain
a diverse mix of grazing, browsing, and mixed-feeding herbivores, plus the large carnivores

Evolution of large mammal herbivores in savannas

D Codron - Savanna woody plants and large herbivores, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter summarizes data from the rich fossil record of Cainozoic mammal herbivores to
compare evolutionary diversification across feeding guilds and, in particular, to show how …

Termites, large herbivores, and herbaceous plant dominance structure small mammal communities in savannahs

P Okullo, PMK Greve, SR Moe - Ecosystems, 2013 - Springer
… risk of small mammals substantially. We also predicted the cascading effect of large herbivores
on small mammal richness and diversity to be greater in low-productive savannah than in …