Influence of soil, tree cover and large herbivores on field layer vegetation along a savanna landscape gradient in northern Botswana

PA Aarrestad, GS Masunga, H Hytteborn… - Journal of Arid …, 2011 - Elsevier
The response of the field layer vegetation to co-varying resource availability (soil nutrients,
light) and resource loss (herbivory pressure) was investigated along a landscape gradient …

Soil as controller of and responder to elephant activity

C Skarpe, G Masunga, PA Aarrestad… - … Ecosystems: A Study …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Soil type is the most important controller in the Chobe ecosystem, influencing substrate
(vegetation) quantity and quality, and through it, the activity of the agent (elephants), the …