Plant defences as functional traits: A comparison across savannas differing in herbivore specialization

TJ Massad - Journal of Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Top‐down and bottom‐up forces in tropical savannas have shaped the evolution of traits
that enable plants to thrive in environments where soils are poor, dry seasons are long, fire …

Functional traits and symbiotic associations of geoxyles and trees explain the dominance of detarioid legumes in miombo ecosystems

AL Gomes, R Revermann, P Meller… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The miombo region in Africa is covered by a mosaic of woodlands and geoxylic grasslands
and is subject to disturbances such as fires, frost and drought, and low nutrient availability …

Savannah trees attract more migratory bird species than residents, but why?

L Zwarts, RG Bijlsma, J van der Kamp - Ardea, 2023 - BioOne
Arboreal bird species occurring in the wide transient zone between Sahara and tropical rain
forest are unequally distributed across the rainfall zones. As this also holds for the woody …

Isotopic variance among plant lipid homologues correlates with biodiversity patterns of their source communities

CR Magill, G Eglinton, TI Eglinton - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Plant diversity is important to human welfare worldwide, and this importance is exemplified
in subtropical and tropical [(sub) tropical] African savannahs where regional biodiversity …

Sexual segregation in foraging giraffe

RP Mramba, O Mahenya, A Siyaya, KM Mathisen… - Acta Oecologica, 2017 - Elsevier
Sexual segregation in giraffe is known to vary between savannas. In this study, we
compared sexual segregation in giraffe in one nutrient-rich savanna, the Serengeti National …

Hyperspectral assessment of ecophysiological functioning for diagnostics of crops and vegetation

Y Inoue, R Darvishzadeh… - … Characterization and Plant …, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Scientific backgrounds, methodologies, and insights for the use of hyperspectral data for
assessment of ecophysiological functioning are discussed based on a wide range of case …

Trait divergence of woody species in relation to affinity for termite mounds in Upper Katanga (DR Congo)

F Cuma Mushagalusa, D Bauman… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Question Do functional traits vary in relation to affinity for termite mounds in trees of dry
tropical woodlands? Location North of the Zambezian Region, Plain of Lubumbashi, Upper …

[PDF][PDF] Browsing by giraffe in heterogeneous savanna

OJ Mahenya - 2017 - brage.inn.no
Understanding foraging behaviour of wild animals is an important step for wildlife
management and conservation and for learning the animal's role in the ecosystem. I used …

Modeling the future tree distribution in a South African Savanna ecosystem: an agent-based model approach

UA Lenfers, N Ahmady-Moghaddam, D Glake, F Ocker… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Understanding the dynamics of tree species and their demography is necessary for
predicting future developments in savanna ecosystems. In this contribution, elephant-tree …

Proboscidea Diet

B Toddes - Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
Packet theory (Kirkpatrick 2002; Kirkpatrick and Church 2003) was originally developed to
provide a bridge between classical conditioning and interval timing. These two fields …