Fire and herbivory are the two consumers of above-ground biomass globally. They have
contrasting impacts as they differ in terms of selectivity and temporal occurrence. Here, we …

This Review assesses the adequacy of current stewardship strategies to address the
accelerating challenges confronting global rangeland systems. The assessment was …

Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) can live in extremely harsh environments and subsist on
submaintenance diets for much of the year. Under these conditions, energy stored as body …

Dimensions of tree root systems in savannas are poorly understood, despite being essential
in resource acquisition and post‐disturbance recovery. We studied tree rooting patterns in …

Despite the size of the informal small-scale farming sector and its livestock holdings in South
Africa, there has been little detailed work to assess how livestock populations are affected by …

Nonequilibrium ecology and resilience theory have transformed rangeland ecology and
management by challenging the traditional assumptions of ecological stability and linear …

In the past decades, social-ecological systems (SESs) worldwide have undergone dramatic
transformations with often detrimental consequences for livelihoods. Although resilience …

This review article explores past, present and possible future drivers of change in Karoo
social-ecological systems. Biogeographically, the Karoo comprises the arid Succulent Karoo …

Warming of the Arctic has resulted in earlier snowmelt and green‐up of plants in spring,
potentially disrupting the synchrony between plant phenology and breeding phenology in …

Human activities are transforming grassland biomass via changing climate, elemental
nutrients, and herbivory. Theory predicts that food-limited herbivores will consume any …