The principal drivers of Grassland Biome conversion and degradation in South Africa
include agricultural intensification, plantation forestry, urban expansion and mining, together …

For the past century, woody plants have increased in grasslands and savannas worldwide.
Woody encroachment may significantly alter ecosystem functioning including fire regimes …

Globally, but especially in Africa, increasing human populations and anthropogenic land-
use change are generally affecting diversity negatively. Urban environments in southern …

The distribution of public green space within towns is frequently uneven, and influenced by
attributes such as its location relative to the commercial core, as well as the ethnicity and …

The regional mapping of grass nutrients is of interest in the sustainable planning and
management of livestock and wildlife grazing. The objective of this study was to estimate …

The amount and spatial distribution of forest aboveground biomass (AGB) were estimated
using a range of regionally developed methods using Earth Observation data for Poland …

Hunter-gatherer exchange networks dampen subsistence and reproductive risks by building
relationships of mutual support outside local groups that are underwritten by symbolic gift …

Despite agricultural land abandonment threatening the food security and the livelihoods of
smallholder farmers, it is pervasive globally and in developing countries. Yet land …

Climate change, land cover change and the over–abstraction of groundwater threaten the
existence of Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems (GDE), despite these environments being …

Abstract Africa's Middle Stone Age preserves sporadic evidence for novel behaviours
among early modern humans, prompting a range of questions about the influence of social …