The grassy ecosystems of Madagascar in context: Ecology, evolution, and conservation

JA Silander Jr, WJ Bond, J Ratsirarson - Plants, People, Planet, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement Madagascar is famous for its unique forests and their fauna. Most
of the island is covered by flammable grassy ecosystems long considered to be of human …

How expansive were Malagasy Central Highland forests, ericoids, woodlands and grasslands? A multidisciplinary approach to a conservation conundrum

GS Joseph, AR Rakotoarivelo, CL Seymour - Biological Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
Madagascar is the world's highest profile conservation priority. Yet the natural habitat of its
largest biome, the 200,000 km 2 Malagasy Central Highlands (MCH) remains one of the …

Seeing beyond the frames we inherit: A challenge to tenacious conservation narratives

SM Chignell, T Satterfield - People and Nature, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Natural and social scientists everywhere are struggling to understand how to proceed in the
face of continued biodiversity loss and the injustices brought upon people living in and …

Madagascar's grassy biomes are ancient and there is much to learn about their ecology and evolution

WJ Bond, JA Silander, J Ratsirarson - Journal of Biogeography, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
For most of the 20th century, the hypothesis was accepted that Madagascar's extensive
grass‐dominated ecosystems were of anthropogenic origin, carved out of pristine forests …

Spatio-temporal prediction of climate and wildfire in Hugumbrda Grat-Kahsu forest, Tigray: priority for early warning

H Abrha, S Dodiomon, V Ongoma… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Ethiopia's forest fires are causing biodiversity loss and ecosystem destruction, highlighting
the need for preventative measures. However, there is limited knowledge regarding the …

Collaborative agent-based modeling for managing shrub encroachment in an Afroalpine grassland

C Steger, RB Boone, BW Dullo, P Evangelista… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
We co-designed an agent-based model of an Afroalpine grassland in Ethiopia that is
experiencing unwanted shrub encroachment. The goal was to enable managers of a …

Late Pleistocene and Holocene Afromontane vegetation and headwater wetland dynamics within the Eastern Mau Forest, Kenya

EN Githumbi, CJ Courtney Mustaphi… - Journal of Quaternary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The Mau Forest Complex is Kenya's largest fragment of Afromontane forest,
providing critical ecosystem services, and has been subject to intense land use changes …

[HTML][HTML] An hourly ground temperature dataset for 16 high-elevation sites (3493–4377 m asl) in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia (2017–2020)

AR Groos, J Niederhauser, B Lemma… - Earth System …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
Tropical mountains and highlands in Africa are under pressure because of anthropogenic
climate and land-use change. To determine the impacts on the afro-alpine environment and …

[HTML][HTML] A Holocene temperature (brGDGT) record from Garba Guracha, a high-altitude lake in Ethiopia

L Bittner, C De Jonge, G Gil-Romera… - Biogeosciences …, 2022 - bg.copernicus.org
Eastern Africa has experienced strong climatic changes since the last deglaciation (15 000
years ago). The driving mechanisms and teleconnections of these spatially complex climate …

[HTML][HTML] Ericaceous vegetation of the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia will prevail in the face of climate change

YO Kidane, S Hoffmann, A Jaeschke, M Beloiu… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change impacts the structure, functioning, and distribution of species and
ecosystems. It will shift ecosystem boundaries, potentially affecting vulnerable ecosystems …