1. Treeless grasslands with climates that can support tree growth are common in upland regions around the world. In South Africa, the upland grasslands are adjacent to lowland savannas in many areas, ...

Question: In seasonal rainfall systems, seed dormancy is a strategy to avoid germination and seedling emergence in the dry season. Grass species in Brazilian savannas (Cerrado) show variation in seed ...

Lately, I have been spending more time in the field, and I continue to be captivated by observing plants in their natural habitats. As a teenager, I was already fascinated by plants and animals, but ...

Global vegetation models predict the spread of woody vegetation in African savannas and grasslands under future climate scenarios, but they operate too broadly to consider hillslope-scale variations ...

What do large herbivores like elephants and zebras eat? And if – as researchers assumed — they eat many of the same things, then how do they share the spread of grasses and other plants across the ...

In 2011, satellite images of the African savannas revealed a mystery: these rolling grasslands, with their heavy rainfalls and spells of drought, were home to significantly fewer trees than ...

Biopact informs us that Namibia has an innovative plan to deal with the “plague” of “invader bush” encroaching on the country’s southwest African savanna pasturelands. Government officials hope to ...

There are a few annoyances created when spring and summer rainfall is measured in feet rather than inches — and, as mentioned in this space on Wednesday, the rain in May and June around here ...

The team ultimately collected 292 dung samples from dik-diks (a type of antelope)and six other species. What do large herbivores like elephants and zebras eat? And if – as researchers assumed — they ...

What do large herbivores like elephants and zebras eat? And if – as researchers assumed — they eat many of the same things, then how do they share the spread of grasses and other plants across the ...