Rainfall, fire and large‐mammal‐induced drivers of Vachellia drepanolobium establishment: Implications for woody plant encroachment in Maswa, Tanzania

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Houssein Samwel Kimaro ◽  
Anna C. Treydte
Keyword(s):  
Woody Plant ◽  
Woody Plant Encroachment ◽  
Large Mammal

Conservation and Restoration of Grasslands

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. Wilsey
Keyword(s):  
Community Assembly ◽  
Woody Plants ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
Priority Effects ◽  
Woody Plant Encroachment ◽  
Humpty Dumpty ◽  
Alternate States ◽  
Density And Biomass ◽  
Acid Test ◽  
Stocking Rates

Conservation programs alter herbivore stocking rates and find and protect the remaining areas that have not been plowed or converted to crops. Restoration is an ‘Acid Test’ for ecology. If we fully understand how grassland systems function and assemble after disturbance, then it should be easy to restore them after they have been degraded or destroyed. Alternatively, the idea that restorations will not be equivalent to remnants has been termed the ‘Humpty Dumpty’ hypothesis—once lost, it cannot be put back together again. Community assembly may follow rules, and if these rules are uncovered, then we may be able to accurately predict final species composition after assembly. Priority effects are sometimes found depending on species arrival orders, and they can result in alternate states. Woody plant encroachment is the increase in density and biomass of woody plants, and it is strongly affecting grassland C and water cycles.

scholarly journals Drivers of woody plant encroachment over Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. S. Venter ◽  
M. D. Cramer ◽  
H.-J. Hawkins
Keyword(s):  
Woody Plant ◽  
Woody Plant Encroachment

Woody plant encroachment into coastal grasslands: consequences for soil properties and plant diversity

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Kinnebrew ◽  
Lena K. Champlin ◽  
Gillian L. Galford ◽  
Christopher Neill
Keyword(s):  
Soil Properties ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
Woody Plant Encroachment

A long-term perspective on woody plant encroachment in the desert southwest, New Mexico, USA

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 829-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Brunelle ◽  
T.A. Minckley ◽  
J. Delgadillo ◽  
S. Blissett
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
Woody Plant Encroachment ◽  
Desert Southwest

Emerging frameworks for understanding and mitigating woody plant encroachment in grassy biomes

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 46-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradford P Wilcox ◽  
Andrew Birt ◽  
Samuel D Fuhlendorf ◽  
Steven R Archer
Keyword(s):  
Woody Plant ◽  
Woody Plant Encroachment

scholarly journals The rising Great Plains fire campaign: citizens' response to woody plant encroachment

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (s1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirac Twidwell ◽  
William E Rogers ◽  
Samuel D Fuhlendorf ◽  
Carissa L Wonkka ◽  
David M Engle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great Plains ◽  
Woody Plant ◽  
Woody Plant Encroachment
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