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List of works by William J. Bond

A changing climate is eroding the geographical range of the Namib Desert tree Aloe through population declines and dispersal lags

scientific article (publication date: 26 July 2007)

A continent-wide assessment of the form and intensity of large mammal herbivory in Africa

scientific article published on November 2015

A distinct ecotonal tree community exists at central African forest–savanna transitions

scientific article

A proposed CO2-controlled mechanism of woody plant invasion in grasslands and savannas

article

A repeat photograph analysis of long-term vegetation change in semi-arid South Africa in response to land use and climate

article

A research agenda for the restoration of tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas

scientific article

Acacia species turnover in space and time in an African savanna

article

Age determination of two South African Acacia species using ring counts and radiocarbon dating

article

Alien Species and Fire

article

Alternative Biome States in Terrestrial Ecosystems

scientific article published on 06 January 2020

Alternative biome states challenge the modelling of species' niche shifts under climate change

scientific article

Are forest‐shrubland mosaics of the Cape Floristic Region an example of alternate stable states?

scientific article published in 2018

Belowground competitive suppression of seedling growth by grass in an African savanna

article

Bet‐hedging and best‐bet strategies shape seed dormancy

scientific article published in 2022

Beyond the forest edge: Ecology, diversity and conservation of the grassy biomes

article

Biome Awareness Disparity is BAD for tropical ecosystem conservation and restoration

scientific article

Biome boundary maintained by intense belowground resource competition in world’s thinnest-rooted plant community

scientific article published on 14 February 2022

Browsing and fire interact to suppress tree density in an African savanna

scientific article published in October 2009

Bud protection: a key trait for species sorting in a forest-savanna mosaic

scientific article published on 9 April 2015

CO2 enrichment does not entirely ameliorate Vachellia karroo drought inhibition: A missing mechanism explaining savanna bush encroachment

Carbon dioxide and the uneasy interactions of trees and savannah grasses

scientific article (publication date: 19 February 2012)

Cascading biodiversity and functional consequences of a global change-induced biome switch

scientific article (publication date: 22 February 2012)

Challenges in the Quest for Keystones

article

Climate, Fire and Geology in the Convergence of Mediterranean-type Climate Ecosystems

article

Comment on "The extent of forest in dryland biomes".

scientific article published in November 2017

Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"

scientific article published in October 2019

Convergent seed germination in South African fynbos and Californian chaparral

article

Dead leaves and fire survival in Southern African tree aloes

scientific article published in April 1983

Deciphering the distribution of the savanna biome

scientific article published on 4 April 2011

Defoliation depletes the carbohydrate reserves of resprouting Acacia saplings in an African savanna

article

Desertification of the eastern Karoo, South Africa: Conflicting paleoecological, historical, and soil isotopic evidence.

scientific article published on January 1995

Determinants of Plant Distribution: Evidence from Pine Invasions

article

Diverse functional responses to drought in a Mediterranean-type shrubland in South Africa.

scientific article

Diversification of C(4) grasses (Poaceae) does not coincide with their ecological dominance

scientific article published on 8 February 2014

Do browsing elephants damage female trees more?

article

Do nutrient-poor soils inhibit development of forests? A nutrient stock analysis

article

Does a tradeoff between trait plasticity and resource conservatism contribute to the maintenance of alternative stable states?

scientific article published on 06 July 2019

ECOLOGY. Ancient grasslands at risk.

scientific article published in January 2016

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON A GLOBAL RELATIONSHIP AMONG LEAF AND ROOT TRAITS OF GRASSES

article

Ecological Engineering by a Mega-Grazer: White Rhino Impacts on a South African Savanna

article

Ecology of grazing lawns in Africa.

scientific article

Ecology of sprouting in woody plants: the persistence niche.

scientific article published in January 2001

Ecology. Keystone species--hunting the snark?

scientific article

Effects of fire and herbivory on the stability of savanna ecosystems

article

Effects of four decades of fire manipulation on woody vegetation structure in Savanna

scientific article

Effects of harvesting flowers from shrubs on the persistence and abundance of wild shrub populations at multiple spatial extents

scientific article published in February 2011

Effects of short-term intensive trampling on Karoo vegetation

Environmental correlates of biome-level floristic turnover in South Africa

article

Environmental stochasticity cannot save declining populations

article

Evidence for rapid faunal changes on islands in a man-made lake : I. Ants

scientific article

Evidence for widespread pollen limitation of fruiting success in Cape wildflowers.

scientific article

Experimental evidence for heat plume-induced cavitation and xylem deformation as a mechanism of rapid post-fire tree mortality.

scientific article

Feedbacks in ecology and evolution

scientific article published in August 2022

Fire and the Angiosperm Revolutions

article

Fire and the spread of flowering plants in the Cretaceous ⬇️

scientific article published on September 2, 2010

Fire as a global 'herbivore': the ecology and evolution of flammable ecosystems.

scientific article

Fire as an evolutionary pressure shaping plant traits

scientific article published on 14 May 2011

Fire frequency filters species by bark traits in a savanna-forest mosaic

Fire in Mediterranean Ecosystems

article

Fire in the Earth system

scientific article

Fire life histories and the seeds of chaos

article

Fire refugia facilitate forest and savanna co‐existence as alternative stable states

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Fire, resprouting and variability: a recipe for grass-tree coexistence in savanna

article

Fires in the Cenozoic: a late flowering of flammable ecosystems

scientific article

Flammable Australia. Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World by Ross. A. Bradstock, A. Malcolm Gill and Richard J. Williams, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, 2012. xi + 333 pp. Price A$79.95 (paperback; also available as an eBook

scientific article published in 2013

Frequent fire affects soil nitrogen and carbon in an African savanna by changing woody cover.

scientific article published on 7 March 2010

Future Spatial Pattern of South African Acacia Trees

article

Future of African terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystems under anthropogenic climate change

article

Gap characteristics and replacement patterns in the Knysna Forest, South Africa

article

Genetic variation in an endangered cedar (Widdringtonia cedarbergensis) versus two congeneric species

article

Grass Species Flammability, Not Biomass, Drives Changes in Fire Behavior at Tropical Forest-Savanna Transitions

scientific article published on 09 November 2018

Grassy Ecosystems in the Anthropocene

scientific article published in 2022

Growing tall vs growing wide: tree architecture and allometry of Acacia karroo in forest, savanna, and arid environments

article

Growth of N2-fixing African savanna Acacia species is constrained by below-ground competition with grass

article

Habitat dependent pollination success in a Cape orchid

article

Herbivore and nutrient control of lawn and bunch grass distributions in a southern African savanna

article

Herbivore population regulation and resource heterogeneity in a stochastic environment

scientific article

Herbivores shape woody plant communities in the Kruger National Park: Lessons from three long-term exclosures

article

History matters: tree establishment variability and species turnover in an African savanna

article

Human impacts in African savannas are mediated by plant functional traits

article

Humboldt and the reinvention of nature

article published in 2018

Increasing atmospheric CO2 overrides the historical legacy of multiple stable biome states in Africa

scientific article

Increasing temperatures can improve seedling establishment in arid-adapted savanna trees

scientific article

Influence of competition and rainfall manipulation on the growth responses of savanna trees and grasses.

scientific article published on May 2013

Introduction of giraffe changes acacia distribution in a South African savanna

article

Introduction to open ecosystems: a global anomaly and a local example

scientific article

Is the lack of leguminous savanna trees in grasslands of South Africa related to nutritional constraints?

article

Is there a ‘browse trap’? Dynamics of herbivore impacts on trees and grasses in an African savanna

article

Juggling carbon: allocation patterns of a dominant tree in a fire-prone savanna.

scientific article

Kill Thy Neighbour: An Individualistic Argument for the Evolution of Flammability

article

Large parts of the world are brown or black: A different view on the ‘Green World’ hypothesis

article

Leaf size and inflorescence size may be allometrically related traits

scientific article

Leaf traits of African woody savanna species across climate and soil fertility gradients: evidence for conservative versus acquisitive resource-use strategies

scientific article published in 2016

Lineage‐based functional types: characterising functional diversity to enhance the representation of ecological behaviour in Land Surface Models

scientific article published on 31 July 2020

Low gains in ecosystem carbon with woody plant encroachment in a South African savanna

article

Mammal Browsers and Rainfall AffectAcaciaLeaf Nutrient Content, Defense, and Growth in South African Savannas

article

Mismatches between demographic niches and geographic distributions are strongest in poorly dispersed and highly persistent plant species

scientific article published on 06 February 2020

Modelling direct and indirect impacts of browser consumption on woody plant growth: moving beyond biomass

article

Multiple routes underground? Frost alone cannot explain the evolution of underground trees

scientific article

Mutualisms matter: pollination rate limits the distribution of oil-secreting orchids

article

Myth‐busting tropical grassy biome restoration

scientific article

N-fertilization does not alleviate grass competition induced reduction of growth of African savanna species

article

Nitrogen availability is not affected by frequent fire in a South African savanna

article

Observations on the natural history of a savanna drought

scientific article published on 24 March 2020

On the Scale of the Terrestrial Recycling Pathways

scientific article published on 13 November 2020

On the Three Major Recycling Pathways in Terrestrial Ecosystems

scientific article published on 04 May 2020

Online appendix 1:Vegetation change (1988–2010) in Camdeboo National Park (South Africa), using fixed-point photo monitoring: The role of herbivory and climate ⬇️

scientific article published on 18 October 2013

Open Ecosystems: ecology and evolution beyond the forest edge

Out of the shadows: ecology of open ecosystems

scientific article published on 31 January 2022

Palaeoclimate-Induced Range Shifts May Explain Current Patterns of Spatial Genetic Variation in Renosterbos (Elytropappus rhinocerotis, Asteraceae)

scientific article published on May 2007

Palaeoclimate‐induced range shifts may explain current patterns of spatial genetic variation in renosterbos (<i>Elytropappus rhinocerotis</i>, Asteraceae)

scientific article published in 2007

Pathways of savannization in a mesic African savanna–forest mosaic following an extreme fire

scientific article published on 04 February 2022

Physically motivated empirical models for the spread and intensity of grass fires

article

Plant structural defences against browsing birds: a legacy of New Zealand's extinct moas

scientific article (publication date: March 2004)

Predicting extinction risks for plants: environmental stochasticity can save declining populations

article

Pushing back in time: the role of fire in plant evolution.

scientific article

Pyrogeography, historical ecology, and the human dimensions of fire regimes

article

Questioning the Alienation of Native Species from Invasion Ecology: A Reply to Tong et al.

scientific article published on 7 March 2018

Reforestation or conservation? The attributes of old growth grasslands in South Africa

scientific article

Regeneration failure and the potential importance of human disturbance in a subtropical forest

article

Resilience and restoration of tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and grassy woodlands

scientific article published on 24 September 2018

Revising the biome concept for understanding and predicting global change impacts

article

SPECIAL SECTION: LAND USE OPTIONS IN DRY TROPICAL WOODLAND ECOSYSTEMS IN ZIMBABWE

scholarly article by J Gambiza published in June 2000

Savanna fire and the origins of the 'underground forests' of Africa

scientific article

Savanna tree evolutionary ages inform the reconstruction of the paleoenvironment of our hominin ancestors

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

Savanna vegetation-fire-climate relationships differ among continents

scientific article

Savannas are vital but overlooked carbon sinks

Sedimentary charcoal studies from southern Africa’s grassy biomes: a potential resource for informing the management of fires and ecosystems

scientific article published on 15 February 2022

Seed dispersal kernel of the largest surviving megaherbivore-the African savanna elephant

article

Seed size and seedling emergence: an allometric relationship and some ecological implications.

scientific article published in July 1999

Seeing the grasslands through the trees--Response.

scientific article

Simply the best: the transition of savanna saplings to trees

article

Soil carbon in tropical savannas mostly derived from grasses

scientific article published in 2023

Soil nutrients in an African forest/savanna mosaic: Drivers or driven?

article

Spiny plants, mammal browsers, and the origin of African savannas.

scientific article published on 06 September 2016

Springs and wire plants: anachronistic defences against Madagascar's extinct elephant birds

scientific article (publication date: 22 August 2007)

Steal the light: shade vs fire adapted vegetation in forest-savanna mosaics.

scientific article published on 31 March 2018

Stem demography and post-fire recruitment of a resprouting serotinous conifer

article

Survival costs and reproductive benefits of floral display in a sexually dimorphic dioecious shrub, Leucadendron xanthoconus

article

TRY - a global database of plant traits

scientific article (publication date: 21 June 2011)

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Taxonomic, anatomical, and spatio-temporal variations in the stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of plants from an African savanna

article

Ten lessons for the conservation of African savannah ecosystems

article

Terrestrial carbon stocks and biodiversity: key knowledge gaps and some policy implications

article

The Nebulous Ecology of Native Invasions.

scientific article

The Reforestation of Africa?

article

The Role of Forest Elephants in Shaping Tropical Forest–Savanna Coexistence

scientific article published on 31 July 2019

The Trouble with Trees: Afforestation Plans for Africa

scientific article published on 09 September 2019

The antiquity of Madagascar’s grasslands and the rise of C4grassy biomes

article

The consequences of replacing wildlife with livestock in Africa.

scientific article

The costs of leaving home: ants disperse myrmecochorous seeds to low nutrient sites

scientific article

The deforestation story: testing for anthropogenic origins of Africa's flammable grassy biomes

scientific article

The ecology of drought – a workshop report

The effect of different fire regimes on plant diversity in southern African grasslands

article

The effect of grassland shifts on the avifauna of a South African savanna

article

The global distribution of ecosystems in a world without fire

scientific article (publication date: February 2005)

The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset

scientific article published on 7 December 2022

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

scientific article published in 2023

The human dimension of fire regimes on Earth

scientific article (publication date: December 2011)

The origins of C4 grasslands: integrating evolutionary and ecosystem science.

scientific article

The resource economics of chemical and structural defenses across nitrogen supply gradients

scientific article published on 17 September 2003

The role of browsers in maintaining the openness of savanna grazing lawns

scientific article published on 08 October 2020

The role of shade in maintaining alternative stable states between open‐ and closed‐canopy vegetation

scientific article

The savanna-grassland ‘treeline’: why don’t savanna trees occur in upland grasslands?

article

The world is not as green as it could be and that requires explanation – a reply to White

article

The worst drought in 50 years in a South African savannah: Limited impact on vegetation

scientific article published on 04 June 2019

Top-down determinants of niche structure and adaptation among African Acacias.

scientific article published on 17 April 2012

Toward an old-growth concept for grasslands, savannas, and woodlands

article

Transplant Experiments Point to Fire Regime as Limiting Savanna Tree Distribution

scientific article published on 18 September 2018

Tree allometries reflect a lifetime of herbivory in an African savanna.

scientific article

Trends in the state of nature and their implications for human well-being

scientific article published on November 2005

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

scientific article

Tropical grassy biomes: misunderstood, neglected, and under threat

scientific article

Tyranny of trees in grassy biomes

scientific article

Vegetation change (1988–2010) in Camdeboo National Park (South Africa), using fixed-point photo monitoring: The role of herbivory and climate

article

Water sourcing by trees in a mesic savanna: Responses to severing deep and shallow roots

article

What Limits Trees in C4 Grasslands and Savannas?

article

What do ecologists miss by not digging deep enough? Insights and methodological guidelines for assessing soil fertility status in ecological studies

article

What limits the spread of fire-dependent vegetation? Evidence from geographic variation of serotiny in a New Zealand shrub

article

When is a ‘forest’ a savanna, and why does it matter?

article

When is an island not an island? Insular effects and their causes in fynbos shrublands.

scientific article published in December 1988

Where Tree Planting and Forest Expansion are Bad for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

article

Which traits determine shifts in the abundance of tree species in a fire-prone savanna?

article

Wildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions: paradigm change needed

scientific article

Will global change improve grazing quality of grasslands? A call for a deeper understanding of the effects of shifts from C4 to C3 grasses for large herbivores

article

Will woody plant encroachment impact the visitor experience and economy of conservation areas?

article

Woodland expansion in South African grassy biomes based on satellite observations (1990-2013): general patterns and potential drivers.

scientific article

Woody encroachment over 70 years in South African savannahs: overgrazing, global change or extinction aftershock?

scientific article

Xylem hydraulics and angiosperm success

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