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A California grasslands alkali specialist,Hemizonia pungensssp.pungens, prefers non-alkali soil

A Geographic Information System Method for Estimating Home Range Size

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A Hands-on Exercise to Demonstrate Evolution by Natural Selection & Genetic Drift

A Native Besieged: Effects of Normative Frugivores and Ground Vegetation on Seed Removal in a Highly Endangered Hawaiian Shrub, Delissea rhytidosperma (Campanulaceae)

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scientific article published on 01 July 1995

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

scientific article

A role for indirect facilitation in maintaining diversity in a guild of African acacia ants

scientific article

Aboveground Net Primary Productivity in Grazed and Ungrazed pastures: Grazing Optimisation Hypothesis or Local Extinction of Vegetation Species

scientific article published in 2009

African Wild Ungulates Compete with or Facilitate Cattle Depending on Season ⬇️

scientific article published on September 23, 2011

Alpine herbivory on Mount Kenya

Altering native community assembly history influences the performance of an annual invader

scientific article published in 2022

Alternative Outcomes of Natural and Experimental High Pollen Loads

scientific article published in 1992

An African Conservation Agency's Perspective on Advocacy

Are cattle surrogate wildlife? Savanna plant community composition explained by total herbivory more than herbivore type

scientific article

At high stocking rates, cattle do not functionally replace wild herbivores in shaping understory community composition

scientific article published in 2022

Behavioural responses of cattle to shared foraging with wild herbivores in an East African rangeland

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Bird Visitation, Seed-Set, and Germination Rates in Two Species of Lobelia on Mount Kenya

scientific article (publication date: December 1982)

Breakdown of an ant-plant mutualism follows the loss of large herbivores from an African savanna

scientific article

Burning bridges: priority effects and the persistence of a competitively subordinate acacia-ant in Laikipia, Kenya

scientific article published on November 2002

Burning reveals cryptic plant diversity and promotes coexistence in a California prairie restoration experiment

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

California Grassland Restoration

Can initial intraspecific spatial aggregation increase multi‐year coexistence by creating temporal priority? ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2012

Cascading Consequences of the Loss of Large Mammals in an African Savanna

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Catastrophes Are Still Interesting

Cattle and rainfall affect tick abundance in central Kenya

scientific article

Cattle select African savanna termite mound patches less when sharing habitat with wild herbivores

scientific article published on 19 August 2018

Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity ⬇️

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Community Succession and Assembly

Competition and coexistence: exploring mechanisms that restrict and maintain diversity within mutualist guilds

scientific article

Competition and compensation among cattle, zebras, and elephants in a semi-arid savanna in Laikipia, Kenya

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Conservation lessons from large-mammal manipulations in East African savannas: the KLEE, UHURU, and GLADE experiments ⬇️

scientific article published on 11 May 2018

Conserving Megafauna or Sacrificing Biodiversity?

Context-Dependent Effects of Largewildlife Declines on Small-Mammal Communities in Central Kenya

scholarly article by Hillary S. Young et al published January 2015 in Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

Context-dependent effects of large-wildlife declines on small-mammal communities in central Kenya

scientific article published on March 2015

Contingent Conclusions: Year of Initiation Influences Ecological Field Experiments, but Temporal Replication is Rare

article by Kurt J. Vaughn & Truman P. Young published 20 July 2010 in Restoration Ecology

Contrasting effects of cattle and wildlife on the vegetation development of a savanna landscape mosaic

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Crown Asymmetry, Treefalls, and Repeat Disturbance of Broad-Leaved Forest Gaps

scientific article published in 1991

Cryptic herbivores mediate the strength and form of ungulate impacts on a long-lived savanna tree

scientific article

Declines in large wildlife increase landscape-level prevalence of rodent-borne disease in Africa

scientific article (publication date: 13 May 2014)

Decreased snowpack and warmer temperatures reduce the negative effects of interspecific competitors on regenerating conifers

scientific article published on 08 November 2019

Demography and Life Histories of Sympatric Patas Monkeys, Erythrocebus patas, and Vervets, Cercopithecus aethiops, in Laikipia, Kenya ⬇️

scientific article published on January 27, 2009

Development and Conservation: More on Caring

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Development of edge effects around experimental ecosystem hotspots is affected by hotspot density and matrix type

scientific article published in 2016

Differential seedling regeneration patterns across forest-grassland ecotones in two tropical treeline species (Polylepis spp.)

scientific article published in 2018

Diminishing Returns from Higher Density Restoration Seedings Suggest Trade-offs in Pollinator Seed Mixes

scientific article published on 05 August 2014

Direct seeding is more cost effective than container stock across ten woody species in California

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Directional trends in species composition over time can lead to a widespread overemphasis of year‐to‐year asynchrony

scientific article published on 21 June 2020

Drill-Seeding Blue Oak Acorns: Testing the (Cost-)Effectiveness of a New Restoration Technique across Years and Microsites

scientific article published on 23 March 2022

Edge-effect interactions in fragmented and patchy landscapes.

scientific article

Effects of Prescribed Fires on Young Valley Oak Trees at a Research Restoration Site in the Central Valley of California

scientific article published in 2011

Effects of Wildlife on Cattle Diets in Laikipia Rangeland, Kenya

scholarly article by Wilfred O. Odadi et al published March 2007 in Rangeland Ecology and Management

Effects of land-use change on community diversity and composition are highly variable among functional groups

scientific article published on 09 August 2019

Effects of large mammalian herbivores and ant symbionts on condensed tannins of Acacia drepanolobium in Kenya

scientific article

Effects of large mammalian herbivory, previous fire, and year of burn on fire behavior in an African savanna

scientific article published on 17 March 2022

Effects of mammalian herbivore declines on plant communities: observations and experiments in an African savanna

scientific article (publication date: July 2013)

Effects of simulated shoot and leaf herbivory on vegetative growth and plant defense in Acacia drepanolobium

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Effects of the removal of large herbivores on fleas of small mammals

scientific article published on December 2008

Effects of wildlife and cattle on tick abundance in central Kenya

scientific article

Essentials of Conservation Biology.Richard B. Primack

Every restoration is unique: testing year effects and site effects as drivers of initial restoration trajectories

scientific article published on 23 January 2017

Evolution of semelparity in Mount Kenya lobelias

Experimental evidence for an alkali ecotype of Lolium multiflorum, an exotic invasive annual grass in the Central Valley, CA, USA

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Experimental evidence that effects of megaherbivores on mesoherbivore space use are influenced by species' traits

scientific article

Fire disturbance disrupts an acacia ant-plant mutualism in favor of a subordinate ant species.

scientific article

Fire-induced reproduction of Festuca pilgeri in the subalpine zone of Mount Kenya

scientific article published in 2004

Fire‐induced negative nutritional outcomes for cattle when sharing habitat with native ungulates in an African savanna

scientific article

Functional trait trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes

scientific article published in 2023

Giant Senecios and Alpine Vegetation of Mount Kenya

scientific article published in 1992

Growing Valley Oak

Habitat selection by translocated black howler monkeys in Belize

scholarly article by Linde E. T. Ostro et al published May 2000 in Animal Conservation

Herbivore effects on productivity vary by guild: cattle increase mean productivity while wildlife reduce variability

scientific article published in January 2017

Herbivore-initiated interaction cascades and their modulation by productivity in an African savanna

scientific article (publication date: 2 January 2007)

Herbivory and Drought Reduce the Temporal Stability of Herbaceous Cover by Increasing Synchrony in a Semi-arid Savanna

scientific article published on 27 June 2022

Herbivory and drought generate short-term stochasticity and long-term stability in a savanna understory community

scientific article published on 15 November 2017

Herbivory and drought interact to enhance spatial patterning and diversity in a savanna understory.

scientific article

Human presence reduces predation in a free-ranging vervet monkey population in Kenya

scholarly article by Lynne A. Isbell & Truman P Young published June 1993 in Animal Behaviour

INFLUENCE OF GRAZING BY LARGE MAMMALS ON THE SPIDER COMMUNITY OF A KENYAN SAVANNA BIOME

article published in 2005

Indirect effects of domestic and wild herbivores on butterflies in an African savanna

scientific article (publication date: October 2013)

Indirect effects of large herbivores on snakes in an African savanna

scientific article

Influence of cattle on browsing and grazing wildlife varies with rainfall and presence of megaherbivores.

scientific article

Initial success of native grasses is contingent on multiple interactions among exotic grass competition, temporal priority, rainfall and site effects ⬇️

scientific article published on 5 December 2014

Interspecific Variation in the Reproductive Response of Acacia Species to Protection from Large Mammalian Herbivores

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Interspecific and temporal variation of ant species within Acacia drepanolobium ant domatia, a staple food of patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) in Laikipia, Kenya

scientific article

Intuition and the logistic equation.

scientific article published in September 1992

Key issues in Northwestern Mediterranean dry grassland restoration

scientific article

LANDSCAPE MOSAICS CREATED BY CANOPY GAPS, FOREST EDGES AND BUSHLAND GLADES ⬇️

scientific article published in 1995

LOTVS: A global collection of permanent vegetation plots

scientific article published on 30 January 2022

LOTVS: a global collection of permanent vegetation plots

Landscape Factors and Restoration Practices Associated with Initial Reforestation Success in Haiti

scholarly article by Starry D. Sprenkle-Hyppolite et al published 31 October 2016 in Ecological Restoration

Large herbivores facilitate savanna tree establishment via diverse and indirect pathways

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Large herbivores promote habitat specialization and beta diversity of African savanna trees

scientific article

Less Is More: Lowering Cattle Stocking Rates Enhances Wild Herbivore Habitat Use and Cattle Foraging Efficiency

scientific article published on 11 February 2022

Lessons on the relationship between livestock husbandry and biodiversity from the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE)

scholarly article by Corinna Riginos published in January 2012

Leveraging nature's backup plans to incorporate interspecific interactions and resilience into restoration

scientific article published in 2016

Lobelia telekii Herbivory, Mortality, and Size at Reproduction: Variation with Growth Rate

scientific article published in 1985

Local distribution of C3 and C4 grasses in sites of overlap on Mount Kenya

scientific article published on 01 June 1983

Local versus landscape-scale effects of savanna trees on grasses

article by Corinna Riginos et al published November 2009 in Journal of Ecology

Measuring association between individuals or groups in behavioural studies

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Microenvironmental Role of a Secreted Aqueous Solution in the Afro-Alpine Plant Lobelia keniensis

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Movements of vervets ( Cercopithecus aethiops ) and patas monkeys ( Erythrocebus patas ) as estimators of food resource size, density, and distribution

scientific article published on 16 February 1998

Myth‐busting tropical grassy biome restoration

scientific article

Native and domestic browsers and grazers reduce fuels, fire temperatures, and acacia ant mortality in an African savanna.

scientific article published on June 2014

Natural Die-Offs of Large Mammals: Implications for Conservation

Naïve plant communities and individuals may initially suffer in the face of reintroduced megafauna: An experimental exploration of rewilding from an African savanna rangeland

scientific article

Negative effects of cattle on soil carbon and nutrient pools reversed by megaherbivores

scientific article

Outside the envelope: rare events disrupt the relationshipbetween climate factors and species interactions

scientific article

Pathways for Positive Cattle–Wildlife Interactions in Semiarid Rangelands

scientific article published in 2011

Persistent asymmetrical priority effects in a California grassland restoration experiment

scientific article published in September 2016

Plant communities in harsh sites are less invaded: a summary of observations and proposed explanations ⬇️

scientific article

Population biology of Mount Kenya lobelias

Population biology of Senecio keniodendron (Asteraceae), an Afroalpine giant rosette plant

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Positive and negative effects of grass, cattle, and wild herbivores on Acacia saplings in an East African savanna

scientific article

Post-fire forest regeneration shows limited climate tracking and potential for drought-induced type conversion

scientific article published on 13 January 2019

Predation by Elephants on Senecio keniodendron (Compositae) in the Alpine Zone of Mount Kenya

Priority Treatment Leaves Grassland Restoration Vulnerable to Invasion

scientific article published on 11 February 2020

Protein supplementation reduces non-grass foraging by a primary grazer.

scientific article published in March 2013

RELAXATION OF INDUCED INDIRECT DEFENSES OF ACACIAS FOLLOWING EXCLUSION OF MAMMALIAN HERBIVORES

scientific article published in 2004

Relationships Between Cattle and Biodiversity in Multiuse Landscape Revealed by Kenya Long-Term Exclosure Experiment

scientific article published in 2018

Relaxation of an induced defense after exclusion of herbivores: spines on Acacia drepanolobium

scientific article

Restoration Ecology: The New Frontier, 2<sup>nd</sup>edition

scientific article published on 03 July 2013

Restoration ecology and conservation biology

Searching for cover: soil enrichment and herbivore exclusion, not fire, enhance African savanna small‐mammal abundance

scientific article published in 2018

Sex Differences in Giraffe Feeding Ecology: Energetic and Social Constraints

article published in 2010

Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Soil Ripping, Seeding, and Fertilization on the Restoration of a Tropical Rangeland

scientific article published on 13 October 2009

Short-term priority over exotic annuals increases the initial density and longer-term cover of native perennial grasses.

scientific article published on April 2015

Social and ecological influences on activity budgets of vervet monkeys, and their implications for group living

scientific article published in 1993

Solar Irradiation Increases Floral Development Rates in Afro-Alpine Lobelia telekii

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Spacing and Competition Between Planted Grass Plugs and Preexisting Perennial Grasses in a Restoration Site in Oregon

scientific article published on 30 November 2004

Spatial scales influence long-term response of herbivores to prescribed burning in a savanna ecosystem

scientific article published in 2017

Stag parties linger: continued gender bias in a female-rich scientific discipline

scientific article

Sterilization and canopy modification of a swollen thorn acacia tree by a plant-ant

scientific article published in Nature

Symbiotic ants as an alternative defense against giraffe herbivory in spinescent Acacia drepanolobium

scientific article

Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale

scientific article published on 08 September 2020

Synergistic effects of fire and elephants on arboreal animals in an African savanna.

scientific article

Synergistic effects of long-term herbivory and previous fire on fine-scale heterogeneity of prescribed grassland burns

scientific article published on 19 December 2020

Synergy of multiple partners, including freeloaders, increases host fitness in a multispecies mutualism

scientific article

Synthesizing the effects of large, wild herbivore exclusion on ecosystem function

scientific article published on 18 May 2019

Termite mound cover and abundance respond to herbivore‐mediated biotic changes in a Kenyan savanna

scientific article

The Comparative Demography of Semelparous Lobelia Telekii and Iteroparous Lobelia Keniensis on Mount Kenya

scholarly article by Truman P Young published July 1984 in Journal of Ecology

The Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is an impetus to get it right

scientific article published on 02 December 2019

The cost of reproduction in Senecio keniodendron, a giant rosette species of Mt. Kenya

scientific article published on November 1982

The effects of herbivory and nutrients on plant biomass and carbon storage in Vertisols of an East African savanna

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Thorns as induced defenses: experimental evidence.

scientific article published in March 1991

Tree resprout dynamics following fire depend on herbivory by wild ungulate herbivores

scientific article published in 2019

Using priority effects to manipulate competitive relationships in restoration

scientific article published on 27 May 2016

Wild and domestic savanna herbivores increase smaller vertebrate diversity, but less than additively

scientific article

Wild herbivores enhance resistance to invasion by exotic cacti in an African savanna

scientific article published in 2022

Year effects: Inter-annual variation as a driver of community assembly dynamics

scientific article published on 26 May 2020

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