List of works - Sally Archibald

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

scientific article published on November 2015

A handbook for the standardised sampling of plant functional traits in disturbance-prone ecosystems, with a focus on open ecosystems

scientific article

A native C3 grass alters fuels and fire spread in montane grassland of South Africa

scientific article published on 28 March 2018

A unified framework for plant life-history strategies shaped by fire and herbivory

scientific article published on 17 July 2019

African Grazing Lawns—How Fire, Rainfall, and Grazer Numbers Interact to Affect Grass Community States

scientific article published in 2008

Alternate Grassy Ecosystem States Are Determined by Palatability-Flammability Trade-Offs

scientific article published on 18 February 2019

Ancient grasslands guide ambitious goals in grassland restoration

scientific article published on 5 August 2022

Anthropogenic modifications to fire regimes in the wider Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

scientific article published on 08 July 2019

Assessing the frequency and drivers of early-greening in broad-leaved woodlands along a latitudinal gradient in southern Africa

article

Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth system

article published in 2018

Biomass burning fuel consumption rates: a field measurement database

article

Browsing is a strong filter for savanna tree seedlings in their first growing season

scientific article published on 09 July 2021

Can trophic rewilding reduce the impact of fire in a more flammable world? ⬇️

Climate and the inter-annual variability of fire in southern Africa: a meta-analysis using long-term field data and satellite-derived burnt area data

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

Competing consumers: contrasting the patterns and impacts of fire and mammalian herbivory in Africa.

scientific article published on September 2016

Continent-level drivers of African pyrodiversity

scientific article published in 2017

Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas: Rekindling the Wurrk Tradition

article

Defining pyromes and global syndromes of fire regimes

scientific article

Demographics of Eucalyptus grandis and implications for invasion

article by Kudakwashe Musengi & Sally Archibald published 30 March 2017 in Koedoe

Detailed structural characterisation of the savanna flux site at Skukuza, South Africa

article

Do freeze events create a demographic bottleneck for Colophospermum mopane?

scientific article published in 2012

Drought and fire determine juvenile and adult woody diversity and dominance in a semi‐arid African savanna

scientific article published on 28 June 2022

Droughts Decouple African Savanna Grazers from Their Preferred Forage with Consequences for Grassland Productivity

scientific article published on 13 September 2019

Ecological engineering through fire-herbivory feedbacks drives the formation of savanna grazing lawns

scientific article published in 2017

Ecology of grazing lawns in Africa.

scientific article

Evaluation of MODIS gross primary productivity for Africa using eddy covariance data

article

Evolution of human-driven fire regimes in Africa.

scientific article

Field determination of biomass burning emission ratios and factors via open-path FTIR spectroscopy and fire radiative power assessment: headfire, backfire and residual smouldering combustion in African savannahs

scholarly article

Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Fire ecology for the 21st century: Conserving biodiversity in the age of megafire

scientific article published on 25 February 2022

Fire ecology of C3 and C4 grasses depends on evolutionary history and frequency of burning but not photosynthetic type

scientific article published in October 2015

Global combustion: the connection between fossil fuel and biomass burning emissions (1997-2010)

scientific article

Global ecosystems and fire: multi-model assessment of fire-induced tree cover and carbon storage reduction

scientific article published on 14 May 2020

Global grass (Poaceae) success underpinned by traits facilitating colonization, persistence and habitat transformation.

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

Grazer movements: spatial and temporal responses to burning in a tall-grass African savanna

article

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

article

Herbivore culling influences spatio‐temporal patterns of fire in a semiarid savanna

scientific article published in 2019

Historic changes in the fire-rainfall relationship at a woodland-savanna transition zone in southern Africa

scientific article published on 01 March 2022

Identifying individual fires from satellite-derived burned area data

article published in 2009

Identifying phenological functional types in savanna trees

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

scientific article

Influence of Using Date-Specific Values when Extracting Phenological Metrics from 8-day Composite NDVI Data

scholarly article published July 2007

Leaf green-up in a semi-arid African savanna –separating tree and grass responses to environmental cues

article

Leaf green‐up in a semi‐arid African savanna ‐separating tree and grass responses to environmental cues

scientific article published on 24 February 2009

Lessons from a century of evidence-based fire management in grassy ecosystems

scientific article published on 01 March 2022

Long-Term Phenology and Variability of Southern African Vegetation

Management impacts on fire occurrence: A comparison of fire regimes of African and South American tropical savannas in different protected areas.

scientific article published on 14 April 2018

Managing the human component of fire regimes: lessons from Africa

scientific article

Methods to determine the impact of rainfall on fuels and burned area in southern African savannas

Modelling fires in the terrestrial carbon balance by incorporating SPITFIRE into the global vegetation model ORCHIDEE – Part 1: Simulating historical global burned area and fire regime

Modelling the role of fires in the terrestrial carbon balance by incorporating SPITFIRE into the global vegetation model ORCHIDEE – Part 1: simulating historical global burned area and fire regimes

article

Natural hazards in a changing world: a case for ecosystem-based management ⬇️

scientific article

Nature‐reliant, low‐income households face the highest rates of woody‐plant encroachment in South Africa

scientific article published on 3 June 2022

No two are the same: Assessing variability in broad-leaved savanna tree phenology, with watering, from 2012 to 2014 at Nylsvley, South Africa

article

Plant height and lifespan predict range size in southern African grasses

scientific article published on 06 October 2021

Pyrodiversity interacts with rainfall to increase bird and mammal richness in African savannas.

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

Reduced global fire activity due to human demography slows global warming by enhanced land carbon uptake

scientific article published in 2022

Remotely sensed phenology for mapping biomes and vegetation functional types

Remotely sensed vegetation phenology for describing and predicting the biomes of South Africa

article

Resprouting grasses are associated with less frequent fire than seeders

scientific article published on 06 November 2020

Retrieval of Savanna Vegetation Canopy Height from ICESat-GLAS Spaceborne LiDAR With Terrain Correction

article by Ehsan Khalefa et al published November 2013 in IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Savanna fire regimes depend on grass trait diversity

scientific article published on 13 May 2022

Savanna tree-grass interactions: A phenological investigation of green-up in relation to water availability over three seasons

scientific article published in 2017

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

Shaping the landscape: fire–grazer interactions in an African savanna

article

South African grasslands and ploughing: Outlook for agricultural expansion in Africa

scientific article published in 2023

Southern African fire regimes as revealed by remote sensing

article

State of Wildfires 2023–2024

scientific article published on 14 August 2024

Strategies for managing complex social-ecological systems in the face of uncertainty: examples from South Africa and beyond

scientific article published in 2015

The consequences of replacing wildlife with livestock in Africa.

scientific article

The global extent and determinants of savanna and forest as alternative biome states

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 08 October 2020

The status and challenge of global fire modelling ⬇️

article

The status and challenge of global fire modelling

Tree cover in sub-Saharan Africa: rainfall and fire constrain forest and savanna as alternative stable states

scientific article

Validation of the Two Standard MODIS Satellite Burned-Area Products and an Empirically-Derived Merged Product in South Africa

article

What drives grassland-forest boundaries? Assessing fire and frost effects on tree seedling survival and architecture

scientific article published on 20 September 2020

What limits fire? An examination of drivers of burnt area in Southern Africa

article

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

article

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

scientific article

List of works by Sally Archibald

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

A handbook for the standardised sampling of plant functional traits in disturbance-prone ecosystems, with a focus on open ecosystems

A native C3 grass alters fuels and fire spread in montane grassland of South Africa

A unified framework for plant life-history strategies shaped by fire and herbivory

African Grazing Lawns—How Fire, Rainfall, and Grazer Numbers Interact to Affect Grass Community States

Alternate Grassy Ecosystem States Are Determined by Palatability-Flammability Trade-Offs

Ancient grasslands guide ambitious goals in grassland restoration

Anthropogenic modifications to fire regimes in the wider Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

Assessing the frequency and drivers of early-greening in broad-leaved woodlands along a latitudinal gradient in southern Africa

Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth system

Biomass burning fuel consumption rates: a field measurement database

Browsing is a strong filter for savanna tree seedlings in their first growing season

Can trophic rewilding reduce the impact of fire in a more flammable world? ⬇️

Climate and the inter-annual variability of fire in southern Africa: a meta-analysis using long-term field data and satellite-derived burnt area data

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

Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"

Competing consumers: contrasting the patterns and impacts of fire and mammalian herbivory in Africa.

Continent-level drivers of African pyrodiversity

Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas: Rekindling the Wurrk Tradition

Defining pyromes and global syndromes of fire regimes

Demographics of Eucalyptus grandis and implications for invasion

Detailed structural characterisation of the savanna flux site at Skukuza, South Africa

Do freeze events create a demographic bottleneck for Colophospermum mopane?

Drought and fire determine juvenile and adult woody diversity and dominance in a semi‐arid African savanna

Droughts Decouple African Savanna Grazers from Their Preferred Forage with Consequences for Grassland Productivity

Ecological engineering through fire-herbivory feedbacks drives the formation of savanna grazing lawns

Ecology of grazing lawns in Africa.

Evaluation of MODIS gross primary productivity for Africa using eddy covariance data

Evolution of human-driven fire regimes in Africa.

Field determination of biomass burning emission ratios and factors via open-path FTIR spectroscopy and fire radiative power assessment: headfire, backfire and residual smouldering combustion in African savannahs

Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene

Fire ecology for the 21st century: Conserving biodiversity in the age of megafire

Fire ecology of C3 and C4 grasses depends on evolutionary history and frequency of burning but not photosynthetic type

Global combustion: the connection between fossil fuel and biomass burning emissions (1997-2010)

Global ecosystems and fire: multi-model assessment of fire-induced tree cover and carbon storage reduction

Global grass (Poaceae) success underpinned by traits facilitating colonization, persistence and habitat transformation.

Grazer movements: spatial and temporal responses to burning in a tall-grass African savanna

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

Herbivore culling influences spatio‐temporal patterns of fire in a semiarid savanna

Historic changes in the fire-rainfall relationship at a woodland-savanna transition zone in southern Africa

Identifying individual fires from satellite-derived burned area data

Identifying phenological functional types in savanna trees

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

Influence of Using Date-Specific Values when Extracting Phenological Metrics from 8-day Composite NDVI Data

Leaf green-up in a semi-arid African savanna –separating tree and grass responses to environmental cues

Leaf green‐up in a semi‐arid African savanna ‐separating tree and grass responses to environmental cues

Lessons from a century of evidence-based fire management in grassy ecosystems

Long-Term Phenology and Variability of Southern African Vegetation

Management impacts on fire occurrence: A comparison of fire regimes of African and South American tropical savannas in different protected areas.

Managing the human component of fire regimes: lessons from Africa

Methods to determine the impact of rainfall on fuels and burned area in southern African savannas

Modelling fires in the terrestrial carbon balance by incorporating SPITFIRE into the global vegetation model ORCHIDEE – Part 1: Simulating historical global burned area and fire regime

Modelling the role of fires in the terrestrial carbon balance by incorporating SPITFIRE into the global vegetation model ORCHIDEE – Part 1: simulating historical global burned area and fire regimes

Natural hazards in a changing world: a case for ecosystem-based management ⬇️

Nature‐reliant, low‐income households face the highest rates of woody‐plant encroachment in South Africa

No two are the same: Assessing variability in broad-leaved savanna tree phenology, with watering, from 2012 to 2014 at Nylsvley, South Africa

Plant height and lifespan predict range size in southern African grasses

Pyrodiversity interacts with rainfall to increase bird and mammal richness in African savannas.

Reduced global fire activity due to human demography slows global warming by enhanced land carbon uptake

Remotely sensed phenology for mapping biomes and vegetation functional types

Remotely sensed vegetation phenology for describing and predicting the biomes of South Africa

Resprouting grasses are associated with less frequent fire than seeders

Retrieval of Savanna Vegetation Canopy Height from ICESat-GLAS Spaceborne LiDAR With Terrain Correction

Savanna fire regimes depend on grass trait diversity

Savanna tree-grass interactions: A phenological investigation of green-up in relation to water availability over three seasons

Savanna vegetation-fire-climate relationships differ among continents

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

Shaping the landscape: fire–grazer interactions in an African savanna

South African grasslands and ploughing: Outlook for agricultural expansion in Africa

Southern African fire regimes as revealed by remote sensing

State of Wildfires 2023–2024

Strategies for managing complex social-ecological systems in the face of uncertainty: examples from South Africa and beyond

The consequences of replacing wildlife with livestock in Africa.

The global extent and determinants of savanna and forest as alternative biome states

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

The status and challenge of global fire modelling ⬇️

The status and challenge of global fire modelling

Tree cover in sub-Saharan Africa: rainfall and fire constrain forest and savanna as alternative stable states