List of works - Kevin P. Kirkman

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

scientific article published on 28 March 2018

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

scientific article

Abundance of introduced species at home predicts abundance away in herbaceous communities

scientific article published in February 2011

Addition of multiple limiting resources reduces grassland diversity

scientific article published on 24 August 2016

An African grassland responds similarly to long-term fertilization to the Park Grass experiment

scientific article

An Assessment of Illegal Hunting on Farmland in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Implications for Oribi (Ourebia ourebi) Conservation

scientific article published in April 2010

Assessing long-term nutrient and lime enrichment effects on a subtropical South African grassland

scientific article published in 2022

Author Correction: Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s

scientific article published in 2024

Belowground Biomass Response to Nutrient Enrichment Depends on Light Limitation Across Globally Distributed Grasslands

scientific article published on 11 March 2019

Classification and mapping of the composition and structure of dry woodland and savanna in the eastern Okavango Delta

scientific article published on 20 February 2013

Climate modifies response of non-native and native species richness to nutrient enrichment. ⬇️

scientific article

Comment on "Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness"

scientific article published in Science

Competition with trees does not influence root characteristics of perennial grasses in semi-arid and arid savannas in South Africa

article

Controls of Aboveground Net Primary Production in Mesic Savanna Grasslands: An Inter-Hemispheric Comparison

article

Convergence and contingency in production-precipitation relationships in North American and South African C4 grasslands

scientific article published on 4 July 2006

Corrigendum: Will the grass be greener on the other side of climate change?

scientific article published in 2023

Determinants of the occurrence of a native encroacher species,Pechuelloeschea leubnitziae(wild sage), in the eastern Okavango Delta, Botswana

scientific article published on 7 April 2015

Do native grasses emerge and establish in areas rehabilitated using vetiver grass?

scientific article published in 2022

Do soil nutrients mediate competition between grasses andAcaciasaplings?

scientific article published in December 2012

Does Holistic Planned Grazing™ work on native rangelands?

scientific article published on 3 April 2017

Does high-density stocking affect perennial forbs in mesic grassland?

scientific article published on 3 April 2017

Ecological Grassland Restoration—A South African Perspective

scientific article published on 18 April 2022

Effects of warming and rainfall variation on grass phenology and regenerative responses in mesic grassland

scientific article published in 2024

Epichloae infection in a native South African grass, Festuca costata Nees.

scientific article published on July 2015

Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people

scientific article published in 2022

Fire and grazing impacts on silica production and storage in grass dominated ecosystems

Fire frequency drives habitat selection by a diverse herbivore guild impacting top-down control of plant communities in an African savanna

article

Fire suppression interacts with soil acidity to maintain stable recalcitrant pyrogenic carbon fractions in South African mesic grasslands soil

scientific article published in 2024

Future-proofing extensive livestock production in subtropical grasslands and savannas

scientific article published in 2023

Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

Herbaceous vegetation responses to experimental fire in savannas and forests depend on biome and climate

Herbivore size matters for productivity-richness relationships in African savannas

scientific article published in 2017

Inducible defences in Acacia sieberiana in response to giraffe browsing

scientific article published in October 2007

Influence of burning and defoliation on <i>Festuca costata</i> (Nees) in the Drakensberg

scientific article published on 07 May 2021

Interactions of nitrogen and phosphorus cycling promote P acquisition and explain synergistic plant-growth responses

scientific article published on 05 February 2020

Is use of translocation for the conservation of subpopulations of oribiOurebia ourebi(Zimmermann) effective? A case study

scientific article published in September 2009

Landscape-scale feeding patterns of African elephant inferred from carbon isotope analysis of feces

scientific article

Local Perceptions of Hydraulic Fracturing Ahead of Exploratory Drilling in Eastern South Africa

scientific article published on 02 February 2019

Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality ⬇️

scientific article published on 4 December 2017

Long‐term subtropical grassland plots take a long time to change: Replacement is more important than richness differences for beta diversity

scientific article published in 2023

Loss of a large grazer impacts savanna grassland plant communities similarly in North America and South Africa

scientific article published on 20 February 2014

Multifunctional Rangeland in Southern Africa: Managing for Production, Conservation, and Resilience with Fire and Grazing

scientific article published on 6 May 2013

Myth‐busting tropical grassy biome restoration

scientific article

Nitrogen Source Preference and Growth Carbon Costs of <i>Leucaena leucocephala</i> (Lam.) de Wit Saplings in South African Grassland Soils

scientific article published on 21 October 2021

Nitrogen but not phosphorus addition affects symbiotic N2 fixation by legumes in natural and semi-natural grasslands located on four continents

scientific article published in 2022

Nutrient addition increases biomass of soil fungi: evidence from a South African grassland

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Nutritional and Sensory Evaluation of Injera Prepared from tef and Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees. Flours with Sorghum Blends

scientific article published on 20 July 2016

Optimal grazing management strategies: evaluating key concepts

scientific article published on 3 April 2017

Optimisation or satiation, testing diet selection rules in goats

article

Out of the shadows: multiple nutrient limitations drive relationships among biomass, light and plant diversity

scientific article published in September 2017

Overlap in nitrogen sources and redistribution of nitrogen between trees and grasses in a semi-arid savanna

scientific article published on 28 November 2013

Plant community response to loss of large herbivores differs between North American and South African savanna grasslands

scientific article published in April 2014

Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide

scientific article published on 28 November 2014

Plant species' origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands ⬇️

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?

scientific article published on 16 October 2013

Primer of Ecological Restoration - Karen D Holl, published in cooperation with the Society for Ecological Restoration

scientific article published on 21 April 2021

Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness

scientific article

Rapid recovery of ecosystem function following extreme drought in a South African savanna grassland

scientific article published on 18 February 2020

Reintroduction Failure of Captive-Bred Oribi (Ourebia ourebi)

scientific article published in April 2009

Reinvasion of Native Invasive Trees After a Tree-Thinning Experiment in an African Savanna

scientific article published on 18 February 2022

Response of Grass Seedlings to Smoke-Water and Smoke-Derived Butenolide in the Absence of Macronutrients (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium)

scientific article published in 2012

Response of three mesic South African perennial grassland forbs to defoliation and competition

scientific article published on 19 December 2019

Responses to fire differ between South African and North American grassland communities

article

Savanna browse production. 1: Determinants and measurement

scientific article published on 2 January 2014

Savanna browse production. 2: Prediction

scientific article published on 2 January 2014

Seasonality of hydraulic redistribution by trees to grasses and changes in their water-source use that change tree-grass interactions

scientific article published on 20 March 2015

Seed mix type but not planting method or seed priming affect grassland restoration outcomes: a greenhouse trial

scientific article published on 16 April 2019

Shared Drivers but Divergent Ecological Responses: Insights from Long-Term Experiments in Mesic Savanna Grasslands

article

Short-term effect of nutrient availability and rainfall distribution on biomass production and leaf nutrient content of savanna tree species

scientific article

Smoke Solutions and Temperature Influence the Germination and Seedling Growth of South African Mesic Grassland Species

scientific article published in 2009

Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Soil respiration declines with increasing nitrogen fertilization and is not related to productivity in long-term grassland experiments

scientific article published in December 2017

Spatial analysis reveals facilitation in young clonal trees and competition in older trees during re-invasion of encroaching trees in an African savanna

scientific article published in 2022

Spatial turnover of multiple ecosystem functions is more associated with plant than soil microbial β‐diversity

scientific article published on 21 July 2021

Stable isotope series from elephant ivory reveal lifetime histories of a true dietary generalist

scientific article (publication date: 22 June 2012)

Stable isotope turnover and variability in tail hairs of captive and free-ranging African elephants (Loxodonta africana) reveal dietary niche differences within populations

scientific article published in 2013

Stoichiometric controls of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling after long-term nitrogen and phosphorus addition in a mesic grassland in South Africa

scientific article published in 2019

Temporal rarity is a better predictor of local extinction risk than spatial rarity

scientific article published in 2021

The heat is on: frequent high intensity fire in bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) drives mortality of the sprouting tree Protea caffra in temperate grasslands

article

The influence of balanced and imbalanced resource supply on biodiversity-functioning relationship across ecosystems

scientific article published in May 2016

Themeda triandra: a keystone grass species

scientific article published in December 2013

Trait-environment relations for dominant grasses in South African mesic grassland support a general leaf economic model

scientific article published on 4 March 2011

Tree species from different functional groups respond differently to environmental changes during establishment

scientific article published on 12 December 2013

Tree-grass competition along a catenal gradient in a mesic grassland, South Africa

scientific article published on 7 January 2014

Using housing estates as conservation tools: A case study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published in July 2009

Using partial volumes to estimate available browse biomass in Southern African semi-arid savannas

article

Variation in Grassland Fuel Curing in South Africa

scientific article published in December 2016

What are the long-term effects of high-density, short-duration stocking on the soils and vegetation of mesic grassland in South Africa?

scientific article published on 3 April 2017

What evidence is available on the drivers of grassland ecosystem stability across a range of outcome measurements: a systematic map protocol

scientific article published on 16 November 2018

Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s

scientific article published on 5 August 2024

Yield and species composition of a mesic grassland savanna in South Africa are influenced by long-term nutrient addition

scientific article published on 28 March 2013

List of works by Kevin P. Kirkman

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

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

Abundance of introduced species at home predicts abundance away in herbaceous communities

Addition of multiple limiting resources reduces grassland diversity

An African grassland responds similarly to long-term fertilization to the Park Grass experiment

An Assessment of Illegal Hunting on Farmland in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Implications for Oribi (Ourebia ourebi) Conservation

Assessing long-term nutrient and lime enrichment effects on a subtropical South African grassland

Author Correction: Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s

Belowground Biomass Response to Nutrient Enrichment Depends on Light Limitation Across Globally Distributed Grasslands

Classification and mapping of the composition and structure of dry woodland and savanna in the eastern Okavango Delta

Climate modifies response of non-native and native species richness to nutrient enrichment. ⬇️

Comment on "Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness"

Competition with trees does not influence root characteristics of perennial grasses in semi-arid and arid savannas in South Africa

Controls of Aboveground Net Primary Production in Mesic Savanna Grasslands: An Inter-Hemispheric Comparison

Convergence and contingency in production-precipitation relationships in North American and South African C4 grasslands

Corrigendum: Will the grass be greener on the other side of climate change?

Determinants of the occurrence of a native encroacher species,Pechuelloeschea leubnitziae(wild sage), in the eastern Okavango Delta, Botswana

Do native grasses emerge and establish in areas rehabilitated using vetiver grass?

Do soil nutrients mediate competition between grasses andAcaciasaplings?

Does Holistic Planned Grazing™ work on native rangelands?

Does high-density stocking affect perennial forbs in mesic grassland?

Ecological Grassland Restoration—A South African Perspective

Effects of warming and rainfall variation on grass phenology and regenerative responses in mesic grassland

Epichloae infection in a native South African grass, Festuca costata Nees.

Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people

Fire and grazing impacts on silica production and storage in grass dominated ecosystems

Fire frequency drives habitat selection by a diverse herbivore guild impacting top-down control of plant communities in an African savanna

Fire suppression interacts with soil acidity to maintain stable recalcitrant pyrogenic carbon fractions in South African mesic grasslands soil

Future-proofing extensive livestock production in subtropical grasslands and savannas

Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients

Herbaceous vegetation responses to experimental fire in savannas and forests depend on biome and climate

Herbivore size matters for productivity-richness relationships in African savannas

Inducible defences in Acacia sieberiana in response to giraffe browsing

Influence of burning and defoliation on <i>Festuca costata</i> (Nees) in the Drakensberg

Interactions of nitrogen and phosphorus cycling promote P acquisition and explain synergistic plant-growth responses

Is use of translocation for the conservation of subpopulations of oribiOurebia ourebi(Zimmermann) effective? A case study

Landscape-scale feeding patterns of African elephant inferred from carbon isotope analysis of feces

Local Perceptions of Hydraulic Fracturing Ahead of Exploratory Drilling in Eastern South Africa

Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality ⬇️

Long‐term subtropical grassland plots take a long time to change: Replacement is more important than richness differences for beta diversity

Loss of a large grazer impacts savanna grassland plant communities similarly in North America and South Africa

Multifunctional Rangeland in Southern Africa: Managing for Production, Conservation, and Resilience with Fire and Grazing

Myth‐busting tropical grassy biome restoration

Nitrogen Source Preference and Growth Carbon Costs of <i>Leucaena leucocephala</i> (Lam.) de Wit Saplings in South African Grassland Soils

Nitrogen but not phosphorus addition affects symbiotic N2 fixation by legumes in natural and semi-natural grasslands located on four continents

Nutrient addition increases biomass of soil fungi: evidence from a South African grassland

Nutritional and Sensory Evaluation of Injera Prepared from tef and Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees. Flours with Sorghum Blends

Optimal grazing management strategies: evaluating key concepts

Optimisation or satiation, testing diet selection rules in goats

Out of the shadows: multiple nutrient limitations drive relationships among biomass, light and plant diversity

Overlap in nitrogen sources and redistribution of nitrogen between trees and grasses in a semi-arid savanna

Plant community response to loss of large herbivores differs between North American and South African savanna grasslands

Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide

Plant species' origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands ⬇️

Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?

Primer of Ecological Restoration - Karen D Holl, published in cooperation with the Society for Ecological Restoration

Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness

Rapid recovery of ecosystem function following extreme drought in a South African savanna grassland

Reintroduction Failure of Captive-Bred Oribi (Ourebia ourebi)

Reinvasion of Native Invasive Trees After a Tree-Thinning Experiment in an African Savanna

Response of Grass Seedlings to Smoke-Water and Smoke-Derived Butenolide in the Absence of Macronutrients (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium)

Response of three mesic South African perennial grassland forbs to defoliation and competition

Responses to fire differ between South African and North American grassland communities

Savanna browse production. 1: Determinants and measurement

Savanna browse production. 2: Prediction

Seasonality of hydraulic redistribution by trees to grasses and changes in their water-source use that change tree-grass interactions

Seed mix type but not planting method or seed priming affect grassland restoration outcomes: a greenhouse trial

Shared Drivers but Divergent Ecological Responses: Insights from Long-Term Experiments in Mesic Savanna Grasslands

Short-term effect of nutrient availability and rainfall distribution on biomass production and leaf nutrient content of savanna tree species

Smoke Solutions and Temperature Influence the Germination and Seedling Growth of South African Mesic Grassland Species

Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands

Soil respiration declines with increasing nitrogen fertilization and is not related to productivity in long-term grassland experiments

Spatial analysis reveals facilitation in young clonal trees and competition in older trees during re-invasion of encroaching trees in an African savanna

Spatial turnover of multiple ecosystem functions is more associated with plant than soil microbial β‐diversity

Stable isotope series from elephant ivory reveal lifetime histories of a true dietary generalist

Stable isotope turnover and variability in tail hairs of captive and free-ranging African elephants (Loxodonta africana) reveal dietary niche differences within populations

Stoichiometric controls of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling after long-term nitrogen and phosphorus addition in a mesic grassland in South Africa

Temporal rarity is a better predictor of local extinction risk than spatial rarity

The heat is on: frequent high intensity fire in bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) drives mortality of the sprouting tree Protea caffra in temperate grasslands