List of works - Steven I. Higgins

A dynamic ecological-economic model as a tool for conflict resolution in an invasive-alien-plant, biological control and native-plant scenario

article

A mechanistic model for secondary seed dispersal by wind and its experimental validation

article

A niche for biology in species distribution models

article

A physiological analogy of the niche for projecting the potential distribution of plants

article

Allometric equations for integrating remote sensing imagery into forest monitoring programmes.

scientific article

An ecological economic simulation model of mountain fynbos ecosystems

article

Atmospheric CO2 forces abrupt vegetation shifts locally, but not globally

scientific article

Changes in woody community structure and composition under constrasting landuse systems in a semi-arid savanna, South Africa

article

Climate change and long-term fire management impacts on Australian savannas

scientific article

Climate-biomes, pedo-biomes or pyro-biomes: which world view explains the tropical forest-savanna boundary in South America?

Colonization and persistence ability explain the extent to which plant species fill their potential range

article

Connecting dynamic vegetation models to data - an inverse perspective

article

Contrasting architecture of key African and Australian savanna tree taxa drives intercontinental structural divergence

article

Convergence among global biogeographical realms in the physiological niche of evergreen and deciduous vegetation

article

Costs of persistence and the spread of competing seeders and sprouters

scientific article published in 2008

Coupling a physiological grazer population model with a generalized model for vegetation dynamics

article

Defining functional biomes and monitoring their change globally

scientific article

Determinants of woody cover in African savannas

scientific article

Diversification in evolutionary arenas-Assessment and synthesis

scientific article published on 19 May 2020

Dynamic management needs for long‐lived, sporadically recruiting plant species in human‐dominated landscapes

scientific article published in 2020

Ecosystem Assembly: A Mission for Terrestrial Earth System Science

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

scientific article

Environmental stochasticity cannot save declining populations

article

Estimating plant migration rates under habitat loss and fragmentation

scientific article published in 2003

Feedback of trees on nitrogen mineralization to restrict the advance of trees in C4 savannahs

scientific article

Fire and fire-adapted vegetation promoted C4 expansion in the late Miocene.

scientific article published on 20 June 2012

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

article

Grass mortality in semi-arid savanna: The role of fire, competition and self-shading

article

How many elephants can you fit into a conservation area

How to tell a shrub from a tree: A life-history perspective from a South African savanna

scholarly article by Alexander Zizka et al published 1 May 2014 in Austral Ecology

Impacts of climate change on the vegetation of Africa: an adaptive dynamic vegetation modelling approach

article

Impacts of past habitat loss and future climate change on the range dynamics of South African Proteaceae

article

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

scientific article

Intercontinental divergence in the climate envelope of major plant biomes

article

Intermediate coupling between aboveground and belowground biomass maximises the persistence of grasslands

scientific article

Invasive plants have broader physiological niches ⬇️

scientific article

Is there a temporal niche separation in the leaf phenology of savanna trees and grasses?

Limited climatic space for alternative ecosystem states in Africa

scientific article published on 9 June 2023

Local density effects on individual production are dynamic: insights from natural stands of a perennial savanna grass

scientific article

Modeling Invasive Plant Spread: The Role of Plant-Environment Interactions and Model Structure

article

Next-generation dynamic global vegetation models: learning from community ecology

scientific article

Partitioning of root and shoot competition and the stability of savannas

scientific article published on 7 August 2007

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

article

Pine invasions in the southern hemisphere: modelling interactions between organism, environment and disturbance

article

Potential impact of large ungulate grazers on African vegetation, carbon storage and fire regimes

scientific article published in 2015

Predicting Plant Migration Rates in a Changing World: The Role of Long-Distance Dispersal

scientific article published in May 1999

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

article

Predicting the Landscape-Scale Distribution of Alien Plants and Their Threat to Plant Diversity

article

Predictive ability of a process-based versus a correlative species distribution model

scientific article published on 08 October 2020

Pyrodiversity is the coupling of biodiversity and fire regimes in food webs

scientific article

Rapid Leaf Deployment Strategies in a Deciduous Savanna

scientific article

Recruitment filters in a perennial grassland: the interactive roles of fire, competitors, moisture and seed availability

article

Revising the biome concept for understanding and predicting global change impacts

article

Savanna vegetation-fire-climate relationships differ among continents

scientific article

Spatially realistic plant metapopulation models and the colonization-competition trade-off

article

Special Issue: The ecological niche as a window to biodiversity

Stomatal traits relate to habitat preferences of herbaceous species in a temperate climate

article

Sustainable management of extensively managed savanna rangelands

scientific article published in 2007

TRY - a global database of plant traits

scientific article (publication date: 21 June 2011)

Temperature dependence of the reproduction niche and its relevance for plant species distributions

article

The future distribution of the savannah biome: model-based and biogeographic contingency

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 7 December 2022

The influence of interspecific interactions on species range expansion rates ⬇️

scientific article

The stability of African savannas: insights from the indirect estimation of the parameters of a dynamic model

scientific article published in June 2010

Transferability of correlative and process‐based species distribution models revisited: A response to Booth

scientific article published on 07 September 2021

Tree distribution on a steep environmental gradient in an arid savanna

Using a Dynamic Landscape Model for Planning the Management of Alien Plant Invasions

article

Validation of a spatial simulation model of a spreading alien plant population

article

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

article

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

article

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

article

Will trees or grasses profit from changing rainfall regimes in savannas?

scientific article published in 2024

List of works by Steven I. Higgins

A dynamic ecological-economic model as a tool for conflict resolution in an invasive-alien-plant, biological control and native-plant scenario

A mechanistic model for secondary seed dispersal by wind and its experimental validation

A niche for biology in species distribution models

A physiological analogy of the niche for projecting the potential distribution of plants

Allometric equations for integrating remote sensing imagery into forest monitoring programmes.

An ecological economic simulation model of mountain fynbos ecosystems

Atmospheric CO2 forces abrupt vegetation shifts locally, but not globally

Changes in woody community structure and composition under constrasting landuse systems in a semi-arid savanna, South Africa

Climate change and long-term fire management impacts on Australian savannas

Climate-biomes, pedo-biomes or pyro-biomes: which world view explains the tropical forest-savanna boundary in South America?

Colonization and persistence ability explain the extent to which plant species fill their potential range

Connecting dynamic vegetation models to data - an inverse perspective

Contrasting architecture of key African and Australian savanna tree taxa drives intercontinental structural divergence

Convergence among global biogeographical realms in the physiological niche of evergreen and deciduous vegetation

Costs of persistence and the spread of competing seeders and sprouters

Coupling a physiological grazer population model with a generalized model for vegetation dynamics

Defining functional biomes and monitoring their change globally

Determinants of woody cover in African savannas

Diversification in evolutionary arenas-Assessment and synthesis

Dynamic management needs for long‐lived, sporadically recruiting plant species in human‐dominated landscapes

Ecosystem Assembly: A Mission for Terrestrial Earth System Science

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

Environmental stochasticity cannot save declining populations

Estimating plant migration rates under habitat loss and fragmentation

Feedback of trees on nitrogen mineralization to restrict the advance of trees in C4 savannahs

Fire and fire-adapted vegetation promoted C4 expansion in the late Miocene.

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

Grass mortality in semi-arid savanna: The role of fire, competition and self-shading

How many elephants can you fit into a conservation area

How to tell a shrub from a tree: A life-history perspective from a South African savanna

Impacts of climate change on the vegetation of Africa: an adaptive dynamic vegetation modelling approach

Impacts of past habitat loss and future climate change on the range dynamics of South African Proteaceae

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

Intercontinental divergence in the climate envelope of major plant biomes

Intermediate coupling between aboveground and belowground biomass maximises the persistence of grasslands

Invasive plants have broader physiological niches ⬇️

Is there a temporal niche separation in the leaf phenology of savanna trees and grasses?

Limited climatic space for alternative ecosystem states in Africa

Local density effects on individual production are dynamic: insights from natural stands of a perennial savanna grass

Modeling Invasive Plant Spread: The Role of Plant-Environment Interactions and Model Structure

Next-generation dynamic global vegetation models: learning from community ecology

Partitioning of root and shoot competition and the stability of savannas

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

Pine invasions in the southern hemisphere: modelling interactions between organism, environment and disturbance

Potential impact of large ungulate grazers on African vegetation, carbon storage and fire regimes

Predicting Plant Migration Rates in a Changing World: The Role of Long-Distance Dispersal

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

Predicting the Landscape-Scale Distribution of Alien Plants and Their Threat to Plant Diversity

Predictive ability of a process-based versus a correlative species distribution model

Pyrodiversity is the coupling of biodiversity and fire regimes in food webs

Rapid Leaf Deployment Strategies in a Deciduous Savanna

Recruitment filters in a perennial grassland: the interactive roles of fire, competitors, moisture and seed availability

Revising the biome concept for understanding and predicting global change impacts

Savanna vegetation-fire-climate relationships differ among continents

Spatially realistic plant metapopulation models and the colonization-competition trade-off

Special Issue: The ecological niche as a window to biodiversity

Stomatal traits relate to habitat preferences of herbaceous species in a temperate climate

Sustainable management of extensively managed savanna rangelands

TRY - a global database of plant traits

Temperature dependence of the reproduction niche and its relevance for plant species distributions

The future distribution of the savannah biome: model-based and biogeographic contingency

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

The influence of interspecific interactions on species range expansion rates ⬇️

The stability of African savannas: insights from the indirect estimation of the parameters of a dynamic model

Transferability of correlative and process‐based species distribution models revisited: A response to Booth

Tree distribution on a steep environmental gradient in an arid savanna

Using a Dynamic Landscape Model for Planning the Management of Alien Plant Invasions

Validation of a spatial simulation model of a spreading alien plant population

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

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

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

Will trees or grasses profit from changing rainfall regimes in savannas?