List of works - Ann Carla Staver

A 2000-year sediment record reveals rapidly changing sedimentation and land use since the 1960s in the Upper Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

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

scientific article

Aridity, Not Fire, Favors Nitrogen-Fixing Plants Across Tropical Savanna and Forest Biomes

scientific article published on 11 October 2016

Aridity, not fire, favors nitrogen-fixing plants across tropical savanna and forest biomes.

scientific article published on September 2016

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

scientific article published in October 2009

Carbon isotope trends across a century of herbarium specimens suggest <scp>CO</scp><sub>2</sub> fertilization of <scp>C</scp><sub>4</sub> grasses

scientific article published in 2024

Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"

scientific article published in October 2019

Corrigendum to: New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

article

Could drought constrain woody encroachers in savannas?

scientific article published on 24 March 2020

Decadal changes in fire frequencies shift tree communities and functional traits

scientific article published on 25 February 2021

Determinants of tree cover in tropical floodplains

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

Disease and fire interact to influence transitions between savanna–forest ecosystems over a multi‐decadal experiment

scientific article published on 11 March 2021

Dispersal Increases the Resilience of Tropical Savanna and Forest Distributions

scientific article published on 08 April 2020

Dispersal limitation and fire feedbacks maintain mesic savannas in Madagascar

scientific article published on 02 September 2020

Drought-response strategies of savanna herbivores

scientific article published on 22 May 2019

Enhanced activity of soil nutrient-releasing enzymes after plant invasion: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 14 August 2019

Evolution of human-driven fire regimes in Africa.

scientific article

Fire alters ecosystem carbon and nutrients but not plant nutrient stoichiometry or composition in tropical savanna.

scientific article published on May 2015

Fire frequency drives decadal changes in soil carbon and nitrogen and ecosystem productivity.

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

Fire spread and the issue of community-level selection in the evolution of flammability

scientific article published on 17 October 2018

Floristic evidence for alternative biome states in tropical Africa

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Forecasting semi-arid biome shifts in the Anthropocene

scientific article published on 25 January 2020

Forest extent and deforestation in tropical Africa since 1900

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

Global forests are influenced by the legacies of past inter-annual temperature variability

scientific article published in 2022

Global response of fire activity to late Quaternary grazer extinctions

scientific article

Grazer movements exacerbate grass declines during drought in an African savanna

scientific article published on 17 November 2018

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

Heterogeneity in African savanna elephant distributions and their impacts on trees in Kruger National Park, South Africa

scientific article published on 06 April 2021

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

article

Implications of the spatial dynamics of fire spread for the bistability of savanna and forest

scientific article published on 26 February 2014

Integrating theoretical climate and fire effects on savanna and forest systems

scientific article published on 15 June 2012

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

article

Limited increases in savanna carbon stocks over decades of fire suppression

scientific article

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

article

Nitrogen and phosphorus availability alters tree‐grass competition intensity in savannas

scientific article published in 2024

On the complex dynamics of savanna landscapes

scientific article published on 29 January 2018

Palaeo-trajectories of forest savannization in the southern Congo

scientific article published on 28 August 2019

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

scientific article published on 04 February 2022

Prediction and scale in savanna ecosystems

scientific article published on 13 October 2017

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

scientific article published in 2022

Rooting depth as a key woody functional trait in savannas

scientific article published on 19 April 2020

Root‐niche separation between savanna trees and grasses is greater on sandier soils

scientific article published on 27 July 2020

Seasonal dietary changes increase the abundances of savanna herbivore species

scientific article published on 02 October 2020

Seasonal strategies differ between tropical and extratropical herbivores

scientific article published in 2022

Severe drought limits trees in a semi-arid savanna

scientific article published on 28 August 2019

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 texture mediates tree responses to rainfall intensity in African savannas

scientific article published on 04 June 2018

Soils and fire jointly determine vegetation structure in an African savanna

scientific article

Spatial patterning among savanna trees in high-resolution, spatially extensive data

scientific article published on 13 May 2019

The environmental drivers of tree cover and forest–savanna mosaics in Southeast Asia

scientific article published on 06 June 2022

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

scientific article

The past, present, and future of herbivore impacts on savanna vegetation

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 08 October 2020

Thinner bark increases sensitivity of wetter Amazonian tropical forests to fire

scientific article published on 22 October 2019

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

scientific article published on 17 April 2012

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

scientific article

Woody encroachment happens via intensification, not extensification, of species ranges in an African savanna

scientific article

List of works by Ann Carla Staver

A 2000-year sediment record reveals rapidly changing sedimentation and land use since the 1960s in the Upper Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem

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

Aridity, Not Fire, Favors Nitrogen-Fixing Plants Across Tropical Savanna and Forest Biomes

Aridity, not fire, favors nitrogen-fixing plants across tropical savanna and forest biomes.

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

Carbon isotope trends across a century of herbarium specimens suggest <scp>CO</scp><sub>2</sub> fertilization of <scp>C</scp><sub>4</sub> grasses

Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"

Corrigendum to: New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

Could drought constrain woody encroachers in savannas?

Decadal changes in fire frequencies shift tree communities and functional traits

Determinants of tree cover in tropical floodplains

Disease and fire interact to influence transitions between savanna–forest ecosystems over a multi‐decadal experiment

Dispersal Increases the Resilience of Tropical Savanna and Forest Distributions

Dispersal limitation and fire feedbacks maintain mesic savannas in Madagascar

Drought-response strategies of savanna herbivores

Enhanced activity of soil nutrient-releasing enzymes after plant invasion: a meta-analysis

Evolution of human-driven fire regimes in Africa.

Fire alters ecosystem carbon and nutrients but not plant nutrient stoichiometry or composition in tropical savanna.

Fire frequency drives decadal changes in soil carbon and nitrogen and ecosystem productivity.

Fire spread and the issue of community-level selection in the evolution of flammability

Floristic evidence for alternative biome states in tropical Africa

Forecasting semi-arid biome shifts in the Anthropocene

Forest extent and deforestation in tropical Africa since 1900

Global forests are influenced by the legacies of past inter-annual temperature variability

Global response of fire activity to late Quaternary grazer extinctions

Grazer movements exacerbate grass declines during drought in an African savanna

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

Heterogeneity in African savanna elephant distributions and their impacts on trees in Kruger National Park, South Africa

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

Implications of the spatial dynamics of fire spread for the bistability of savanna and forest

Integrating theoretical climate and fire effects on savanna and forest systems

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

Limited increases in savanna carbon stocks over decades of fire suppression

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

Nitrogen and phosphorus availability alters tree‐grass competition intensity in savannas

On the complex dynamics of savanna landscapes

Palaeo-trajectories of forest savannization in the southern Congo

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

Prediction and scale in savanna ecosystems

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

Rooting depth as a key woody functional trait in savannas

Root‐niche separation between savanna trees and grasses is greater on sandier soils

Seasonal dietary changes increase the abundances of savanna herbivore species

Seasonal strategies differ between tropical and extratropical herbivores

Severe drought limits trees in a semi-arid savanna

Simply the best: the transition of savanna saplings to trees

Soil carbon in tropical savannas mostly derived from grasses

Soil texture mediates tree responses to rainfall intensity in African savannas

Soils and fire jointly determine vegetation structure in an African savanna

Spatial patterning among savanna trees in high-resolution, spatially extensive data

The environmental drivers of tree cover and forest–savanna mosaics in Southeast Asia

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

The past, present, and future of herbivore impacts on savanna vegetation

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

Thinner bark increases sensitivity of wetter Amazonian tropical forests to fire

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

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

Woody encroachment happens via intensification, not extensification, of species ranges in an African savanna