List of works - Michael D. Cramer

A holistic view of Holistic Management: What do farm-scale, carbon, and social studies tell us?

scientific article

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

article

Are Namibian "fairy circles" the consequence of self-organizing spatial vegetation patterning?

scientific article published in 2013

Are forest‐shrubland mosaics of the Cape Floristic Region an example of alternate stable states?

scientific article published in 2018

Atmospheric nutrient deposition to the west coast of South Africa

article

Belowground competitive suppression of seedling growth by grass in an African savanna

article

Benefits of photosynthesis for insects in galls ⬇️

scientific article published on May 24, 2012

Biome boundary maintained by intense belowground resource competition in world’s thinnest-rooted plant community

scientific article published on 14 February 2022

Cattle don’t care: Animal behaviour is similar regardless of grazing management in grasslands

scientific article

Changes in photosynthetic rates and gene expression of leaves during a source-sink perturbation in sugarcane

scientific article published on 17 October 2007

Convergence of soil nitrogen isotopes across global climate gradients.

scientific article

Corrigendum to “Hard evidence that heuweltjie earth mounds are relictual features produced by differential erosion” [Palaeo 350-352C (2012) 189–197]

scientific article published in January 2014

Culm sucrose accumulation promotes physiological decline of mature leaves in ripening sugarcane

Defoliation depletes the carbohydrate reserves of resprouting Acacia saplings in an African savanna

article

Developmental physiology of cluster-root carboxylate synthesis and exudation in harsh hakea. Expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase and the alternative oxidase

scientific article

Do hydraulic redistribution and nocturnal transpiration facilitate nutrient acquisition in Aspalathus linearis?

scientific article published on 28 June 2014

Does a tradeoff between trait plasticity and resource conservatism contribute to the maintenance of alternative stable states?

scientific article published on 06 July 2019

Does defoliation frequency and severity influence plant productivity? The role of grazing management and soil nutrients

scientific article

Drivers of woody plant encroachment over Africa.

scientific article

Drone-derived canopy height predicts biomass across non-forest ecosystems globally

preprint

Ecological interpretations of nitrogen isotope ratios of terrestrial plants and soils

article

Ecophysiological traits associated with the competitive ability of invasive Australian acacias

article

Effects of nutrient supply on carbon and water economies of C4 grasses

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Environmental correlates of biome-level floristic turnover in South Africa

article

Environmental heterogeneity explains contrasting plant species richness between the South African Cape and southwestern Australia

scientific article published on 21 April 2021

Fairy circles in Namibia are assembled from genetically distinct grasses

scientific article published on 20 November 2020

Faunal input at host plants: Can camel thorn trees use nutrients imported by resident sociable weavers?

scientific article published on 21 September 2020

Fire and herbivory drive fungal and bacterial communities through distinct above- and belowground mechanisms

scientific article

Fire and herbivory shape soil arthropod communities through habitat heterogeneity and nutrient cycling in savannas

Generalist indigenous herbivores resist alien tree invasion: Rhabdomys pumilio limits establishment of Acacia cyclops

scientific article published on 17 January 2022

Global application of an unoccupied aerial vehicle photogrammetry protocol for predicting aboveground biomass in non‐forest ecosystems

scientific article

Growth of N2-fixing African savanna Acacia species is constrained by below-ground competition with grass

article

Guidance to detect deception with the Aberdeen Report Judgment Scales: are verbal content cues useful to detect false accusations?

scientific article published in January 2014

Hard evidence that heuweltjie earth mounds are relictual features produced by differential erosion

scholarly article

How succulent leaves of Aizoaceae avoid mesophyll conductance limitations of photosynthesis and survive drought

scientific article published on 14 October 2013

Hydraulic redistribution byProtea'Sylvia' (Proteaceae) facilitates soil water replenishment and water acquisition by an understorey grass and shrub

scientific article published on 01 August 2009

Implications of historical interactions between herbivory and fire for rangeland management in African savannas

scientific article published in 2017

Increasing the utility of genomics in unravelling sucrose accumulation

Is leaf pubescence of Cape Proteaceae a xeromorphic or radiation-protective trait?

scientific article published in 2012

Is the lack of leguminous savanna trees in grasslands of South Africa related to nutritional constraints?

article

Juggling carbon: allocation patterns of a dominant tree in a fire-prone savanna.

scientific article

Mapping soil organic carbon stocks and trends with satellite-driven high resolution maps over South Africa

scientific article

Measures of biologically relevant environmental heterogeneity improve prediction of regional plant species richness

scientific article published on 02 December 2016

N-fertilization does not alleviate grass competition induced reduction of growth of African savanna species

article

Nitrogen regulation of transpiration controls mass-flow acquisition of nutrients

scientific article

Nutrient availability moderates transpiration in Ehrharta calycina

scientific article published on 5 June 2008

Pharmaceutical care for migraine and headache patients: a community-based, randomized intervention.

scientific article published on 11 November 2008

Photosynthesis and sink activity of wasp-induced galls in Acacia pycnantha

scientific article published in July 2006

Plant specialisation may limit climate‐induced vegetation change to within topographic and edaphic niches on a sub‐Antarctic island

scientific article published in 2022

Quantifying N-loss by root abscission: consequences for wheat N budgets and δ15N values

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Regulation of photosynthesis by sugars in sugarcane leaves

scientific article published on 21 April 2008

Rethinking the sub-Antarctic terrestrial N-cycle: evidence for organic N acquisition by Marion Island grasses

scientific article published in 2024

Root Nitrogen Acquisition and Assimilation

Root of edaphically controlled Proteaceae turnover on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa: phosphate uptake regulation and growth

scientific article published on 22 September 2008

Root structure and functioning for efficient acquisition of phosphorus: Matching morphological and physiological traits

scientific article published on 12 June 2006

Rotational grazing management has little effect on remotely-sensed vegetation characteristics across farm fence-line contrasts

scientific article

Sapling survival in a frequently burnt savanna: mobilisation of carbon reserves in Acacia karroo

article

Soil Organic Carbon Increases in Semi-Arid Regions while it Decreases in Humid Regions Due to Woody-Plant Encroachment of Grasslands in South Africa

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Soil microbial biomass and the fate of phosphorus during long-term ecosystem development

article

Specialization to Extremely Low-Nutrient Soils Limits the Nutritional Adaptability of Plant Lineages

scientific article

Specialized 'dauciform' roots of Cyperaceae are structurally distinct, but functionally analogous with 'cluster' roots

scientific article

Supply and demand: sink regulation of sugar accumulation in sugarcane

scientific article

The Consequences of Precipitation Seasonality for Mediterranean-Ecosystem Vegetation of South Africa

scientific article published on 9 December 2015

The contribution of occult precipitation to nutrient deposition on the west coast of South Africa

scientific article published on 27 May 2015

The importance of nutritional regulation of plant water flux.

scientific article published on 16 May 2009

The role of shade in maintaining alternative stable states between open‐ and closed‐canopy vegetation

scientific article

The savanna-grassland ‘treeline’: why don’t savanna trees occur in upland grasslands?

article

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

scientific article published on 17 April 2012

Unravelling the limits to tree height: a major role for water and nutrient trade-offs

scientific article

List of works by Michael D. Cramer

A holistic view of Holistic Management: What do farm-scale, carbon, and social studies tell us?

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

Are Namibian "fairy circles" the consequence of self-organizing spatial vegetation patterning?

Are forest‐shrubland mosaics of the Cape Floristic Region an example of alternate stable states?

Atmospheric nutrient deposition to the west coast of South Africa

Belowground competitive suppression of seedling growth by grass in an African savanna

Benefits of photosynthesis for insects in galls ⬇️

Biome boundary maintained by intense belowground resource competition in world’s thinnest-rooted plant community

Cattle don’t care: Animal behaviour is similar regardless of grazing management in grasslands

Changes in photosynthetic rates and gene expression of leaves during a source-sink perturbation in sugarcane

Convergence of soil nitrogen isotopes across global climate gradients.

Corrigendum to “Hard evidence that heuweltjie earth mounds are relictual features produced by differential erosion” [Palaeo 350-352C (2012) 189–197]

Culm sucrose accumulation promotes physiological decline of mature leaves in ripening sugarcane

Defoliation depletes the carbohydrate reserves of resprouting Acacia saplings in an African savanna

Developmental physiology of cluster-root carboxylate synthesis and exudation in harsh hakea. Expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase and the alternative oxidase

Do hydraulic redistribution and nocturnal transpiration facilitate nutrient acquisition in Aspalathus linearis?

Does a tradeoff between trait plasticity and resource conservatism contribute to the maintenance of alternative stable states?

Does defoliation frequency and severity influence plant productivity? The role of grazing management and soil nutrients

Drivers of woody plant encroachment over Africa.

Drone-derived canopy height predicts biomass across non-forest ecosystems globally

Ecological interpretations of nitrogen isotope ratios of terrestrial plants and soils

Ecophysiological traits associated with the competitive ability of invasive Australian acacias

Effects of nutrient supply on carbon and water economies of C4 grasses

Environmental correlates of biome-level floristic turnover in South Africa

Environmental heterogeneity explains contrasting plant species richness between the South African Cape and southwestern Australia

Fairy circles in Namibia are assembled from genetically distinct grasses

Faunal input at host plants: Can camel thorn trees use nutrients imported by resident sociable weavers?

Fire and herbivory drive fungal and bacterial communities through distinct above- and belowground mechanisms

Fire and herbivory shape soil arthropod communities through habitat heterogeneity and nutrient cycling in savannas

Generalist indigenous herbivores resist alien tree invasion: Rhabdomys pumilio limits establishment of Acacia cyclops

Global application of an unoccupied aerial vehicle photogrammetry protocol for predicting aboveground biomass in non‐forest ecosystems

Growth of N2-fixing African savanna Acacia species is constrained by below-ground competition with grass

Guidance to detect deception with the Aberdeen Report Judgment Scales: are verbal content cues useful to detect false accusations?

Hard evidence that heuweltjie earth mounds are relictual features produced by differential erosion

How succulent leaves of Aizoaceae avoid mesophyll conductance limitations of photosynthesis and survive drought

Hydraulic redistribution byProtea'Sylvia' (Proteaceae) facilitates soil water replenishment and water acquisition by an understorey grass and shrub

Implications of historical interactions between herbivory and fire for rangeland management in African savannas

Increasing the utility of genomics in unravelling sucrose accumulation

Is leaf pubescence of Cape Proteaceae a xeromorphic or radiation-protective trait?

Is the lack of leguminous savanna trees in grasslands of South Africa related to nutritional constraints?

Juggling carbon: allocation patterns of a dominant tree in a fire-prone savanna.

Mapping soil organic carbon stocks and trends with satellite-driven high resolution maps over South Africa

Measures of biologically relevant environmental heterogeneity improve prediction of regional plant species richness

N-fertilization does not alleviate grass competition induced reduction of growth of African savanna species

Nitrogen regulation of transpiration controls mass-flow acquisition of nutrients

Nutrient availability moderates transpiration in Ehrharta calycina

Pharmaceutical care for migraine and headache patients: a community-based, randomized intervention.

Photosynthesis and sink activity of wasp-induced galls in Acacia pycnantha

Plant specialisation may limit climate‐induced vegetation change to within topographic and edaphic niches on a sub‐Antarctic island

Quantifying N-loss by root abscission: consequences for wheat N budgets and δ15N values

Regulation of photosynthesis by sugars in sugarcane leaves

Rethinking the sub-Antarctic terrestrial N-cycle: evidence for organic N acquisition by Marion Island grasses

Root Nitrogen Acquisition and Assimilation

Root of edaphically controlled Proteaceae turnover on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa: phosphate uptake regulation and growth

Root structure and functioning for efficient acquisition of phosphorus: Matching morphological and physiological traits

Rotational grazing management has little effect on remotely-sensed vegetation characteristics across farm fence-line contrasts

Sapling survival in a frequently burnt savanna: mobilisation of carbon reserves in Acacia karroo

Soil Organic Carbon Increases in Semi-Arid Regions while it Decreases in Humid Regions Due to Woody-Plant Encroachment of Grasslands in South Africa

Soil microbial biomass and the fate of phosphorus during long-term ecosystem development

Specialization to Extremely Low-Nutrient Soils Limits the Nutritional Adaptability of Plant Lineages

Specialized 'dauciform' roots of Cyperaceae are structurally distinct, but functionally analogous with 'cluster' roots

Supply and demand: sink regulation of sugar accumulation in sugarcane

The Consequences of Precipitation Seasonality for Mediterranean-Ecosystem Vegetation of South Africa

The contribution of occult precipitation to nutrient deposition on the west coast of South Africa

The importance of nutritional regulation of plant water flux.

The role of shade in maintaining alternative stable states between open‐ and closed‐canopy vegetation

The savanna-grassland ‘treeline’: why don’t savanna trees occur in upland grasslands?

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

Unravelling the limits to tree height: a major role for water and nutrient trade-offs