| Climate change 2022: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat, R Adrian, GZ Anshari, A Arneth, ... IPCC 2022 - Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability …, 2022 | 2769 | 2022 |
| Savanna woody encroachment is widespread across three continents N Stevens, CER Lehmann, BP Murphy, G Durigan Global change biology 23 (1), 235-244, 2017 | 655 | 2017 |
| Increased tree densities in South African savannas: >50 years of data suggests CO2 as a driver R Buitenwerf, WJ Bond, N Stevens, WSW Trollope Global Change Biology 18 (2), 675-684, 2012 | 417 | 2012 |
| Comment on “The global tree restoration potential” JW Veldman, JC Aleman, ST Alvarado, TM Anderson, S Archibald, ... Science 366 (6463), eaay7976, 2019 | 306 | 2019 |
| The trouble with trees: afforestation plans for Africa WJ Bond, N Stevens, GF Midgley, CER Lehmann Trends in ecology & evolution 34 (11), 963-965, 2019 | 298 | 2019 |
| Woody encroachment over 70 years in South African savannahs: overgrazing, global change or extinction aftershock? N Stevens, BFN Erasmus, S Archibald, WJ Bond Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 371 …, 2016 | 223 | 2016 |
| Woody plant encroachment intensifies under climate change across tundra and savanna biomes M García Criado, IH Myers‐Smith, AD Bjorkman, CER Lehmann, ... Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2020 | 187 | 2020 |
| Measuring the success of climate change adaptation and mitigation in terrestrial ecosystems MD Morecroft, S Duffield, M Harley, JW Pearce-Higgins, N Stevens, ... Science 366 (6471), eaaw9256, 2019 | 183 | 2019 |
| Human impacts in African savannas are mediated by plant functional traits CP Osborne, T Charles‐Dominique, N Stevens, WJ Bond, G Midgley, ... New Phytologist 220 (1), 10-24, 2018 | 182 | 2018 |
| Climate change impacts on water security in global drylands LC Stringer, A Mirzabaev, TA Benjaminsen, RMB Harris, M Jafari, ... One Earth 4 (6), 851-864, 2021 | 154 | 2021 |
| Plant–soil feedback induces shifts in biomass allocation in the invasive plant Chromolaena odorata M Te Beest, N Stevens, H Olff, WH Van Der Putten Journal of Ecology 97 (6), 1281-1290, 2009 | 124 | 2009 |
| The role of large wild animals in climate change mitigation and adaptation Y Malhi, T Lander, E le Roux, N Stevens, M Macias-Fauria, L Wedding, ... Current Biology 32 (4), R181-R196, 2022 | 123 | 2022 |
| Ten new insights in climate science 2021: A horizon scan MA Martin, OA Sendra, A Bastos, N Bauer, C Bertram, T Blenckner, ... Global Sustainability 4, e25, 2021 | 85 | 2021 |
| A handbook for the standardised sampling of plant functional traits in disturbance-prone ecosystems, with a focus on open ecosystems BJ Wigley, T Charles-Dominique, GP Hempson, N Stevens, M TeBeest, ... Australian Journal of Botany 68 (8), 473-531, 2020 | 68 | 2020 |
| Distribution and determinants of savannas S Archibald, W Bond, W Hoffmann, C Lehmann, C Staver, N Stevens Savanna Woody Plants and Large Herbivores, 3-24, 2019 | 58 | 2019 |
| Grassy ecosystems in the Anthropocene N Stevens, W Bond, A Feurdean, CER Lehmann Annual Review of Environment and Resources 47 (1), 261-289, 2022 | 56 | 2022 |
| Increasing temperatures can improve seedling establishment in arid-adapted savanna trees N Stevens, CE Seal, S Archibald, W Bond Oecologia 175, 1029-1040, 2014 | 51 | 2014 |
| Cross-Chapter Paper 3: Deserts, Semi-Arid Areas and Desertification Mirzabaev, A., L.C. Stringer, T.A. Benjaminsen, P. Gonzalez, R. Harris, M ... Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Contribution of …, 2022 | 48* | 2022 |
| Woody Encroachment as a Social-Ecological Regime Shift L Luvuno, R Biggs, N Stevens, E Karen Sustainability 10 (7), 2221, 2018 | 47 | 2018 |
| Investigating potential determinants of the distribution limits of a savanna woody plant: Colophospermum mopane N Stevens, AM Swemmer, L Ezzy, BFN Erasmus Journal of vegetation science 25 (2), 363-373, 2014 | 43 | 2014 |
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