As the Anthropocene advances, there are few parts of Earth that have not been impacted by
human influence. Humans have had a long-sustained interaction with grassy ecosystems …

Faced with environmental changes, plants may either move to track their ancestral niches or
evolve to adapt to new niches. Vitaceae, the grape family, has evolved diverse adaptive …

Top‐down and bottom‐up forces in tropical savannas have shaped the evolution of traits
that enable plants to thrive in environments where soils are poor, dry seasons are long, fire …

Most comparative studies of biological communities in different biogeographical regions
highlight ecological convergence under matched environments. Here we use savanna ant …

We present the most complete foodplant checklist for southern Africa to date, and summarise
the geo-chronological origins of the South Africa and Lesotho biomes. Working from …

South Africa, a global biodiversity hotspot, faces escalating threats to its rich plant diversity,
including habitat loss, climate change, invasive species, and illegal harvesting. These …

Fission-fusion societies are social systems in which individuals belonging to the same
community are rarely all together but rather spend most of their time in temporary parties …

Fire ecology is a complex discipline that can only be understood by integrating biological,
physical, and social sciences. The science of fire ecology explores wildland fire's …

Despite a century's work in the UNESCO Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in South
Africa, there has been no systematic consideration of the area's full foodplant regime when …

Exercise physiologists and evolutionary biologists share a research interest in determining
patterns of energy allocation during times of acute or chronic energetic scarcity. Within sport …