Large herbivores play unique ecological roles and are disproportionately imperiled by
human activity. As many wild populations dwindle towards extinction, and as interest grows …

Abstract Purpose of Review To develop a clear understanding and a critical assessment of
current research efforts on the changes and underlying drivers of LULCC in Africa, we …

Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …

Roughly 3% of the Earth's land surface burns annually, representing a critical exchange of
energy and matter between the land and atmosphere via combustion. Fires range from slow …

Poaceae (the grasses) is arguably the most successful plant family, in terms of its global
occurrence in (almost) all ecosystems with angiosperms, its ecological dominance in many …

The short revisit times afforded by recently-deployed optical satellite sensors that acquire 3–
30 m resolution imagery provide new opportunities to study seasonal vegetation dynamics …

Ecologists have long sought to understand the factors controlling the structure of savanna
vegetation. Using data from 2154 sites in savannas across Africa, Australia, and South …

Savannas occur where trees and grasses interact to create a biome that is neither grassland
nor forest. Woody and gramineous plants interact by many mechanisms, some negative …

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may be ordered by mail from WRI Publications, PO Box 4852, Hampden Station, Baltimore …

The modern environmental management literature stresses the need for community
involvement to identify indicators to monitor progress towards sustainable development and …