“Trees can benefit from how much drought reduces grass — which competes for resources with the trees and fuels savanna fires.” However, the new study showed the severe drought killed off trees in the ...

In an East African savanna herbaceous layer productivity and species composition were studied around Acacia tortilis trees of three different age classes, as well as around dead trees and in open ...

Land Cover Change in Northern Botswana: The Influence of Climate, Fire, and Elephants on Semi-Arid Savanna Woodlands. Land, 2017; 6 (4): 73 DOI: 10.3390/land6040073 ...

High-intensity fires do not reverse bush encroachment in an African savanna, finds study A decade-long experiment on the use of high-intensity fire to control bush encroachment in South Africa's ...

Question: Can satellite time series be used to identify tree and grass green-up dates in a semi-arid savanna system, and are there predictable environmental cues for green-up for each life form?

By Michelle Hannett | May 2, 2011 Disneynature Collaborates with the African Wildlife Foundation to Help Protect 50,000 Acres in Kenya’s Amboseli Wildlife Corridor BURBANK, Calif. (May 2, 2011) – ...

Some 315 new trees — beech, elm, maple, oak, poplar and others — were planted around the enclosure, while many existing trees were preserved to provide shade for animals and visitors.

In the wide world of tropical flora, insects often take up the mantle of protecting the plants that shelter them, each mutually satisfied in a happy marriage of nature’s making. This is particularly ...

“Trees can benefit from how much drought reduces grass — which competes for resources with the trees and fuels savanna fires.” However, the new study showed the severe drought killed off trees in the ...