Publications

2024

Justin S. H. Wan, Stephen P. Bonser, Clara K. Pang, Fatih Fazlioglu, Susan Rutherford: Adaptive responses to living in stressful habitats : Do invasive and native plant populations use different strategies?. In: Ecology Letters, 27 (2024). - .
doi:10.1111/ele.14419

Charlie D. Clark, Angela T. Moles, Fatih Fazlioglu, Claire R. Brandenburger, Stephen Hartley: Rapid loss of phenotypic plasticity in the introduced range of the beach daisy, Arctotheca populifolia. In: Journal of Ecology, 112 (2024). - S. 28-40.
doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14210

Steven Higgins, Swarnendu Banerjee, Mara Baudena, David M. J. S. Bowman, Timo Conradi, Pierre Couteron, Laurence M. Kruger, Robert B. O'Hara, Grant J. Williamson: Reassessing the alternative ecosystem states proposition in the African savanna-forest domain. In: New Phytologist, 243 (2024). - S. 1660-1669.
doi:10.1111/nph.19911

Timo Conradi, Urs Eggli, Holger Kreft, Andreas Schweiger, Patrick Weigelt, Steven Higgins: Reassessment of the risks of climate change for terrestrial ecosystems. In: Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8 (2024). - S. 888-900.
doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02333-8

Benjamin J. Wigley, Corli Coetsee, Edmund C. February, Svenja Dobelmann, Steven Higgins: Will trees or grasses profit from changing rainfall regimes in savannas?. In: New Phytologist, 241 (2024). - S. 2379-2394.
doi:10.1111/nph.19538

2023

Steven Higgins, Timo Conradi, Shasank Ongole, Jane Turpie, Joshua Weiss, Urs Eggli, Jasper A. Slingsby: Changes in How Climate Forces the Vegetation of Southern Africa. In: Ecosystems, 26 (2023). - S. 1716-1733.
doi:10.1007/s10021-023-00860-2

Steven Higgins, Timo Conradi, Laurence M. Kruger, Robert B. O'Hara, Jasper A. Slingsby: Limited climatic space for alternative ecosystem states in Africa. In: Science, 380 (2023). - S. 1038-1042.
doi:10.1126/science.add5190

Miguel Verdú, Jose L. Garrido, Julio M. Alcántara, Alicia Montesinos-Navarro, Salomón Aguilar, Marcelo A. Aizen, Ali A. Al-Namazi, Mohamed Alifriqui, David Allen, Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira, Cristina Armas, Jesús M. Bastida, Tono Bellido, Giuliano Bonanomi, Gustavo B. Paterno, Herbert Briceño, Ricardo A. C. de Oliveira, Josefina G. Campoy, Ghassen Chaieb, Chengjin Chu, Sarah E. Collins, Richard Condit, Elena Constantinou, Cihan Ü. Degirmenci, Leo Delalandre, Milen Duarte, Michel Faife, Fatih Fazlioglu, Edwino S. Fernando, Joel Flores, Hilda Flores-Olvera, Ecaterina Fodor, Gislene Ganade, María Begoña Garcia, Patricio García-Fayos, Sabrina S. Gavini, Marta Goberna, Lorena Gómez-Aparicio, Enrique González-Pendás, Ana González-Robles, Stephen P. Hubbell, Kahraman İpekdal, María J. Jorquera, Zaal Kikvidze, Pınar Kütküt, Alicia Ledo, Sandra Lendínez, Buhang Li, Hanlun Liu, Francisco Lloret, Ramiro P. López, Álvaro López-García, Christopher J. Lortie, Gianalberto Losapio, James A. Lutz, Arantzazu L. Luzuriaga, František Máliš, Esteban Manrique, Antonio J. Manzaneda, Vinicius Marcilio-Silva, Richard Michalet, Rafael Molina-Venegas, José Antonio Navarro-Cano, Vojtech Novotny, Jens M. Olesen, Juan P. Ortiz-Brunel, María Pajares-Murgó, Nikolas Parissis, Geoffrey Parker, Antonio J. Perea, Vidal Pérez-Hernández, María Ángeles Pérez-Navarro, Nuria Pistón, Elisa Pizarro-Carbonell, Iván Prieto, Jorge Prieto-Rubio, Francisco I. Pugnaire, Nelson Ramírez, Rubén Retuerto, Pedro J. Rey, Daniel A. Rodriguez Ginart, Mariana Rodríguez-Sánchez, Ricardo Sánchez-Martín, Christian Schöb, Çağatay Tavşanoğlu, Giorgi Tedoradze, Amanda Tercero-Araque, Katja Tielbörger, Blaise Touzard, İrem Tüfekcioğlu, Sevda Turkis, Francisco M. Usero, Nurbahar Usta, Alfonso Valiente-Banuet, Alexia Vargas-Colin, Ioannis Vogiatzakis, Regino Zamora: RecruitNet: A global database of plant recruitment networks. In: Ecology, 104 (2023). - .
doi:10.1002/ecy.3923

Steven Higgins, Timo Conradi, Edward Muhoko: Shifts in vegetation activity of terrestrial ecosystems attributable to climate trends. In: Nature Geoscience, 16 (2023). - S. 147-153.
doi:10.1038/s41561-022-01114-x

2022

Emma Ladouceur, Nancy Shackelford, Karma Bouazza, Lars Brudvig, Anna Bucharova, Timo Conradi, Todd E. Erickson, Magda Garbowski, Kelly Garvy, W. Stanley Harpole, Holly P. Jones, Tiffany Knight, Mlungele M. Nsikani, Gustavo Paterno, Katharine Suding, Vicky M. Temperton, Péter Török, Daniel E. Winkler, Jonathan M. Chase: Knowledge sharing for shared success in the decade on ecosystem restoration. In: Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3 (2022). - .
doi:10.1002/2688-8319.12117

Florencia A. Yannelli, Manuele Bazzichetto, Timo Conradi, Zarah Pattison, Bianca O. Andrade, Quadri Agbolade Anibaba, Gianmaria Bonari, Stefano Chelli, Mirjana Ćuk, Gabriella Damasceno, Edy Fantinato, Sonya R. Geange, Reginald Tang Guuroh, Mukhlish Jamal Musa Holle, Filip Küzmič, Jonas J. Lembrechts, Amarizni Mosyaftiani, Tijana Šikuljak, Juliana Teixeira, Enrico Tordoni, Cloe X. Pérez‐Valladares, Marta G. Sperandii: Fifteen emerging challenges and opportunities for vegetation science : A horizon scan by early career researchers. In: Journal of Vegetation Science, 33 (2022). - .
doi:10.1111/jvs.13119

2021

Andreas Schweiger, Nicolai Nürk, Heath Beckett, Sigrid Liede-Schumann, Guy F. Midgley, Steven Higgins: The eco‐evolutionary significance of rainfall constancy for facultative CAM photosynthesis. In: New Phytologist, 230 (2021). - S. 1653-1664.
doi:10.1111/nph.17250

Timo Conradi, Maria V. J. Henriksen, Jens-Christian Svenning: Global change, novel ecosystems and the ecological restoration of post-industrial areas : The case of a former brown coal mine in Søby, Denmark. In: Applied Vegetation Science, 24 (2021). - .
doi:10.1111/avsc.12605

Irena Axmanová, Veronika Kalusová, Jiří Danihelka, Jürgen Dengler, Jan Pergl, Petr Pyšek, Martin Večeřa, Fabio Attorre, Idoia Biurrun, Steffen Boch, Timo Conradi, Rosario G. Gavilán, Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro, Ilona Knollová, Anna Kuzemko, Jonathan Lenoir, Artem Leostrin, Jana Medvecká, Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund, Dragica Obratov‐Petkovic, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Ioannis Tsiripidis, Kiril Vassilev, Milan Chytrý: Neophyte invasions in European grasslands. In: Journal of Vegetation Science, 32 (2021). - .
doi:10.1111/jvs.12994

Steven Higgins, Matthew J. Larcombe, Nicholas J. Beeton, Timo Conradi: Transferability of correlative and process‐based species distribution models revisited : A response to Booth. In: Ecology and Evolution, 11 (2021). - S. 13613-13617.
doi:10.1002/ece3.8081

2020

Andreas Schweiger, Jens-Christian Svenning: Analogous losses of large animals and trees, socio-ecological consequences, and an integrative framework for rewilding-based megabiota restoration. In: People and Nature, 2 (2020). - S. 29-41.
doi:10.1002/pan3.10066

Timo Conradi, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Alejandro Ordonez, Jens-Christian Svenning: Biogeographic historical legacies in the net primary productivity of Northern Hemisphere forests. In: Ecology Letters, 23 (2020). - S. 800-810.
doi:10.1111/ele.13481

Eun-Young Jung, Julian Gaviria, Shanwen Sun, Bettina Engelbrecht: Comparative drought resistance of temperate grassland species : testing performance trade-offs and the relation to distribution. In: Oecologia, 192 (2020). - S. 1023-1036.
doi:10.1007/s00442-020-04625-9

Nicolai M. Nürk, H. Peter Linder, Renske E. Onstein, Matthew J. Larcombe, Colin E. Hughes, Laura Piñeiro Fernández, Philipp M. Schlüter, Luis Valente, Carl Beierkuhnlein, Vanessa Cutts, Michael J. Donoghue, Erika J. Edwards, Richard Field, Suzette G. A. Flantua, Steven Higgins, Anke Jentsch, Sigrid Liede-Schumann, Michael D. Pirie: Diversification in evolutionary arenas : Assessment and synthesis. In: Ecology and Evolution, 10 (2020). - S. 6163-6182.
doi:10.1002/ece3.6313

Stefan Hofmann, Timo Conradi, Kathrin Kiehl, Harald Albrecht: Effects of different restoration treatments on long-term development of plant diversity and functional trait composition in calcareous grasslands. In: Tuexenia, 40 (2020). - S. 175-200.
doi:10.14471/2020.40.006

Daniel Osieko Okach:Effects of livestock grazing and rainfall variability on the structure and function of the herbaceous layer community of a humid savanna ecosystem in Lambwe Valley - Kenya. - Bayreuth: 2020. - 188 S.
(Dissertation, 2020, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004844

Timo Conradi, Jasper A. Slingsby, Guy F. Midgley, Henning Nottebrock, Andreas Schweiger, Steven I. Higgins: An operational definition of the biome for global change research. In: New Phytologist, 227 (2020). - S. 1294-1306.
doi:10.1111/nph.16580

Steven I. Higgins, Matthew J. Larcombe, Nicholas J. Beeton, Timo Conradi, Henning Nottebrock: Predictive ability of a process-based versus a correlative species distribution model. In: Ecology and Evolution, 10 (2020). - S. 11043-11054.
doi:10.1002/ece3.6712

2019

Mirjam Pfeiffer, Liam Langan, Anja Linstädter, Carola Martens, Camille Gaillard, Jan C. Ruppert, Steven Higgins, Edwin I. Mudongo, Simon Scheiter: Grazing and aridity reduce perennial grass abundance in semi-arid rangelands : Insights from a trait-based dynamic vegetation model. In: Ecological Modelling, 395 (2019). - S. 11-22.
doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.12.013

Andreas Schweiger, Isabelle Boulangeat, Timo Conradi, Matt Davis, Jens-Christian Svenning: The importance of ecological memory for trophic rewilding as an ecosystem restoration approach. In: Biological Reviews, 94 (2019). - S. 1-15.
doi:10.1111/brv.12432

Susanne Tautenhahn, Christina Grün-Wenzel, Martin Jung, Steven I. Higgins, Christine Römermann: On the relevance of intraspecific trait variability : A synthesis of 56 dry grassland sites across Europe. In: Flora : Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, 254 (2019). - S. 161-172.
doi:10.1016/j.flora.2019.03.002

Brian Beckage, Gabriela Bucini, Louis J. Gross, William J. Platt, Steven Higgins, Norma L. Fowler, Matthew G. Slocum, Caroline Farrior: Water Limitation, Fire, and Savanna Persistence. In: Peter Frank Scogings, Mahesh Sankaran (Hrsg.): Savanna Woody Plants and Large Herbivores. - Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2019. - S. 643-659.
doi:10.1002/9781119081111.ch19

2018

Camille Gaillard, Liam Langan, Mirjam Pfeiffer, Dushyant Kumar, Carola Martens, Steven I. Higgins, Simon Scheiter: African shrub distribution emerges via a trade-off between height and sapwood conductivity. In: Journal of Biogeography, 45 (2018). - S. 2815-2826.
doi:10.1111/jbi.13447

Sally Archibald, C. E. R. Lehmann, Claire M. Belcher, William J. Bond, Ross A. Bradstock, Anne-Laure Daniau, Kyle G. Dexter, Elisabeth J. Forrestel, Michelle Greve, T. He, Steven I. Higgins, William A. Hoffmann, Byron B. Lamont, Daniel J. McGlinn, Glenn R. Moncrieff, Colin P. Osborne, Juli G. Pausas, Owen F. Price, Brad S. Ripley, Brendan M. Rogers, Dylan W. Schwilk, Marcelo F. Simon, Merritt R. Turetsky, G. R. van der Werf, Amy E. Zanne: Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth system. In: Environmental Research Letters, 13 (2018). - .
doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa9ead

Roger Magarey, Leslie Newton, Seung Cheon Hong, Yu Takeuchi, David Christie, Catherine S. Jarnevich, Lisa Kohl, Martin Damus, Steven I. Higgins, Leah Millar, Karen Castro, Amanda West, John Hastings, Gericke Cook, John Kartesz, Anthony L. Koop: Comparison of four modeling tools for the prediction of potential distribution for non-indigenous weeds in the United States. In: Biological Invasions, 20 (2018). - S. 679-694.
doi:10.1007/s10530-017-1567-1

Matthew J. Larcombe, Gregory J. Jordan, David Bryant, Steven I. Higgins: The dimensionality of niche space allows bounded and unbounded processes to jointly influence diversification. In: Nature Communications, 9 (2018). - .
doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06732-x

Laura Rose, Robert Buitenwerf, Michael Cramer, Edmund C. February, Steven I. Higgins: Effects of nutrient supply on carbon and water economies of C4 grasses. In: Functional Plant Biology, 45 (2018). - S. 935-944.
doi:10.1071/FP17359

Timo Conradi: Woody encroachment in African savannas : Towards attribution to multiple drivers and a mechanistic model. In: Journal of Biogeography, 45 (2018). - S. 1231-1233.
doi:10.1111/jbi.13238

2017

Tommaso Jucker, John Caspersen, Jérôme Chave, Cécile Antin, Nicolas Barbier, Frans Bongers, Michele Dalponte, Karin Y. van Ewijk, David I. Forrester, Matthias Haeni, Steven I. Higgins, Robert J. Holdaway, Yoshiko Iida, Craig Lorimer, Peter L. Marshall, Stéphane Momo, Glenn R. Moncrieff, Pierre Ploton, Lourens Poorter, Kassim Abd Rahman, Michael Schlund, Bonaventure Sonké, Frank J. Sterck, Anna T. Trugman, Vladimir A. Usoltsev, Mark C. Vanderwel, Peter Waldner, Beatrice M. M. Wedeux, Christian Wirth, Hannsjörg Wöll, Murray Woods, Wenhua Xiang, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, David A. Coomes: Allometric equations for integrating remote sensing imagery into forest monitoring programmes. In: Global Change Biology, 23 (2017). - S. 177-190.
doi:10.1111/gcb.13388

Timo Conradi, Vicky M. Temperton, Johannes Kollmann: Beta diversity of plant species in human-transformed landscapes : Control of community assembly by regional productivity and historical connectivity. In: Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 24 (2017). - S. 1-10.
doi:10.1016/j.ppees.2016.10.001

Liam Langan, Steven I. Higgins, Simon Scheiter: Climate-biomes, pedo-biomes or pyro-biomes : which world view explains the tropical forest-savanna boundary in South America?. In: Journal of Biogeography, 44 (2017). - S. 2319-2330.
doi:10.1111/jbi.13018

Steven I. Higgins: Ecosystem Assembly : A Mission for Terrestrial Earth System Science. In: Ecosystems, 20 (2017). - S. 69-77.
doi:10.1007/s10021-016-0054-3

Sabine Lang, Timo Conradi, Arne Friedmann, Philipp Stojakowits: Das Kronwinkelmoos in den Ammergauer Alpen : ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Vegetation bayerischer Hochlagenmoore. In: Jahrbuch des Vereins zum Schutz der Bergwelt, 81/82 (2017). - S. 227-240.

Timo Conradi, Vicky M. Temperton, Johannes Kollmann: Resource availability determines the importance of niche-based versus stochastic community assembly in grasslands. In: Oikos, 126 (2017). - S. 1134-1141.
doi:10.1111/oik.03969

Solveig Franziska Bucher, Karl Auerswald, Christina Grün-Wenzel, Steven Higgins, Javier Garcia Jorge, Christine Römermann: Stomatal traits relate to habitat preferences of herbaceous species in a temperate climate. In: Flora : Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, 229 (2017). - S. 107-115.
doi:10.1016/j.flora.2017.02.011

2016

Robert Buitenwerf, Steven I. Higgins: Convergence among global biogeographical realms in the physiological niche of evergreen and deciduous vegetation. In: Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25 (2016). - S. 704-715.
doi:10.1111/geb.12447

Steven I. Higgins, Robert Buitenwerf, Glenn R. Moncrieff: Defining functional biomes and monitoring their change globally. In: Global Change Biology, 22 (2016). - S. 3583-3593.
doi:10.1111/gcb.13367

Glenn R. Moncrieff, Simon Scheiter, Liam Langan, Antonio Trabucco, Steven I. Higgins: The future distribution of the savannah biome : model-based and biogeographic contingency. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 371 (2016). - .
doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0311

Johannes Kollmann, Sebastian T. Meyer, Rolf Bateman, Timo Conradi, Martin M. Gossner, Milton de Souza Mendonça Jr., Geraldo W. Fernandes, Julia-Maria Hermann, Christiane Koch, Sandra C. Müller, Yumi Oki, Gerhard E. Overbeck, Gustavo B. Paterno, Milena F. Rosenfield, Tiago S. P. Toma, Wolfgang W. Weisser: Integrating ecosystem functions into restoration ecology : recent advances and future directions. In: Restoration Ecology, 24 (2016). - S. 722-730.
doi:10.1111/rec.12422

Christiane Koch, Timo Conradi, Martin M. Gossner, Julia-Maria Hermann, Jan Leidinger, Sebastian T. Meyer, Gerhard E. Overbeck, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Johannes Kollmann: Management intensity and temporary conversion to other land-use types affect plant diversity and species composition of subtropical grasslands in southern Brazil. In: Applied Vegetation Science, 19 (2016). - S. 589-599.
doi:10.1111/avsc.12262

David M. J. S. Bowman, George L. W. Perry, Steven Higgins, Chris N. Johnson, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Brett P. Murphy: Pyrodiversity is the coupling of biodiversity and fire regimes in food webs. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 371 (2016). - .
doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0169

Edmund Carl February, Steven Higgins: Rapid Leaf Deployment Strategies in a Deciduous Savanna. In: PLoS One, 11 (2016). - .
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157833

Glenn R. Moncrieff, William J. Bond, Steven I. Higgins: Revising the biome concept for understanding and predicting global change impacts. In: Journal of Biogeography, 43 (2016). - S. 863-873.
doi:10.1111/jbi.12701

Timo Conradi, Johannes Kollmann: Species pools and environmental sorting control different aspects of plant diversity and functional trait composition in recovering grasslands. In: Journal of Ecology, 104 (2016). - S. 1314-1325.
doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12617

2015

Simon Scheiter, Steven I. Higgins, Jason Beringer, Lindsay B. Hutley: Climate change and long-term fire management impacts on Australian savannas. In: New Phytologist, 205 (2015). - S. 1211-1226.
doi:10.1111/nph.13130

Steven I. Higgins, Moagi Keretetse, Edmund C. February: Feedback of trees on nitrogen mineralization to restrict the advance of trees in C4 savannahs. In: Biology Letters, 11 (2015). - .
doi:10.1098/rsbl.2015.0572

Mara Baudena, Stefan C. Dekker, Peter M. van Bodegom, B. Cuesta, Steven I. Higgins, Veiko Lehsten, Christian H. Reick, Max Rietkerk, Simon Scheiter, Zun Yin, Miguel A. Zavala, Victor Brovkin: Forests, savannas, and grasslands : bridging the knowledge gap between ecology and Dynamic Global Vegetation Models. In: Biogeosciences, 12 (2015). - S. 1833-1848.
doi:10.5194/bg-12-1833-2015

Timo Conradi, Katharina Strobl, Anna-Lena Wurfer, Johannes Kollmann: Impacts of visitor trampling on the taxonomic and functional community structure of calcareous grassland. In: Applied Vegetation Science, 18 (2015). - S. 359-367.
doi:10.1111/avsc.12164

Glenn R. Moncrieff, Thomas Hickler, Steven I. Higgins: Intercontinental divergence in the climate envelope of major plant biomes. In: Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24 (2015). - S. 324-334.
doi:10.1111/geb.12257

Julia Zimmermann, Steven I. Higgins, Volker Grimm, John Hoffmann, Anja Linstädter: Local density effects on individual production are dynamic : insights from natural stands of a perennial savanna grass. In: Oecologia, 178 (2015). - S. 1125-1135.
doi:10.1007/s00442-015-3291-9

Adrian Pachzelt, Matthew Forrest, Anja Rammig, Steven I. Higgins, Thomas Hickler: Potential impact of large ungulate grazers on African vegetation, carbon storage and fire regimes. In: Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24 (2015). - S. 991-1002.
doi:10.1111/geb.12313

Emer A. Walker, Timo Conradi, Harald Meimberg, Johannes Kollmann: Seed selection for grassland restoration: competitive effect of a dominant grass is mediated by seed source and nutrient availability. In: Restoration Ecology, 23 (2015). - S. 261-267.
doi:10.1111/rec.12171

Robert Buitenwerf, Laura Rose, Steven I. Higgins: Three decades of multi-dimensional change in global leaf phenology. In: Nature Climate Change, 5 (2015). - S. 364-368.
doi:10.1038/nclimate2533

Glenn R. Moncrieff, Simon Scheiter, Jasper A. Slingsby, Steven Higgins: Understanding global change impacts on South African biomes using Dynamic Vegetation Models. In: South African Journal of Botany, 101 (2015). - S. 16-23.
doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2015.02.004

2014

Glenn R. Moncrieff, Caroline E. R. Lehmann, Jan Schnitzler, James Gambiza, Pierre Hiernaux, Casey M. Ryan, Charlie M. Shackleton, Richard J. Williams, Steven I. Higgins: Contrasting architecture of key African and Australian savanna tree taxa drives intercontinental structural divergence. In: Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23 (2014). - S. 1235-1244.
doi:10.1111/geb.12205

Alexander Zizka, Navashni Govender, Steven I. Higgins: How to tell a shrub from a tree : A life-history perspective from a South African savanna. In: Austral Ecology, 39 (2014). - S. 767-778.
doi:10.1111/aec.12142

Glenn R. Moncrieff, Simon Scheiter, William J. Bond, Steven I. Higgins: Increasing atmospheric CO₂overrides the historical legacy of multiple stable biome states in Africa. In: New Phytologist, 201 (2014). - S. 908-915.
doi:10.1111/nph.12551

Jens-Christian Svenning, Dominique Gravel, Robert D. Holt, Frank M. Schurr, Wilfried Thuiller, Tamara Münkemüller, Katja H. Schiffers, Stefan Dullinger, Thomas C. Edwards, Thomas Hickler, Steven I. Higgins, Julia E. M. S. Nabel, Jörn Pagel, Signe Normand: The influence of interspecific interactions on species range expansion rates. In: Ecography, 37 (2014). - S. 1198-1209.
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00574.x

Bianca O. Andrade, Gerhard E. Overbeck, Gabriele E. Pilger, Julia-Maria Hermann, Timo Conradi, Ilsi I. Boldrini, Johannes Kollmann: Intraspecific trait variation and allocation strategies of calcareous grassland species : Results from a restoration experiment. In: Basic and Applied Ecology, 15 (2014). - S. 590-598.
doi:10.1016/j.baae.2014.08.007

Steven I. Higgins, David M. Richardson: Invasive plants have broader physiological niches. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 (2014). - S. 10610-10614.
doi:10.1073/pnas.1406075111

Steven I. Higgins, Liam Langan, Simon Scheiter: Progress in DGVMs : a comment on "Impacts of trait variation through observed trait–climate relationships on performance of an Earth system model ; a conceptual analysis" by Verheijen et al. (2013). In: Biogeosciences, 11 (2014). - S. 4357-4360.
doi:10.5194/bg-11-4357-2014

Caroline E. R. Lehmann, T. Michael Anderson, Mahesh Sankaran, Steven I. Higgins, Sally Archibald, William A. Hoffmann, Niall P. Hanan, Richard J. Williams, Roderick J. Fensham, Jeanine Felfili, Lindsay B. Hutley, Jayashree Ratnam, Jose San Jose, Ruben Montes, Don Franklin, Jeremy Russell-Smith, Casey M. Ryan, Giselda Durigan, Pierre Hiernaux, Ricardo Haidar, David M. J. S. Bowman, William J. Bond: Savanna Vegetation-Fire-Climate Relationships Differ Among Continents. In: Science, 343 (2014). - S. 548-552.
doi:10.1126/science.1247355

Robert Buitenwerf, Andrew Kulmatiski, Steven Higgins: Soil water retention curves for the major soil types of the Kruger National Park. In: Koedoe, 56 (2014). - .
doi:10.4102/koedoe.v56i1.1228

Rebecca S. Snell, Andreas Huth, J. E. M. S. Nabel, Greta Bocedi, Justin Travis, Dominique Gravel, Harald Bugmann, Alvaro G. Gutiérrez, Thomas Hickler, Steven I. Higgins, Björn Reineking, Marc Scherstjanoi, Natalie Zurbriggen, Heike Lischke: Using dynamic vegetation models to simulate plant range shifts. In: Ecography, 37 (2014). - S. 1184-1197.
doi:10.1111/ecog.00580

2013

Jan Börner, Steven I. Higgins, Simon Scheiter, Jochen Kantelhardt: Approximating Optimal Numerical Solutions to Bio-economic Systems : How Useful is Simulation-optimization?. In: Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, 52 (2013). - S. 179-198.
doi:10.22004/ag.econ.173645

Adrian Pachzelt, Anja Rammig, Steven Higgins, Thomas Hickler: Coupling a physiological grazer population model with a generalized model for vegetation dynamics. In: Ecological Modelling, 263 (2013). - S. 92-102.
doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.04.025

Juliano Sarmento Cabral, Florian Jeltsch, Wilfried Thuiller, Steven I. Higgins, Guy F. Midgley, Anthony G. Rebelo, Mathieu Rouget, Frank M. Schurr: Impacts of past habitat loss and future climate change on the range dynamics of South African Proteaceae. In: Diversity and Distributions, 19 (2013). - S. 363-376.
doi:10.1111/ddi.12011

Edmund C. February, Steven I. Higgins, William J. Bond, Louise Swemmer: Influence of competition and rainfall manipulation on the growth responses of savanna trees and grasses. In: Ecology, 94 (2013). - S. 1155-1164.
doi:10.1890/12-0540.1

Simon Scheiter, Steven I. Higgins: Intermediate Coupling between Aboveground and Belowground Biomass Maximises the Persistence of Grasslands. In: PLoS One, 8 (2013). - .
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061149

Simon Scheiter, Liam Langan, Steven I. Higgins: Next-generation dynamic global vegetation models : learning from community ecology. In: New Phytologist, 198 (2013). - S. 957-969.
doi:10.1111/nph.12210

Timo Conradi, Arne Friedmann: Plant communities and environmental gradients in mires of the Ammergauer Alps (Bavaria, Germany). In: Tuexenia, 33 (2013). - S. 133-163.

2012

Steven I. Higgins, Simon Scheiter: Atmospheric CO₂ forces abrupt vegetation shifts locally, but not globally. In: Nature, 488 (2012). - S. 209-212.
doi:10.1038/nature11238

Florian Hartig, James Dyke, Thomas Hickler, Steven I. Higgins, Robert B. O'Hara, Simon Scheiter, Andreas Huth: Connecting dynamic vegetation models to data : an inverse perspective. In: Journal of Biogeography, 39 (2012). - S. 2240-2252.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02745.x

The ecological niche as a window to biodiversity. - Steven I. Higgins, Christine Römermann, Robert B. O'Hara (Hrsg.). - Journal of Biogeography, 39 (2012), 12
doi:10.1111/jbi.12039

Simon Scheiter, Steven I. Higgins, Colin P. Osborne, Catherine Bradshaw, Dan Lunt, Brad S. Ripley, Lyla L. Taylor, David J. Beerling: Fire and fire-adapted vegetation promoted C₄ expansion in the late Miocene. In: New Phytologist, 195 (2012). - S. 653-666.
doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04202.x

Simon Scheiter, Steven I. Higgins: How many elephants can you fit into a conservation area. In: Conservation Letters, 5 (2012). - S. 176-185.
doi:10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00225.x

Steven I. Higgins, Robert B. O'Hara, Christine Römermann: A niche for biology in species distribution models. In: Journal of Biogeography, 39 (2012). - S. 2091-2095.
doi:10.1111/jbi.12029

Steven I. Higgins, Robert B. O'Hara, Olga Bykova, Michael Cramer, Isabelle Chuine, Eva-Maria Gerstner, Thomas Hickler, Xavier Morin, Michael R. Kearney, Guy F. Midgley, Simon Scheiter: A physiological analogy of the niche for projecting the potential distribution of plants. In: Journal of Biogeography, 39 (2012). - S. 2132-2145.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02752.x

Olga Bykova, Isabelle Chuine, Xavier Morin, Steven I. Higgins, Peter Linder: Temperature dependence of the reproduction niche and its relevance for plant species distributions. In: Journal of Biogeography, 39 (2012). - S. 2191-2200.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02764.x

Steven I. Higgins, William J. Bond, Hendrik J. Combrink, Joseph M. Craine, Edmund C. February, Navashni Govender, Kathryn Lannas, Glenn R. Moncrieff, Winston S. W. Trollope: Which traits determine shifts in the abundance of tree species in a fire-prone savanna?. In: Journal of Ecology, 100 (2012). - S. 1400-1410.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.02026.x

2011

Steven I. Higgins, Maria D. Delgado-Cartay, Edmund C. February, Hendrik J. Combrink: Is there a temporal niche separation in the leaf phenology of savanna trees and grasses?. In: Journal of Biogeography, 38 (2011). - S. 2165-2175.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02549.x

Michael J. Hill, Niall P. Hanan, William Hoffmann, Robert J. Scholes, Sam Prince, J. Ferwerda, Robyn M. Lucas, I. Baker, Almut Arneth, Steven I. Higgins, D. J. Barrett, M. Disney, L. Hutley: Remote sensing and modeling of savannas : The state of the dis-union. In: 34th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of the Environment. - Sydney : 2011.

Glenn R. Moncrieff, Simon Chamaillé-Jammes, Steven I. Higgins, Robert B. O'Hara, William J. Bond: Tree allometries reflect a lifetime of herbivory in an African savanna. In: Ecology, 92 (2011). - S. 2310-2315.
doi:10.1890/11-0230.1

J. Kattge, S. Diaz, S. Lavorel, I. C. Prentice, P. Leadly, G. Bönisch, E. Garnier, Mark Westoby, P. B. Reich, Ian J. Wright, J. Hans C. Cornelissen, C. Violle, S. P. Harrison, P. M. van Bodegom, M. Reichstein, B. J. Enquist, Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia, D. D. Ackerly, M. Anand, O. Atkin, Michael Bahn, T. R. Baker, D. Baldocchi, R. Bekker, C. C. Blanco, B. Blonder, W. J. Bond, R. Bradstock, D. E. Bunker, F. Casanoves, J. Cavender-Bares, J. Q. Chambers, F. S. Chapin III, Jérôme Chave, David Coomes, W. K. Cornwell, Joseph M. Craine, B. H. Dobrin, L. Duarte, W. Durka, J. Elser, G. Esser, M. Estiarte, W. F. Fagan, J. Fang, F. Fernández-Méndez, A. Fidelis, B. Finegan, O. Flores, H. Ford, D. Frank, G. T. Freschet, N. M. Fyllas, R. V. Gallagher, W. A. Green, Alvaro G. Gutiérrez, T. Hickler, Steven I. Higgins, J. G. Hodgson, A. Jalili, Steven Jansen, C. A. Joly, A. J. Kerkhoff, D. Kirkup, K. Kitajima, M. Kleyer, S. Klotz, J. M. H. Knops, K. Kramer, I. Kühn, H. Kurokawa, D. Laughlin, T. D. Lee, M. Leishman, F. Lens, T. Lenz, S. L. Lewis, J. Lloyd, J. Llusià, F. Louault, S. Ma, M. D. Mahecha, P. Manning, T. Massad, B. E. Medlyn, J. Messier, A. T. Moles, S. C. Müller, K. Nadrowski, S. Naeem, Ü. Niinemets, S. Nöllert, A. Nüske, R. Ogaya, J. Olegsyn, Vladimir Onipchenko, Y. Onoda, J. Ordonez, G. Overbeck, Wim A. Ozinga, S. Patino, S. Paula, J. G. Pausas, J. Penuelas, O. L. Phillips, V. Pillar, H. Poorter, L. Poorter, P. Poschlod, A. Prinzing, R. Proulx, A. Rammig, S. Reinsch, B. Reu, L. Sack, B. Salgado-Negret, Jordi Sardans, S. Shiodera, B. Shiphley, A. Siefert, E. Sosinski, J. F. Soussana, E. Swaine, N. Swenson, K. Thompson, P. Thornton, M. Waldram, Evan Weiher, M. White, S. White, S. J. Wright, B. Yguel, Sönke Zaehle, Amy E. Zanne, C. Wirth: TRY : a global database of plant traits. In: Global Change Biology, 17 (2011). - S. 2905-2935.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02451.x

Frank van Langevelde, Kyle Tomlinson, Eduardo R. M. Barbosa, Steven de Bie, Herbert H. T. Prins, Steven I. Higgins: Understanding Tree-Grass Coexistence and Impacts of Disturbance and Resource Variability in Savannas. In: Michael J. Hill, Niall P. Hanan (Hrsg.): Ecosystem Function in Savannas : Measurement and Modeling at Landscape to Global Scales. - Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2011. - S. 257-268.

Richard J.T. Verweij, Steven Higgins, William J. Bond, Edmund C. February: Water sourcing by trees in a mesic savanna : Responses to severing deep and shallow roots. In: Environmental and Experimental Botany, 74 (2011). - S. 229-236.
doi:10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.06.004

Jayashree Ratnam, William J. Bond, Rod J. Fensham, William A. Hoffmann, Sally Archibald, Caroline E. R. Lehmann, Michael T. Anderson, Steven I. Higgins, Mahesh Sankaran: When is a ‘forest’ a savanna, and why does it matter?. In: Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20 (2011). - S. 653-660.
doi:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00634.x

2010

Edmund C. February, Steven I. Higgins: The distribution of tree and grass roots in savannas in relation to soil nitrogen and water. In: South African Journal of Botany, 76 (2010). - S. 517-523.
doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2010.04.001

Julia Zimmermann, Steven I. Higgins, Volker Grimm, John Hoffmann, Anja Linstädter: Grass mortality in semi-arid savanna : The role of fire, competition and self-shading. In: Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 12 (2010). - S. 1-8.
doi:10.1016/j.ppees.2009.09.003

Steven I. Higgins, Simon Scheiter, Mahesh Sankaran: The stability of African savannas : insights from the indirect estimation of the parameters of a dynamic model. In: Ecology, 91 (2010). - S. 1682-1692.
doi:10.1890/08-1368.1

2009

Simon Scheiter, Steven I. Higgins: Impacts of climate change on the vegetation of Africa : an adaptive dynamic vegetation modelling approach. In: Global Change Biology, 15 (2009). - S. 2224-2246.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01838.x

2008

Steven I. Higgins, Olivier Flores, Frank M. Schurr: Costs of persistence and the spread of competing seeders and sprouters. In: Journal of Ecology, 96 (2008). - S. 679-686.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01391.x

Steven Higgins, William J. Bond, Winston S. W. Trollope, Richard J. Williams: Physically motivated empirical models for the spread and intensity of grass fires. In: International Journal of Wildland Fire, 17 (2008). - S. 595-601.
doi:10.1071/WF06037

Julia Zimmermann, Steven I. Higgins, Volker Grimm, John Hoffmann, Tamara Münkemüller, Anja Linstädter: Recruitment filters in a perennial grassland : the interactive roles of fire, competitors, moisture and seed availability. In: Journal of Ecology, 96 (2008). - S. 1033-1044.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01409.x

2007

Steven I. Higgins, William J. Bond, Edmund C. February, Andries Bronn, Douglas I. W. Euston-Brown, Beukes Enslin, Navashni Govender, Louise Rademan, Sean O'Regan, Andre L. F. Potgieter, Simon Scheiter, Richard Sowry, Lynn Trollope, Winston S. W. Trollope: Effects of four decades of fire Manipulation on woody vegetation structure in savanna. In: Ecology, 88 (2007). - S. 1119-1125.
doi:10.1890/06-1664

Simon Scheiter, Steven I. Higgins: Partitioning of Root and Shoot Competition and the Stability of Savannas. In: The American Naturalist, 170 (2007). - S. 587-601.
doi:10.1086/521317

Guy F. Midgley, Wilfried Thuiller, Steven I. Higgins: Plant Species Migration as a Key Uncertainty in Predicting Future Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystems : Progress and Challenges. In: Josep G. Canadell, Diane E. Pataki, Louis F. Pitelka (Hrsg.): Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World. - Berlin : Springer, 2007. - S. 129-137.
doi:10.1007/978-3-540-32730-1_11

Steven I. Higgins, Jochen Kantelhardt, Simon Scheiter, Jan Boerner: Sustainable management of extensively managed savanna rangelands. In: Ecological Economics, 62 (2007). - S. 102-114.
doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.05.019

Edmund C. February, Steven I. Higgins, Rosemary Newton, Adam G. West: Tree distribution on a steep environmental gradient in an arid savanna. In: Journal of Biogeography, 34 (2007). - S. 270-278.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01583.x

Jan Börner, Steven I. Higgins, Jochen Kantelhardt, Simon Scheiter: Rainfall or price variability: what determines rangeland management decisions? A simulation-optimization approach to South African savannas. In: Agricultural Economics, 37 (2007). - S. 189-200.
doi:10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00265.x

Frank M. Schurr, Guy F. Midgley, Anthony G. Rebelo, Gail Reeves, Peter Poschlod, Steven I. Higgins: Colonization and persistence ability explain the extent to which plant species fill their potential range. In: Global Ecology and Biogeography, 16 (2007). - S. 449-459.
doi:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00293.x

2005

Mahesh Sankaran, Niall P. Hanan, Robert J. Scholes, Jayashree Ratnam, David J. Augustine, Brian S. Cade, Jacques Gignoux, Steven I. Higgins, Xavier Le Roux, Fulco Ludwig, Jonas Ardo, Feetham Banyikwa, Andries Bronn, Gabriela Bucini, Kelly K. Caylor, Michael B. Coughenour, Alioune Diouf, Wellington Ekaya, Christie J. Feral, Edmund C. February, Peter G. H. Frost, Pierre Hiernaux, Halszka Hrabar, Kristine L. Metzger, Herbert H. T. Prins, Susan Ringrose, William Sea, Jörg Tews, Jeff Worden, Nick Zambatis: Determinants of woody cover in African savannas. In: Nature, 438 (2005). - S. 846-849.
doi:10.1038/nature04070

Marcel Rejmánek, David M. Richardson, Steven Higgins, Michael J. Pitcairn, Eva Grotkopp: Ecology of invasive plants : state of the art. In: Harold A. Mooney, Richard Mack, Jeffrey A. McNeely, Laurie E. Neville, Peter Johan Schei, Jeffrey K. Waage (Hrsg.): Invasive alien species : a new synthesis. - Washington, DC : Island Press, 2005. - S. 104-161.

Frank M. Schurr, William J. Bond, Guy F. Midgley, Steven Higgins: A mechanistic model for secondary seed dispersal by wind and its experimental validation. In: Journal of Ecology, 93 (2005). - S. 1017-1028.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01018.x

2003

Steven I. Higgins, R. Nathan, Michael L. Cain: Are long-distance Dispersal Events in Plants ususally caused by Nonstandard Means of Dispersal?. In: Ecology, 84 (2003). - S. 1945-1956.
doi:10.1890/01-0616

Steven I. Higgins, Sandra Lavorel, Eloy Revilla: Estimating plant migration rates under habitat loss and fragmentation. In: Oikos, 101 (2003). - S. 354-366.
doi:10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12141.x

Steven I. Higgins, James S. Clark, Ran Nathan, Thomas Hovestadt, Frank M. Schurr, José M. V. Fragoso, Martin R. Aguiar, Eric Ribbens, Sandra Lavorel: Forecasting plant migration rates : managing uncertainty for risk assessment. In: Journal of Ecology, 91 (2003). - S. 341-347.
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00781.x

Steven I. Higgins, Sandra Lavorel, Oliver Tackenberg: Plant dispersal and habitat loss synergies. In: Lee Jay Hannah, Thomas E. Lovejoy (Hrsg.): Climate change and biodiversity : synergistic impacts. - Washington, DC : Conservation International, 2003. - S. 71-76.

M. P. Robertson, Lesley Henderson, Steven I. Higgins, Dean H. K. Fairbanks, H. G. Zimmermann, David C. le Maitre, Charlie M. Shackleton, Martin H. Villet, John H. Hoffmann, Anthony R. Palmer, Ivan Riggs: A proposed prioritization system for the management of invasive alien plants in South Africa : research in action. In: South African Journal of Science, 99 (2003). - S. 37-43.

2002

Pierre C. Beukes, Richard M. Cowling, Steven Higgins: An ecological economic simulation model of a non-selective grazing system in the Nama Karoo, South Africa. In: Ecological Economics, 42 (2002). - S. 221-242.
doi:10.1016/S0921-8009(02)00055-1

Steven I. Higgins, Michael L. Cain: Spatially realistic plant metapopulation models and the colonization-competition trade-off. In: Journal of Ecology, 90 (2002). - S. 616-626.
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.00694.x

2001

Steven I. Higgins, William J. Bond, Steward T.A. Pickett: Environmental stochasticity cannot save declining populations. In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 16 (2001). - S. 177.
doi:10.1016/S0169-5347(01)02112-7

Steven I. Higgins, David M. Richardson, Richard M. Cowling: Validation of a spatial simulation model of a spreading alien plant population. In: Journal of Applied Ecology, 38 (2001). - S. 571-584.
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00616.x

2000

Steven I. Higgins, William J. Bond, Winston S. W. Trollope: Fire, resprouting and variability : a recipe for grass-tree coexistence in savanna. In: Journal of Ecology, 88 (2000). - S. 213-229.
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00435.x

David M. Richardson, William J. Bond, W. Richard J. Dean, Steven Higgins, Guy F. Midgley, Suzanne J. Milton, Leslie W. Powrie, Michael C. Rutherford, Michael J. Samways, Roland E. Schulze: Invasive Alien Species and Global Change : A South African Perspective. In: Harold A. Mooney, Richard J. Hobbs (Hrsg.): Invasive Species in a Changing World. - Washington, DC : Island Press, 2000. - S. 303-350.

David M. Richardson, Steven I. Higgins: Pines as invaders in the southern hemisphere. In: David M. Richardson (Hrsg.): Ecology and Biogeography of Pinus. - Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2000. - S. 450-473.

Steven I. Higgins, Steward T .A. Pickett, William J. Bond: Predicting extinction risks for plants : environmental stochasticity can save declining populations. In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 15 (2000). - S. 516-520.
doi:10.1016/S0169-5347(00)01993-5

James Gambiza, William J. Bond, Peter G. H. Frost, Steven Higgins: Special Section: Land use options in dry tropical woodland ecosystems in Zimbabwe : A simulation model of miombo woodland dynamics under different management regimes. In: Ecological Economics, 33 (2000). - S. 353-368.
doi:10.1016/S0921-8009(00)00145-2

Steven Higgins, David M. Richardson, Richard M. Cowling: Using a Dynamic Landscape Model for Planning the Management of Alien Plant Invasions. In: Ecological Applications, 10 (2000). - S. 1833-1848.
doi:10.2307/2641242

Steven I. Higgins, Jane K. Turpie, Robert Costanza, Richard M. Cowling, Dave C. le Maitre, Christo Marais, Guy F. Midgley: An ecological economic simulation model of mountain fynbos ecosystems : Dynamics, valuation and management. In: Ecological Economics, 22 (1997). - S. 155-169.
doi:10.1016/S0921-8009(97)00575-2

Richard M. Cowling, Robert Constanza, Steven I. Higgins: Services supplied by South African fynbos ecosystems. In: Gretchen C. Daily (Hrsg.): Nature's Services : Societal Dependence On Natural Ecosystems. - Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 1997. - S. 345-362.

1996

David M. Richardson, Brian W. van Wilgen, Steven I. Higgins, Terry H. Trinder-Smith, Richard M. Cowling, D. H. McKell: Current and future threats to plant biodiversity on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. In: Biodiversity and Conservation, 5 (1996). - S. 607-647.
doi:10.1007/BF00137612

Steven I. Higgins, David M. Richardson, Richard M. Cowling: Modeling Invasive Plant Spread : The Role of Plant-Environment Interactions and Model Structure. In: Ecology, 77 (1996). - S. 2043-2054.
doi:10.2307/2265699

Steven I. Higgins, M. A. S. Coetzee, G. C. Marneweck, K. H. Rogers: The Nyl River floodplain, South Africa, as a functional unit of the landscape : A review of current information. In: African Journal of Ecology, 34 (1996). - S. 131-145.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2028.1996.019-89019.x

Steven I. Higgins, David M. Richardson: A review of models of alien plant spread. In: Ecological Modelling, 87 (1996). - S. 249-265.
doi:10.1016/0304-3800(95)00022-4

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