Savannas

Andersen, A. N. and Müller, W. J. 2000: Arthropod response to experimental fire regimes in an Australian tropical savanna: ordinal-level analysis. Austral Ecology 25, 199-209.

Bergström, R. , Skarpe, C. and Kjell, D. 2000: Plant responses and herbivory following simulated browsing and stem cutting of Combretum apiculatum. Journal of Vegetation Science 11, 409-414.

Blanche, K. R. 2000: Diversity of insect-induced galls along a temperature-rainfall gradient in the tropical savannah region of the Northern Territory, Australia. Austral Ecology 25, 311-318.

Blanche, K. R. and Westoby, M. 1995: Gall-forming insect diversity is linked to soil fertility via host plant taxon. Ecology 76, 2334-2337.

Blanche, K. R. , Andersen, A. N. and Ludwig, J. A. 2001: Rainfall-contingent detection of fire impacts: responses of beetles to experimental fire regimes. Ecological Applications 11, 86-96.

Caro, T. M. 2001: Species richness and abundance of small mammals inside and outside an African national park. Biological Conservation 98, 251-257.

Dangerfield, J. M. and Schuurman, G. 2000: Foraging by fungus-growing termites (Isoptera: Termitidae, Macrotermitinae) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Journal of Tropical Ecology 16, 717-731.

Decaëns, T. 2000: Degradation dynamics of surface earthworm casts in grasslands of the eastern plains of Colombia. Biology and Fertility of Soils 32, 149-156.

Del-Claro, K. and Oliveira, P. S. 1999: Ant-homoptera interactions in a neotropical savanna: the honeydew-producing treehopper Guayaquila xiphias (Membracidae) and its associated ant fauna on Didymopanax vinosum (Araliaceae). Biotropica 31, 135-144.

Del-Claro, K. and Oliveira, P. S. 2000: Conditional outcomes in a neotropical treehopper-ant association: temporal and species-specific variation in ant protection and homopteran fecundity. Oecologia 124, 156-165.

Gonçalves-Alvim, S. J. and Fernandes, G. W. 2001: Biodiversity of galling insects: historical, community and habitat effects in four neotropical savannas. Biodiversity and Conservation 10, 79-98.

Henriques, R. P. B. , Bizerril, M. X. A. and Palma, A. R. T. 2000: Changes in small mammal populations after fire in a patch of unburned cerrado in central Brazil. Mammalia 64, 173-185.

Jiménez, J. J. and Decaëns, T. 2000: Vertical distribution of earthworms in grassland soils of the Colombian Llanos. Biology and Fertility of Soils 32, 463-473.

Jiménez, J. J. , Moreno, A. G. and Lavelle, P. 1999: Reproductive strategies of three native earthworm species from the savannas of Carimagua (Colombia). Pedobiologia 43, 851-858.

Lara, A. C. L. and Fernandes, G. W. 1996: The highest diversity of galling insects: Serra do Cipó, Brazil. Biodiversity Letters 3, 111-114.

Leal, I. R. and Oliveira, P. S. 2000: Foraging ecology of attine ants in a neotropical savanna: seasonal use of fungal substrate in the cerrado vegetation of Brazil. Insectes Sociaux 47, 376-382.

Magagula, C. N. and Samways, M. J. 2001: Maintenance of ladybeetle diversity across a heterogeneous African agricultural/savanna land mosaic. Biodiversity and Conservation 10, 209-222.

Marquis, R. J. , Diniz, I. R. and Morais, H. C. 2001: Patterns and correlates of interspecific variation in foliar insect herbivory and pathogen attack in Brazilian cerrado. Journal of Tropical Ecology 17, 127-148.

Milton, S. J. and Dean, W. R. J. 2001: Seeds dispersed in dung of insectivores and herbivores in semi-arid southern Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 47, 465-483.

Myers, N. , Mittermeier, R. A. , Mittermeier, C. G. , de Fonseca, G. A. B. and Kent, J. 2000: Bio-diversity hotspots for conservation priorities. Nature 403, 853-858.

Neckel-Oliveira, S. , Magnusson, W. E. , Lima, A. P. and Albernaz, A. L. K. 2000: Diversity and distribution of frogs in an Amazonian savanna in Brazil. Amphibia-Reptilia 21, 317-326.

Orgeas, J. and Andersen, A. N. 2001: Fire and bio-diversity: responses of grass-layer beetles to experimental fire regimes in an Australian tropical savanna. Journal of Applied Ecology 38, 49-62.

Ottichilo, W. K. , de Leeuw, J. and Prins, H. H. T. 2001: Population trends of resident wildebeest [Connochaetes taurinus hecki (Neumann)] and factors influencing them in the Masai Mara ecosystem, Kenya. Biological Conservation 97, 271-282.

Pérez, E. M. and Bulla, L. 2000: Dietary relationships among four granivorous doves in Venezuelan savannas. Journal of Tropical Ecology 16, 865-882.

Skarpe, C. , Bergström, R. , Bråten, A. L. and Danell, K. 2000: Browsing in a heterogeneous savanna. Ecography 23, 632-640.

Styles, C. V. and Skinner, J. D. 2000: The influence of large mammalian herbivores on growth form and utilisation of mopane trees, Colophospermum mopane, in Botswana’s Northern Tuli Game Reserve. African Journal of Ecology 38, 95-101.

Tubelis, D. P. and Cavalcanti, R. B. 2000: A comparison of bird communities in natural and disturbed non-wetland open habitats in the cerrado’s central region, Brazil. Bird Conservation International 10, 331-350.

Vieira, E. M. 1999: Small mammal communities and fire in the Brazilian cerrado. Journal of Zoology 249, 75-81.

Woinarski, J. C. Z. , Brock, C. , Fisher, A. , Milne, D. and Oliver, B. 1999a: Response of birds and reptiles to fire regimes on pastoral land in the Victoria River District, Northern Territory. Rangeland Journal 21(1), 24-38.

Woinarski, J. C. Z. , Fisher, A. and Milne, D. 1999b: Distribution patterns of vertebrates in relation to an extensive rainfall gradient and variation in soil texture in the tropical savannas of the Northern territory, Australia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 15, 381-398.

Woinarski, J. C. Z. , Brock, C. , Armstrong, M. , Hempel, C. , Cheal, D. and Brennan, K. 2000a: Bird distribution in riparian vegetation in the extensive natural landscape of Australia’s tropical savanna: a broad-scale survey and analysis of a distributional data base. Journal of Biogeography 27, 843-868.

Woinarski, J. C. Z. , Franklin, D. and Connors, G. 2000b: Thinking honeyeater: nectar maps for the Northern Territory, Australia, showing spatial and temporal variation in nectar availability. Pacific Conservation Biology 6, 61-80.