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A #weaver #bird inspecting its #nest before collecting more material for the next #generation. This #bright #yellow #animal is native to the #water in the #savannas of #Africa. Shot using #NikonEurope #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlifelovers #NaturePhotography

Ancient Literature Suggests India's Savannas Are Much Older Than Previously Thought Plant species mentioned in texts from the past 800 years hint the wooded grasslands of western India have been there since ancient times, pushing back on the narrative that they are remnants of long-gone forests

Ancient Literature Suggests India's Savannas Are Much Older Than Previously Thought: Plant species mentioned in texts from the past 800 years hint the wooded grasslands of western India have been there since ancient… @SmithsonianMag #AncientLiterature #India #Savannas #PlantSpecies #WesternIndia

Ancient Literature Suggests India's Savannas Are Much Older Than Previously Thought Plant species mentioned in texts from the past 800 years hint the wooded grasslands of western India have been there since ancient times, pushing back on the narrative that they are remnants of long-g...

"A new study adds to growing evidence that, instead of being leftovers of cut-down forests, grasslands with scattered trees have been there since at least the 13th century C.E. The findings were published last week in the journal People and Nature."
🌄🌳📜 #Savannas #India #Literature #Grasslands

Amidst the ongoing global biodiversity crisis, conserving the incredibly high biodiversity of tropical #savannas and #grasslands is critical. But designing effective and relevant conservation policies for the present and future requires an accurate understanding of the past. 2/n

ECR feature: Wesley Jonatar Alves da Cruz Wesley is a Postdoctoral researcher at the AMAP (botAnique et Modélisation de l’Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations) research group in Montpellier, France. He is a functional ecologis…

🆕ECR Feature: Postdoc researcher at the #AMAP research group, Wesley Jonatar, talks about his recent work, in which he and his colleagues investigated the functional #diversity across #forests, #savannas and #grasslands of central Brazil. Read the full Q&A here:

New #OpenAccess research in #RESEcolEnt

Seasonality as a structuring factor of the #DungBeetle community in burned #neotropical #savannas
doi.org/10.1111/een.70035

#Biodiversity #FireManagementStrategies
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social

Lucy Rowland, University of Exeter (UK)

Meet Lucy Rowland, featured in our latest #profile article

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#drought #rainforests #savannas #woodyplants

Between forest and desert: savannas suffer climate stress - DAAD Letter

🌍 Africa’s savannas are under pressure but AFAS is helping shape solutions!
🌾 Our grads Claire & Nouhou turn science into action, linking West & East Africa through research & fieldwork.

📚 Read how AFAS builds climate leaders in this DAAD’s letter.

#AFAS #Savannas #ClimateAction

A tropical savanna at sunset. Hilly terrain with a variety of trees. Dences of fields in farmland visible.

Savanna. Sucre, Colombia. #photography #rural #fields #farmland #savannas #colombia

Annual Bush Fire as a Management Tool for Humid Savannas: The Case of Lamto Scientific Reserve in Côte d’Ivoire - AFAS As part of our academic journey under the African Climate and Environment Center-Future African Savannas (AFAS) program, we embarked on a pivotal excursion to the Lamto Scientific Reserve in Côte d’Iv...

🔥 New Blog! 🔥
Can fire save Africa’s humid #savannas?

AFAS master’s students explore the role of #ecologicalfire at Côte d’Ivoire’s Lamto Reserve—a living lab for fire ecology.

🌍 Read more: www.afas.africa/annual-bush-...

#ClimateAction #AFAS #LamtoReserve #SustainableLandUse

Functional strategies of 337 native Texas grasses in relation to grazing and fire.

🔥🌱 From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥

Grass functional traits reflect the long history of #fire & grazers in the #savannas of #Texas

By @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social et al.

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Howdy!

Join us for another ECCB Friday Seminar!

This week, Dr. Bradford Wilcox will present on the "Ecohydrology of Woody Plant Encroachment."

📅 Friday, January 31st
📍 WFES 411
🕛 12:00 - 1:00 PM

#TAMUECCB #seminar #ecology #rangelands #ecohydrology #woodlands #savannas

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An important point pithily made... But why do I feel the CoP ain't gonna bother?

Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp3.10...

#COP16Colombia #biodiversity #savannas #grasslands #forests […]

Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored Click on the article title to read more.

Grasslands and savannas matter just as much as forests - #Biodiversity means celebrating light-loving flora, fauna and ecosystems. These ancient landscapes are irreplaceable, and their degradation must stop before it's too late!

#savannas #grasslands

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A #weaver #bird inspecting its #nest before collecting more material for the next #generation. This #bright #yellow #animal is native to the #water in the #savannas of #Africa. Shot using #NikonEurope #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlifelovers #NaturePhotography

An Elephant in Silhouette by Kathi Isserman An Elephant in Silhouette by Kathi Isserman

#elephants
#silhouettes
#savannas
#chobe
#botswana

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- new growth ts Even when savannas seem bare nutritious grasses feed animals Particularly during dry seasons, savannas may look scrubby and bare. But animals aren't concerned about the height of savanna grasses. What matters is that the grass keeps growing, so they can keep eating.

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Even when #savannas seem bare nutritious grasses feed animals

Particularly during dry seasons, savannas may look scrubby and bare. But animals aren't concerned about the height of savanna grasses. What matters is that the grass keeps growing, so they can keep eating.

Second day pf fieldwork: learning to sample vegetation. #Cerrado #savannas

Going to the field with a new team of motivated students!
#Cerrado #savannas

Interesting paper on small mammal abundance and their predators in African #savannas #Oikos onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/oik.00962/fu...

#Africa's #savannas may become #forests by 2100, study suggests: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/1206281... #climate #biodiversity