Browsing by Author "Kruger, Laurence"

Browsing by Author "Kruger, Laurence"

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  • Animal diversity declines with broad-scale homogenization of canopy cover in African savannas 
    McCleery, Robert A.; Monadjem, Ara; Baiser, Benjamin; Fletcher Jr, Robert; Vickers, Karen; Kruger, Laurence (Elsevier, 2018-10)
    Savannas are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic forces that are causing broad-scale directional shifts in woody vegetation that homogenizes their structure. Yet, whether animal communities respond consistently to ...
  • Drought limits large trees in African savannas with or without elephants 
    Jones, Maggie M.; Fletcher, Robert Jr; Kruger, Laurence; Monadjem, Ara; Simelane, Phumlile; McCleery, Robert A. (Wiley, 2022-12)
    Consumers, including megaherbivores and fire, are considered important limiting forces for woody plants and canopy closure in African savannas. However, climatic events like drought can also play a significant role in ...
  • Frightened of giants : fear responses to elephants approach that of predators 
    Fletcher Jr, Robert J.; O’Brien, Amanda; Hall, Timothy F.; Jones, Maggie; Potash, Alex D.; Kruger, Laurence; Simelane, Phumlile; Roques, Kim; Monadjem, Ara; McCleery, Robert A. (Royal Society, 2023-10)
    Animals are faced with a variety of dangers or threats, which are increasing in frequency with ongoing environmental change. While our understanding of fearfulness of such dangers is growing in the context of predation ...
  • Reflecting on research produced after more than 60 years of exclosures in the Kruger National Park 
    Wigley-Coetsee, Corli; Strydom, Tercia; Govender, Danny; Thompson, Dave I.; Govender, Navashni; Botha, Judith; Simms, Chenay; Manganyi, Adolf; Kruger, Laurence; Venter, Jacques; Greaver, Cathy; Smit, Izak P.J. (AOSIS, 2022-02-28)
    Herbivores are a main driver of ecosystem patterns and processes in semi-arid savannas, with their effects clearly observed when they are excluded from landscapes. Starting in the 1960s, various herbivore exclosures have ...