David Ward

Do we understand the causes of bush encroachment in African savannas?

David Ward · African Journal of Range and Forage Science · 2005 · 300 citations

Desertification, Biogeography, Land Use +13

Effects of rain, nitrogen, fire and grazing on tree recruitment and early survival in bush-encroached savanna, South Africa

Tineke Kraaij, David Ward · Plant Ecology · 2006 · 281 citations

Tree Recruitment, Early Survival, Forest Restoration +3

Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale

Enrique Valencia, Francesco de Bello, Thomas Galland et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020 · 249 citations · Full text

Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity

Sally E. Koerner, Melinda D. Smith, Deron E. Burkepile et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution · 2018 · 247 citations · Full text

Biodiversity, Plant-parasite Coevolution, Evolutionary Biology +3

Large carnivores make savanna tree communities less thorny

Adam T. Ford, Jacob R. Goheen, Tobias O. Otieno et al. · Science · 2014 · 208 citations

Predation Risk, Biodiversity, Biotic Interaction +12