Jayashree Ratnam

Determinants of woody cover in African savannas

Mahesh Sankaran, Niall P. Hanan, Robert J. Scholes et al. · Nature · 2005 · 1.9K citations · Full text

Woody Cover, Vegetation Science

Savanna Vegetation-Fire-Climate Relationships Differ Among Continents

Caroline E. R. Lehmann, T. Michael Anderson, Mahesh Sankaran et al. · Science · 2014 · 671 citations

Single Model, South America, Engineering +9

Tree–grass coexistence in savannas revisited – insights from an examination of assumptions and mechanisms invoked in existing models

Mahesh Sankaran, Jayashree Ratnam, Niall P. Hanan · Ecology Letters · 2004 · 659 citations

Tree–grass Mixtures, Engineering, Vegetation-atmosphere Interactions +10

Woody cover in African savannas: the role of resources, fire and herbivory

Mahesh Sankaran, Jayashree Ratnam, Niall P. Hanan · Global Ecology and Biogeography · 2007 · 574 citations

Engineering, Broad Environmental Gradients, Forest Restoration +11

When is a ‘forest’ a savanna, and why does it matter?

Jayashree Ratnam, William J. Bond, R. J. Fensham et al. · Global Ecology and Biogeography · 2011 · 463 citations

Biodiversity, Engineering, Forest Governance +15