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Seasonal patterns in decomposition and nutrient release from East African savanna grasses grown under contrasting nutrient conditions
Ngatia, LW, KR Reddy, PKR Nair, RM Pringle, TM Palmer, and BL Turner. 2014. Seasonal patterns in decomposition and nutrient release from East African savanna grasses grown under contrasting nutrient conditions. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 188:12-19.
Large carnivores make savanna tree communities less thorny
Ford, AT, JR Goheen, TO Otieno, L Bidner, L Isbell, TM Palmer, R Woodroffe, D Ward, and RM Pringle. 2014. Large carnivores make savanna tree communities less thorny. Science 346:346-349.
Colonization and competition dynamics can explain incomplete sterilization parasitism in ant-plant symbioses
Tarnita, CE, TM Palmer, and RM Pringle. Colonization and competition dynamics can explain incomplete sterilization parasitism in ant-plant symbioses. Ecology Letters 17:1290-1298.
Low functional redundancy among sympatric large herbivores in regulating an encroaching shrub (Solanum campylacanthum) in African savannah
Pringle, RM, JR Goheen, TM Palmer, GK Charles, E DeFranco, R Hohbein, AT Ford, B Torto, and CE Tarnita. Low functional redundancy among sympatric large herbivores in regulating an encroaching shrub (Solanum campylacanthum) in African savannah. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281:20140390.
Mechanisms of plant-plant interactions: concealment from herbivores is more important than abiotic-stress mediation in an African savanna
Louthan, AM, DF Doak, JR Goheen, TM Palmer, and RM Pringle. 2014. Mechanisms of plant-plant interactions: concealment from herbivores is more important than abiotic-stress mediation in an African savanna. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281:20132647.
Countryside biogeography of Neotropical reptiles and amphibians
Mendenhall, CD, G Ceballos, LO Frishkoff, J Pacheco, G Santos-Barrera, PR Ehrlich, GC Daily, and RM Pringle. 2014. Countryside biogeography of Neotropical reptiles and amphibians. Ecology 95:856-870.
Plant and small-mammal responses to large-herbivore exclusion in an African savanna
Kartzinel, TR, JR Goheen, GK Charles, E DeFranco, JE Maclean, TO Otieno, TM Palmer, and RM Pringle. 2014. Plant and small-mammal responses to large-herbivore exclusion in an African savanna: The first five years of the UHURU experiment. Ecology 95:787.
Where the wild beasts are
Pringle, RM. 2014. Review of “Serengeti story: life and science in the world’s greatest wildlife region” by ARE Sinclair. Where the wild beasts are. Ecology 95:583-584.