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Interacting effects of land-use and climate on rodent-borne disease in central Kenya
Young, HS, DJ McCauley, R Dirzo, CL Nunn, B Agwanda, M Campana, R Fleischer, EO Castillo, D Salked, E Lambin, JR Goheen, TM Palmer, RM Pringle, TP Young, and KM Helgen. 2017. Interacting effects of land-use and climate on rodent-borne disease in central Kenya. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 372:20160116.
Woody plant biomass and carbon exchange depend on elephant-fire interactions in African savanna
Pellegrini, AFA, RM Pringle, N Govender, and LO Hedin. 2017. Woody plant biomass and carbon exchange depend on elephant-fire interactions in African savanna. Journal of Ecology 105:111-121.
Conserving the world’s megafauna and biodiversity: the fierce urgency of now
Ripple, WJ, and 42 co-authors. 2017. Conserving the world’s megafauna and biodiversity: the fierce urgency of now. BioScience 67:197-200.
Large herbivores promote habitat specialization and beta diversity of African savanna trees
Pringle, RM, KM Prior, TM Palmer, TP Young, and JR Goheen. 2016. Large herbivores promote habitat specialization and beta diversity of African savanna trees. Ecology 97:2640-2657.
Elephants in the understory
Coverdale, TC, TR Kartzinel, KL Grabowski, RK Shriver, AA Hassan, JR Goheen, TM Palmer, and RM Pringle. 2016. Elephants in the understory: Opposing direct and indirect effects of consumption and ecosystem engineering by megaherbivores. Ecology 97:3219-3230.
Saving the world’s terrestrial megafauna
Ripple, WJ, and 42 co-authors. Saving the world’s terrestrial megafauna. BioScience 66:807-812.
Does primary productivity modulate the indirect effects of large herbivores?
Daskin, JH and RM Pringle. 2016. Does primary productivity modulate the indirect effects of large herbivores? A global meta-analysis. Journal of Animal Ecology 85:857–868.
Ecological legacies of civil war
Daskin, JH, M Stalmans, and RM Pringle. 2016. Ecological legacies of civil war: 35-year increase in savanna tree cover following wholesale large-mammal declines. Journal of Ecology 104:79-89
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.
Synergistic effects of fire and elephants on arboreal animals in an African savanna
Pringle, RM, DM Kimuyu, RL Sensenig, TM Palmer, C Riginos, KE Veblen, TP Young. 2015. Synergistic effects of fire and elephants on arboreal animals in an African savanna. Journal of Animal Ecology 84:1637-1645.