A South Africa - Germany collaboration to understand the impacts of land-use and climate change on South African terrestrial ecosystems
[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1147-2020) Current rates of climate and atmospheric change are likely higher than during the last millions of years. Even higher rates of change are projected in CMIP5 climate model ensemble runs …
[Access the paper here](https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13409) Tropical savannas are a globally extensive biome prone to rapid vegetation change in response to changing environmental conditions. Via a meta-analysis, we quantified savanna woody vegetation …
[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0311) The extent of the savannah biome is expected to be profoundly altered by climatic change and increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Contrasting projections are given when using …