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Steven I. Higgins
Researcher at University of Bayreuth
Publications - 126
Citations - 15473
Steven I. Higgins is an academic researcher from University of Bayreuth. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vegetation & Biome. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 121 publications receiving 13944 citations. Previous affiliations of Steven I. Higgins include University of the Witwatersrand & Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ.
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Grazing and aridity reduce perennial grass abundance in semi-arid rangelands – Insights from a trait-based dynamic vegetation model
Mirjam Pfeiffer,Liam Langan,Anja Linstädter,Carola Martens,Camille Gaillard,Jan C. Ruppert,Jan C. Ruppert,Jan C. Ruppert,Steven I. Higgins,Edwin I. Mudongo,Simon Scheiter +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented a new scheme for aDGVM2, a dynamic vegetation model for tropical ecosystems, that distinguishes annual and perennial grasses based on trait trade-offs to improve the representation of rangeland communities.
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Coupling a physiological grazer population model with a generalized model for vegetation dynamics.
TL;DR: In this paper, a generalized model for the population dynamics of large mammalian grazers, based on animal physiology, with a plant-physiological model for vegetation dynamics and ecosystem processes, applicable at local to global scales (LPJ-GUESS).
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Diversification in evolutionary arenas : Assessment and synthesis
Nicolai M. Nürk,H. Peter Linder,Renske E. Onstein,Matthew J. Larcombe,Colin E. Hughes,Laura Piñeiro Fernández,Laura Piñeiro Fernández,Philipp M. Schlüter,Luis M. Valente,Luis M. Valente,Carl Beierkuhnlein,Vanessa Cutts,Michael J. Donoghue,Erika J. Edwards,Richard Field,S.G.A. Flantua,Steven I. Higgins,Anke Jentsch,Sigrid Liede-Schumann,Michael D. Pirie,Michael D. Pirie +20 more
TL;DR: The Evolutionary Arena framework promotes a more general understanding of variation in evolutionary rates by making quantitative results comparable between case studies, thereby allowing new syntheses of evolutionary and ecological processes to emerge.
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Stomatal traits relate to habitat preferences of herbaceous species in a temperate climate
Solveig Franziska Bucher,Karl Auerswald,Christina Grün-Wenzel,Steven I. Higgins,Javier Garcia Jorge,Christine Römermann +5 more
TL;DR: Stomatal traits such as size, density or the distribution between the two sides of the leaf are indicators of how species optimize carbon uptake and balance water loss and radiation gain.
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Large uncertainties in future biome changes in Africa call for flexible climate adaptation strategies
Carola Martens,Thomas Hickler,Claire Davis-Reddy,Francois Engelbrecht,Steven I. Higgins,Graham P. Von Maltitz,Graham P. Von Maltitz,Guy F. Midgley,Mirjam Pfeiffer,Simon Scheiter +9 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that substantial future biome changes due to climate and CO2 changes are likely across Africa, and adaptation strategies must be highly flexible.