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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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Are long‐distance dispersal events in plants usually caused by nonstandard means of dispersal?
TL;DR: It is concluded that the relationship between morphologically defined dispersal syndrome and long-distance dispersal is poor, and understanding gleaned from the often anecdotal literature on nonstandard and standard means of long distance disperseal is the foundation for both statistical and mechanistic models of long- distance dispersal.
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Effects of four decades of fire manipulation on woody vegetation structure in Savanna.
Steven I. Higgins,William J. Bond,Edmund C. February,Andries Bronn,Douglas I. W. Euston-Brown,Beukes Enslin,Navashni Govender,Louise Rademan,Sean O'Regan,A.L.F. Potgieter,Simon Scheiter,Richard Sowry,Lynn Trollope,W.S.W. Trollope +13 more
TL;DR: Evidence is provided that savannas are demographically resilient to fire, but structurally responsive, and the density of woody individuals was unresponsive to fire.
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Next‐generation dynamic global vegetation models: learning from community ecology
TL;DR: A trait- and individual-based vegetation model (aDGVM2) that allows individual plants to adopt a unique combination of trait values that may yield novel insights as to how vegetation may respond to climate change and could foster collaborations between functional plant biologists and vegetation modellers.
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Impacts of climate change on the vegetation of Africa: an adaptive dynamic vegetation modelling approach
Simon Scheiter,Steven I. Higgins +1 more
TL;DR: The adaptive dynamic global vegetation model (aDGVM) as mentioned in this paper combines established components from existing DGVMs with novel process-based and adaptive modules for phenology, carbon allocation and fire within an individual-based framework.
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When is a ‘forest’ a savanna, and why does it matter?
Jayashree Ratnam,Jayashree Ratnam,William J. Bond,Rod Fensham,William A. Hoffmann,Sally Archibald,Caroline E. R. Lehmann,Michael T. Anderson,Steven I. Higgins,Mahesh Sankaran,Mahesh Sankaran +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, a suite of morphological, physiological and life-history traits that are likely to differ between tropical mesic savanna and forest species are identified and used to distinguish between these ecosystems and thereby aid their appropriate management and conservation.