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William B. Sea
Researcher at Colorado State University
Publications - 3
Citations - 1866
William B. Sea is an academic researcher from Colorado State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biomass (ecology) & Woody plant. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 1691 citations. Previous affiliations of William B. Sea include CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research & South Dakota State University.
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Determinants of woody cover in African savannas
Mahesh Sankaran,Niall P. Hanan,Robert J. Scholes,Jayashree Ratnam,David J. Augustine,Brian S. Cade,Jacques Gignoux,Steven I. Higgins,Xavier Le Roux,Fulco Ludwig,Jonas Ardö,Feetham Banyikwa,Andries Bronn,Gabriela Bucini,Kelly K. Caylor,Michael B. Coughenour,Alioune Diouf,Wellington N. Ekaya,Christie J. Feral,Edmund C. February,Peter G. H. Frost,Pierre Hiernaux,Halszka Hrabar,Kristine L. Metzger,Herbert H. T. Prins,Susan Ringrose,William B. Sea,Jörg Tews,Jeff Worden,Nick Zambatis +29 more
TL;DR: It is shown, using data from 854 sites across Africa, that maximum woody cover in savannas receiving a mean annual precipitation (MAP) of less than ∼650 mm is constrained by, and increases linearly with, MAP.
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Do fires in savannas consume woody biomass? A comment on approaches to modeling savanna dynamics.
TL;DR: A simple alternative that separates the woody community into a subadult ( fire‐sensitive) class and an adult (fire‐resistant) class is presented and it is explored how this ecologically more realistic, but still simplified, model may provide better simulations of demographic processes and response to fires in savannas.
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Self-thinning and Tree Competition in Savannas
TL;DR: It is suggested that self‐thinning among woody plants can be detected in low‐disturbance situations, while also showing sign that juvenile trees, more so than adults, are suppressed when growing with herbaceous vegetation in these ecosystems.