Publications
2020
Scholarly publications
partnership, T. SEOSAW., Cromsigt, J. P. G. M., & te Beest, M. (2020). A network to understand the changing socio-ecology of the southern African woodlands (SEOSAW): Challenges, benefits, and methods. PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10168
te Beest, M., Mvelase, T., Findlay, N., Kleinjan, A., Gordijn, P., Tedder, M., & Van Rensburg, S. J. (2020). Effects of fire and experimental warming in Afromontane grasslands. Abstract from 18th Savanna Science Networking Meeting, Skukuza, South Africa.
Wigley, B. J., Charles-Dominique, T., Hempson, G. P., Stevens, N., TeBeest, M., Archibald, S., Bond, W. J., Bunney, K., Coetsee, C., Donaldson, J., Fidelis, A., Gao, X., Gignoux, J., Lehmann, C., Massad, T. J., Midgley, J. J., Millan, M., Schwilk, D., Siebert, F., ... Kruger, L. M. (2020). A handbook for the standardised sampling of plant functional traits in disturbance-prone ecosystems, with a focus on open ecosystems. Australian Journal of Botany, 68(8), 473-531. https://doi.org/10.1071/BT20048
Aleman, J. C., Fayolle, A., Favier, C., Staver, A. C., Dexter, K. G., Ryan, C. M., Azihou, A. F., Bauman, D., te Beest, M., Chidumayo, E. N., Comiskey, J. A., Cromsigt, J. P. G. M., Dessard, H., Doucet, J-L., Finckh, M., Gillet, J-F., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Hempson, G. P., Holdo, R. M., ... Swaine, M. D. (2020). Floristic evidence for alternative biome states in tropical Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(45), 28183-28190. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2011515117
Kerley, G. I. H., te Beest, M., Cromsigt, J. P. G. M., Pauly, D., & Shultz, S. (2020). The Protected Area Paradox and refugee species: The giant panda and baselines shifted towards conserving species in marginal habitats. Conservation Science and Practice, 2(6), [e203]. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.203
Thomas, H. J. D., Bjorkman, A. D., Myers-Smith, I. H., Elmendorf, S. C., Kattge, J., Diaz, S., Vellend, M., Blok, D., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Forbes, B. C., Henry, G. H. R., Hollister, R. D., Normand, S., Prevéy, J. S., Rixen, C., Schaepman-Strub, G., Wilmking, M., Wipf, S., Cornwell, W. K., ... de Vries, F. T. (2020). Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome. Nature Communications, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15014-4
Halbritter, A. H., De Boeck, H. J., Eycott, A. E., Reinsch, S., Robinson, D. A., Vicca, S., Berauer, B., Christiansen, C. T., Estiarte, M., Grünzweig, J. M., Gya, R., Hansen, K., Jentsch, A., Lee, H., Linder, S., Marshall, J., Peñuelas, J., Kappel Schmidt, I., Stuart-Haëntjens, E., ... te Beest, M. (2020). The handbook for standardized field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx). Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11(1), 22-37. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13331
Kattge, J., Bönisch, G., Díaz, S., Lavorel, S., Prentice, I. C., Leadley, P., Tautenhahn, S., Werner, G. D. A., Aakala, T., Abedi, M., Acosta, A. T. R., Adamidis, G. C., Adamson, K., Aiba, M., Albert, C. H., Alcántara, J. M., Alcázar C, C., Aleixo, I., Ali, H., ... te Beest, M. (2020). TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology, 26(1), 119-188. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14904
2019
Scholarly publications
Fležar, U., le Roux, E., Kerley, G. I. H., Kuijper, D. P. J., te Beest, M., Druce, D. J., Prinsloo, D., & Cromsigt, J. P. G. M. (2019). Simulated elephant-induced habitat changes can create dynamic landscapes of fear. Biological Conservation, 237, 267-279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.07.012
Fayolle, A., Swaine, M. D., Aleman, J., Azihou, A. F., Bauman, D., te Beest, M., Chidumayo, E. N., Cromsigt, J. P. G. M., Dessard, H., Finckh, M., Gonçalves, F. M. P., Gillet, J-F., Gorel, A., Hick, A., Holdo, R., Kirunda, B., Mahy, G., McNicol, I., Ryan, C. M., ... Woollen, E. (2019). A sharp floristic discontinuity revealed by the biogeographic regionalization of African savannas. Journal of Biogeography, 46(2), 454-465. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13475
2018
Scholarly publications
Thomas, H. J. D., Myers-Smith, I. H., Bjorkman, A. D., Elmendorf, S. C., Blok, D., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Forbes, B. C., Hollister, R. D., Normand, S., Prevéy, J. S., Rixen, C., Schaepman-Strub, G., Wilmking, M., Wipf, S., Cornwell, W. K., Kattge, J., Goetz, S. J., Guay, K. C., Alatalo, J. M., ... van Bodegom, P. M. (2019). Traditional plant functional groups explain variation in economic but not size-related traits across the tundra biome. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28(2), 78-95. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12783
Bjorkman, A. D., Myers-Smith, I. H., Elmendorf, S. C., Normand, S., Thomas, H. J. D., Alatalo, J. M., Alexander, H., Anadon-Rosell, A., Angers-Blondin, S., Bai, Y., Baruah, G., te Beest, M., Berner, L., Björk, R. G., Blok, D., Bruelheide, H., Buchwal, A., Buras, A., Carbognani, M., ... Zamin, T. (2018). Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(12), 1402-1411. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12821
Bjorkman, A. D., Myers-Smith, I. H., Elmendorf, S. C., Normand, S., Rüger, N., Beck, P. S. A., Blach-Overgaard, A., Blok, D., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Forbes, B. C., Georges, D., Goetz, S. J., Guay, K. C., Henry, G. H. R., HilleRisLambers, J., Hollister, R. D., Karger, D. N., Kattge, J., Manning, P., ... Weiher, E. (2018). Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome. Nature, 562(7725), 57-62. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7
Cromsigt, J. P. G. M., te Beest, M., Kerley, G. I. H., Landman, M., le Roux, E., & Smith, F. A. (2018). Trophic rewilding as a climate change mitigation strategy? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373(1761), [20170440]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0440
Beest, M., Mpandza, N. J., & Olff, H. (2018). Biotic resistance affects growth and reproduction, but not survival of a high-impact woody invader in African savannas. Journal of Vegetation Science, 29(3), 532-540. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12633