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Influences of trees on savanna productivity: tests of shade, nutrients, and tree-grass competition by Belsky, A. Joy

“…To determine why herbaceous productivity in tropical and subtropical savannas is often significantly higher under crowns of isolated trees than in adjacent…”
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Effects of livestock grazing on stand dynamics and soils in upland forests of the interior west by Belsky, A. Joy, Blumenthal, Dana M.

“…Many ponderosa pine and mixed-conifer forests of the western, interior United States have undergone substantial structural and compositional changes since…”
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Does herbivory benefit plants? A review of the evidence by Belsky, A.J

“…The potential benefits of herbivory to plants have been debated over the last decade. Several investigators claim that removal of or damage to the productive,…”
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Spectroscopy of Hydrothermal Reactions 13. Kinetics and Mechanisms of Decarboxylation of Acetic Acid Derivatives at 100−260 °C under 275 bar by Belsky, A. J, Maiella, P. G, Brill, T. B

“…The rates and pathways of decarboxylation of acetic acid derivatives, RCO2H, and their Na+ salts, RCO2Na, which possess electron-withdrawing groups (R = CCl3−,…”
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Overcompensation by plants: Herbivore optimization or red herring? by Belsky, A. Joy, Carson, Walter P., Jensen, Cynthia L., Fox, Gordon A.

“…The increased growth rates, higher total biomass, and increased seed production occasionally found in grazed or clipped plants are more accurately interpreted…”
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The Effects of Trees on Their Physical, Chemical and Biological Environments in a Semi-Arid Savanna in Kenya by Belsky, A. J., Amundson, R. G., Duxbury, J. M., Riha, S. J., Ali, A. R., Mwonga, S. M.

“…(1) The effects of isolated, mature trees of Acacia tortilis and Adansonia digitata on their environments in a semi-arid savanna in Tsavo National Park (West),…”
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Comparative Effects of Isolated Trees on Their Undercanopy Environments in High- and Low-Rainfall Savannas by Belsky, A. J., Mwonga, S. M., Amundson, R. G., Duxbury, J. M., Ali, A. R.

“…1. To determine whether agroforestry and silvopastoralism might be introduced more successfully into xeric or into mesic environments, the effects of isolated,…”
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The Effects of Grazing: Confounding of Ecosystem, Community, and Organism Scales by Belsky, A. J.

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Spectroscopy of Hydrothermal Reactions. 14. Kinetics of the pH-Sensitive Aminoguanidine−Semicarbazide−Cyanate Reaction Network by Belsky, A. J, Brill, T. B

“…Infrared spectroscopy in conjunction with an optically accessed flow reactor enable real-time concentration measurements to be made on species involved in…”
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Tree/Grass Ratios in East African Savannas: A Comparison of Existing Models by Belsky, A. Joy

“…Tropical savannas are commonly described as biomes with continuous grass strata and discontinuous tree or shrub strata. A number of simple models have been…”
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Effects of widely spaced trees and livestock grazing on understory environments in tropical savannas by BELSKY, A. J, MWONGA, S. M, DUXBURY, J. M

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Population and Community Processes in a Mosaic Grassland in the Serengeti, Tanzania by Belsky, A. Joy

“…(1) The Andropogon greenwayi community in the Serengeti Plains, Tanzania, is a stable, two-phase mosaic, consisting of a densely-vegetated Andropogon phase…”
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Application of herbivore optimization theory to rangelands of the western United States by Painter, Elizabeth L., Belsky, A. Joy

“…Ecological research can be misinterpreted by the popular press and misapplied in land management. One example of this concerns the controversial concepts of…”
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Spectroscopy of Hydrothermal Reactions. 9. IR and Raman Spectroscopy of Hydrolysis and Self-Reaction of Cyanamide and Dicyandiamide at 130−270 °C and 275 bar by Belsky, A. J, Brill, T. B

“…The hydrothermolysis reaction scheme of cyanamide, NH2CN, and dicyandiamide, (NH2)2CNCN, applies to the role of these compounds in chemical evolution and to…”
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Long-Term Vegetation Monitoring in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania by Belsky, A. Joy

“…(1) Several investigators have suggested that portions of the perennial grasslands of the Serengeti plains have recently been converted to annual-grass and…”
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Spectroscopy of Hydrothermal Reactions. 12. Acid-Assisted Hydrothermolysis of Aliphatic Nitriles at 150−260 °C and 275 bar by Belsky, A. J, Brill, T. B

“…The conversion of four alkyl nitrile compounds, RCN, to the corresponding carboxylic acids and ammonia in fluid H2O at 150−260 °C under 275 bar is described…”
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distribution and abundance of soil nematodes in East African savannas by Coleman, D.C, Edwards, A.L, Belsky, A.J, Mwonga, S

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Revegetation of artificial disturbances in grasslands of the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania by Belsky, A J

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ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR SECURITY ALARM SYSTEMS OF OBJECTS TERRITORY by A. J. Belsky, A. V. Gusinsky, S. V. Drobot

“…The estimation of influence of the microwave sensor frequency short-term instability on the information processing device operation accuracy in a security…”
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Small-Scale Pattern in Grassland Communities in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania by Belsky, A. Joy

“…Small-scale community gradients and patterns in four grassland communities in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, were analyzed by detrended correspondence…”
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