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Predicting the Effects of Woody Encroachment on Mammal Communities, Grazing Biomass and Fire Frequency in African Savannas by Smit, Izak P J, Prins, Herbert H T

“…With grasslands and savannas covering 20% of the world's land surface, accounting for 30-35% of worldwide Net Primary Productivity and supporting hundreds of…”
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Bark traits and life‐history strategies of tropical dry‐ and moist forest trees by Poorter, Lourens, McNeil, Adam, Hurtado, Victor‐Hugo, Prins, Herbert H. T, Putz, Francis E, Kitajima, Kaoru

“…Bark is crucial to trees because it protects their stems against fire and other hazards and because of its importance for assimilate transport, water…”
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Deer presence rather than abundance determines the population density of the sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus, in Dutch forests by Hofmeester, Tim R, Sprong, Hein, Jansen, Patrick A, Prins, Herbert H T, van Wieren, Sipke E

“…Understanding which factors drive population densities of disease vectors is an important step in assessing disease risk. We tested the hypothesis that the…”
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Risk Factors for Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) in Cattle in Ethiopia by Dejene, Sintayehu W, Heitkönig, Ignas M A, Prins, Herbert H T, Lemma, Fitsum A, Mekonnen, Daniel A, Alemu, Zelalem E, Kelkay, Tessema Z, de Boer, Willem F

“…Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) infection is generally correlated with individual cattle's age, sex, body condition, and with husbandry practices such as herd…”
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Timely poacher detection and localization using sentinel animal movement by de Knegt, Henrik J., Eikelboom, Jasper A. J., van Langevelde, Frank, Spruyt, W. François, Prins, Herbert H. T.

“…Wildlife crime is one of the most profitable illegal industries worldwide. Current actions to reduce it are far from effective and fail to prevent population…”
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Species' life-history traits explain interspecific variation in reservoir competence: a possible mechanism underlying the dilution effect by Huang, Zheng Y X, de Boer, Willem F, van Langevelde, Frank, Olson, Valerie, Blackburn, Tim M, Prins, Herbert H T

“…Hosts species for multi-host pathogens show considerable variation in the species' reservoir competence, which is usually used to measure species' potential to…”
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Personality predicts the use of social information by Kurvers, Ralf H.J.M, van Oers, Kees, Nolet, Bart A, Jonker, Rudy M, van Wieren, Sipke E, Prins, Herbert H.T, Ydenberg, Ron C

“…Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 829-837 The use of social information is known to affect various important aspects of an individual's ecology, such as foraging,…”
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Deriving Animal Behaviour from High-Frequency GPS: Tracking Cows in Open and Forested Habitat by de Weerd, Nelleke, van Langevelde, Frank, van Oeveren, Herman, Nolet, Bart A, Kölzsch, Andrea, Prins, Herbert H T, de Boer, W Fred

“…The increasing spatiotemporal accuracy of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) tracking systems opens the possibility to infer animal behaviour from…”
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Resprouting as a persistence strategy of tropical forest trees: relations with carbohydrate storage and shade tolerance by Poorter, Lourens, Kitajima, Kaoru, Mercado, Pablo, Chubiña, Jose, Melgar, Israel, Prins, Herbert H. T

“…Resprouting is an important persistence strategy for woody species and represents a dominant pathway of regeneration in many plant communities, with…”
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Integration of the landscape of fear concept in grassland management: An experimental study on subtropical monsoon grasslands in Bardia National Park, Nepal by Thapa, Shyam Kumar, Jong, Joost F., Hof, Anouschka R., Subedi, Naresh, Liefting, Yorick, Prins, Herbert H. T.

“…The ‘landscape of fear’ concept offers valuable insights into wildlife behaviour, yet its practical integration into habitat management for conservation…”
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Large-Scale Reduction in the Extent of Agriculture around Stopover Sites of Migratory Geese in European Russia between 1990 and 2015 by Grishchenko, Mikhail, Ydenberg, Ronald C, Prins, Herbert H. T

“…Stopover sites are vital to the state of the population of many migratory bird species. The greater white-fronted goose Anser albifrons is the most numerous…”
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Habitat loss exacerbates pathogen spread: An Agent-based model of avian influenza infection in migratory waterfowl by Yin, Shenglai, Xu, Yanjie, Xu, Mingshuai, de Jong, Mart C. M, Huisman, Mees R. S, Contina, Andrea, Prins, Herbert H. T, Huang, Zheng Y. X, de Boer, Willem F

“…Habitat availability determines the distribution of migratory waterfowl along their flyway, which further influences the transmission and spatial spread of…”
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Experimental Evidence Shows the Importance of Behavioural Plasticity and Body Size under Competition in Waterfowl by Zhang, Yong, Prins, Herbert H T, Versluijs, Martijn, Wessels, Rick, Cao, Lei, de Boer, Willem Frederik

“…When differently sized species feed on the same resources, interference competition may occur, which may negatively affect their food intake rate. It is…”
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Large herbivores may alter vegetation structure of semi-arid savannas through soil nutrient mediation by van der Waal, Cornelis, Kool, Ada, Meijer, Seline S, Kohi, Edward, Heitkönig, Ignas M. A, de Boer, Willem F, van Langevelde, Frank, Grant, Rina C, Peel, Mike J. S, Slotow, Rob, de Knegt, Henrik J, Prins, Herbert H. T, de Kroon, Hans

“…In savannas, the tree-grass balance is governed by water, nutrients, fire and herbivory, and their interactions. We studied the hypothesis that herbivores…”
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Tree species from different functional groups respond differently to environmental changes during establishment by Barbosa, Eduardo R. M, van Langevelde, Frank, Tomlinson, Kyle W, Carvalheiro, Luísa G, Kirkman, Kevin, de Bie, Steven, Prins, Herbert H. T

“…Savanna plant communities change considerably across time and space. The processes driving savanna plant species diversity, coexistence and turnover along…”
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Self‐Organization of Vegetation in Arid Ecosystems by Rietkerk, Max, Boerlijst, Maarten C., van Langevelde, Frank, HilleRisLambers, Reinier, de Koppel, Johan van, Kumar, Lalit, Prins, Herbert H. T., de Roos, André M.

“…Rietkerk et al contribute to the ongoing debate about vegetation pattern formation in arid ecosystems by presenting novel, spatially explicit model analyses…”
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Impacts of savanna trees on forage quality for a large African herbivore by Ludwig, Fulco, De Kroon, Hans, Prins, Herbert H. T

“…Recently, cover of large trees in African savannas has rapidly declined due to elephant pressure, frequent fires and charcoal production. The reduction in…”
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Short-term effect of nutrient availability and rainfall distribution on biomass production and leaf nutrient content of savanna tree species by Barbosa, Eduardo R M, Tomlinson, Kyle W, Carvalheiro, Luísa G, Kirkman, Kevin, de Bie, Steven, Prins, Herbert H T, van Langevelde, Frank

“…Changes in land use may lead to increased soil nutrient levels in many ecosystems (e.g. due to intensification of agricultural fertilizer use). Plant species…”
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Seasonal regulation of condensed tannin consumption by free-ranging goats in a semi-arid savanna by Mkhize, Ntuthuko R, Heitkӧnig, Ignas M A, Scogings, Peter F, Hattas, Dawood, Dziba, Luthando E, Prins, Herbert H T, de Boer, Willem F

“…Although condensed tannins (CTs) are known to reduce forage intake by mammalian herbivores in controlled experiments, few studies have tested these effects in…”
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Increased searching and handling effort in tall swards lead to a Type IV functional response in small grazing herbivores by Heuermann, Nicol, van Langevelde, Frank, van Wieren, Sipke E., Prins, Herbert H. T.

“…Understanding the functional response of species is important in comprehending the species' population dynamics and the functioning of multi-species…”
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