| Increased tree densities in South African savannas:> 50 years of data suggests CO2 as a driver R Buitenwerf, WJ Bond, N Stevens, WSW Trollope Global change biology 18 (2), 675-684, 2012 | 242 | 2012 |
| Savanna woody encroachment is widespread across three continents N Stevens, CER Lehmann, BP Murphy, G Durigan Global Change Biology 23 (1), 235-244, 2017 | 141 | 2017 |
| Plant–soil feedback induces shifts in biomass allocation in the invasive plant Chromolaena odorata M Te Beest, N Stevens, H Olff, WH Van Der Putten Journal of Ecology 97 (6), 1281-1290, 2009 | 70 | 2009 |
| Woody encroachment over 70 years in South African savannahs: overgrazing, global change or extinction aftershock? N Stevens, BFN Erasmus, S Archibald, WJ Bond Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 371 …, 2016 | 57 | 2016 |
| Increasing temperatures can improve seedling establishment in arid-adapted savanna trees N Stevens, CE Seal, S Archibald, W Bond Oecologia 175, 1029-1040, 2014 | 24 | 2014 |
| Human impacts in African savannas are mediated by plant functional traits CP Osborne, T Charles‐Dominique, N Stevens, WJ Bond, G Midgley, ... New Phytologist 220 (1), 10-24, 2018 | 19 | 2018 |
| Investigating potential determinants of the distribution limits of a savanna woody plant: Colophospermum mopane N Stevens, AM Swemmer, L Ezzy, BFN Erasmus Journal of Vegetation Science 25 (2), 363-373, 2014 | 17 | 2014 |
| Evidence for facultative deciduousness in Colophospermum mopane in semi‐arid African savannas N Stevens, SA Archibald, A Nickless, A Swemmer, RJ Scholes Austral Ecology 41 (1), 87-96, 2016 | 16 | 2016 |
| Interactions between large herbivores and litter removal by termites across a rainfall gradient in a South African savanna R Buitenwerf, N Stevens, CM Gosling, TM Anderson, H Olff Journal of Tropical Ecology 27 (4), 375-382, 2011 | 8 | 2011 |
| Change is in the air: Ecological trends and their drivers in South Africa N Stevens, WJ Bond, MT Hoffman, GF Midgley SAEON, ISBN: 978-0-620-65261-2, 2015 | 7 | 2015 |
| Exploring the potential impacts of global change on the woody component of of South African savannas N Stevens University of Cape Town, 2014 | 5 | 2014 |
| Comment on “The global tree restoration potential” JW Veldman, JC Aleman, ST Alvarado, TM Anderson, S Archibald, ... Science 366 (6463), eaay7976, 2019 | 2 | 2019 |
| Transplant experiments point to fire regime as limiting savanna tree distribution N Stevens, SA Archibald, W Bond Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6, 137, 2018 | 2 | 2018 |
| Woody Encroachment as a Social-Ecological Regime Shift L Luvuno, R Biggs, N Stevens, E Karen Sustainability 10 (7), 2221, 2018 | 2 | 2018 |
| Bush Encroachment T O'Connor, N Stevens Oxford Bibliographies in Environmental Science, DOI: 10.1093/OBO …, 2017 | 2 | 2017 |
| Distribution and determinants of savannas S Archibald, W Bond, W Hoffmann, C Lehmann, C Staver, N Stevens Savanna Woody Plants and Large Herbivores, 3-24, 2019 | 1 | 2019 |
| Comparing the differential effects of canopy shading by Dichrostachys cinerea and Terminalia sericea on grass biomass M Randle, N Stevens, F Midgley G South African Journal of Botany, 2018 | 1 | 2018 |
| Identifying phenological functional types in savanna trees ND Masia, N Stevens, S Archibald African Journal of Range & Forage Science 35 (2), 81-88, 2018 | 1 | 2018 |
| The Trouble with Trees: Afforestation Plans for Africa WJ Bond, N Stevens, GF Midgley, CER Lehmann Trends in ecology & evolution, 2019 | | 2019 |
| Chapter 5: Pressures and Drivers III – Climate Change W Foden, G Midgley, C Kelly, N Stevens, J Robinson South African National Biodiversity Assessment 2018 Technical Report …, 2019 | | 2019 |
