| Determinants of woody cover in African savannas M Sankaran, NP Hanan, RJ Scholes, J Ratnam, DJ Augustine, BS Cade, ... Nature 438 (7069), 846-849, 2005 | 2160 | 2005 |
| Tree–grass coexistence in savannas revisited–insights from an examination of assumptions and mechanisms invoked in existing models M Sankaran, J Ratnam, NP Hanan Ecology letters 7 (6), 480-490, 2004 | 811 | 2004 |
| Woody cover in African savannas: the role of resources, fire and herbivory M Sankaran, J Ratnam, NP Hanan Global Ecology and Biogeography 17 (2), 236-245, 2008 | 675 | 2008 |
| Savanna vegetation-fire-climate relationships differ among continents CER Lehmann, TM Anderson, M Sankaran, SI Higgins, S Archibald, ... Science 343 (6170), 548-552, 2014 | 669 | 2014 |
| Conundrums in mixed woody–herbaceous plant systems JI House, S Archer, DD Breshears, RJ Scholes, ... Journal of biogeography 30 (11), 1763-1777, 2003 | 472 | 2003 |
| AMMA-CATCH studies in the Sahelian region of West-Africa: an overview T Lebel, B Cappelaere, S Galle, NP Hanan, L Kergoat, S Levis, B Vieux, ... Journal of Hydrology 375 (1-2), 3-13, 2009 | 297 | 2009 |
| A continental‐scale analysis of tree cover in African savannas G Bucini, NP Hanan Global Ecology and Biogeography 16 (5), 593-605, 2007 | 265 | 2007 |
| Tree effects on grass growth in savannas: competition, facilitation and the stress‐gradient hypothesis J Dohn, F Dembélé, M Karembé, A Moustakas, KA Amévor, NP Hanan Journal of Ecology 101 (1), 202-209, 2013 | 246 | 2013 |
| Africa and the global carbon cycle CA Williams, NP Hanan, JC Neff, RJ Scholes, JA Berry, AS Denning, ... Carbon balance and management 2 (1), 1-13, 2007 | 242 | 2007 |
| Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity SE Koerner, MD Smith, DE Burkepile, NP Hanan, ML Avolio, SL Collins, ... Nature ecology & evolution 2 (12), 1925-1932, 2018 | 220 | 2018 |
| AVHRR monitoring of savanna primary production in Senegal, West Africa: 1987-1988 O Diallo, A Diouf, NP Hanan, A Ndiaye, Y Prevost International journal of remote sensing 12 (6), 1259-1279, 1991 | 218 | 1991 |
| Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents C Yi, D Ricciuto, R Li, J Wolbeck, X Xu, M Nilsson, L Aires, JD Albertson, ... Environmental Research Letters 5 (3), 034007, 2010 | 204 | 2010 |
| A remote sensing study of the NDVI–Ts relationship and the transpiration from sparse vegetation in the Sahel based on high-resolution satellite data E Boegh, H Sřgaard, NP Hanan, P Kabat, L Lesch Remote sensing of Environment 69 (3), 224-240, 1999 | 199 | 1999 |
| Productivity, respiration, and light-response parameters of world grassland and agroecosystems derived from flux-tower measurements TG Gilmanov, L Aires, Z Barcza, VS Baron, L Belelli, J Beringer, ... Rangeland ecology & management 63 (1), 16-39, 2010 | 198 | 2010 |
| The AMMA-CATCH Gourma observatory site in Mali: Relating climatic variations to changes in vegetation, surface hydrology, fluxes and natural resources É Mougin, P Hiernaux, L Kergoat, M Grippa, P De Rosnay, F Timouk, ... Journal of Hydrology 375 (1-2), 14-33, 2009 | 183 | 2009 |
| Evaluation of MODIS gross primary productivity for Africa using eddy covariance data M Sjöström, M Zhao, S Archibald, A Arneth, B Cappelaere, U Falk, ... Remote Sensing of Environment 131, 275-286, 2013 | 160 | 2013 |
| Assessment of desertification around deep wells in the Sahel using satellite imagery NP Hanan, Y Prevost, A Diouf, O Diallo Journal of Applied Ecology 28, 173-186, 1991 | 147 | 1991 |
| Simulated and observed fluxes of sensible and latent heat and CO2 at the WLEF‐TV tower using SiB2. 5 I Baker, AS Denning, NP Hanan, L Prihodko, M Uliasz, PL Vidale, K Davis, ... Global Change Biology 9 (9), 1262-1277, 2003 | 140 | 2003 |
| Thermal optimality of net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide and underlying mechanisms S Niu, Y Luo, S Fei, W Yuan, D Schimel, BE Law, C Ammann, ... New Phytologist 194 (3), 775-783, 2012 | 135 | 2012 |
| Nutrient resorption patterns of plant functional groups in a tropical savanna: variation and functional significance J Ratnam, M Sankaran, NP Hanan, RC Grant, N Zambatis Oecologia 157, 141-151, 2008 | 131 | 2008 |
Sally ArchibaldProfessor, School of Animal Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of theVerified email at wits.ac.za
