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Large parts of the world are brown or black: A different view on the ‘Green World’hypothesis
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Abstract. Climate sets the limits to plant growth but does climate determine the global distribution of major biomes? I suggest methods for evaluating whether vegetation is largely climate or consumer‐controlled, focusing on large mammal herbivores and fire as influential consumers. Large parts of the world appear not to be at equilibrium with climate. Consumer‐controlled ecosystems are ancient and diverse. Their distinctive ecology warrants special attention.
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“Extant large mammal herbivores (including smaller ungulates) exert significant consumer-control in many ecosystems (Augustine & McNaughton 1998; Paine 2000).”
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Self-citationBrazil's neglected biome: The South Brazilian Campos
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A continent-wide assessment of the form and intensity of large mammal herbivory in Africa
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Self-citationBrowsing and fire interact to suppress tree density in an African savanna
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Self-citationEcological engineering by a mega-grazer: White Rhino impacts on a South African savanna.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bond, W. J.
- Venue
- Journal of Vegetation Science
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2005-02-24
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 261-266
- ISSN
- 1100-9233 (ISSN-L)
- 1654-1103
- OpenAlex
- W2176716811
- Cited by
- 285
- References
- 36
- FWCI
- 6.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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