Effects of bush encroachment on an assemblage of diurnal lizard species in central Namibia

By J. Meik, R. Jeo, Joseph Mendelson, K. Jenks. 2002

99 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecological Modeling

1. J. Fischer
2. Fernando T. Maestre
3. Monika Schwager
4. Florian Jeltsch
5. A. Manning
6. David B. Lindenmayer
7. C. Seymour
8. E. Rossmanith

In Ecology

1. J. Fischer
2. David B. Lindenmayer
3. A. Manning
4. J. Reynolds
5. Fernando T. Maestre
6. Monika Schwager
7. Florian Jeltsch
8. D. Eldridge

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. J. Fischer
2. David B. Lindenmayer
3. Fernando T. Maestre
4. M. Bowker
5. J. Reynolds
6. D. Eldridge
7. A. Manning
8. Monika Schwager

Citations in the corpus

• CANOPY STRUCTURE, MICROCLIMATE, AND HABITAT SELECTION BY A NOCTURNAL SNAKE, HOPLOCEPHALUS BUNGAROIDES (2003, unknown): “All research was carried out in accordance with New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service permits.”
• Changes in arthropod diversity along a land use driven gradient of shrub cover in savanna rangelands: identification of suitable indicators (2009, background): “Shrub encroachment not only reduces the carrying capacity of rangelands for livestock but may also lead to habitat loss and fragmentation for natural plant and animal populations (Milton and Dean 1995; Herremans 1998; Meik et al. 2002; Blaum and Wichmann 2007).”
• Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis (2011, background): “…woody thickening (Van Auken 2000), regrowth (Eldridge et al. 2003), thicketization (Kerley et al. 1995; LechmereOertel et al. 2005), woody weed invasion (Booth et al. 1996; Ayres et al. 2001), xerification (Archer et al. 2001), shrub invasion (Noble 1997) and bush encroachment (Meik et al. 2002).”
• The impact of shrub encroachment on savanna bird diversity from local to regional scale (2009, unknown): “These dramatic changes in savanna shrub cover have been shown to affect the species diversity of dung beetles (Steenk-amp & Chown, 1996), lizards (Meik et al. , 2002), rodents (Blaum et al. , 2006), mammalian carnivores (Blaum et al. , 2007) and arthropods (Blaum et al. , 2009).”
• Scattered trees are keystone structures – Implications for conservation (2006, background): “For example, in many natural dry savannas, overgrazing can lead to shrub encroachment with often detrimental consequences for native species (Meik et al., 2002).”
• Land use affects rodent communities in Kalahari savannah rangelands (2007, background): “hypothesis that long-term heavy grazing which results in area wide shrub encroachment threatens the diversity of arid environments (Scholes & Walker, 1993; Meik et al., 2002; Tews et al., 2004).”