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Future of African terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystems under anthropogenic climate change

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  • Guy F. Midgley

    (Global Change and Biodiversity Group, Stellenbosch University)

  • William J. Bond

    (South African Environmental Observation Network, National Research Foundation
    University of Cape Town)

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Projections of African ecological responses to climate change diverge widely. This Perspective unpicks some of the reasons for this uncertainty and reveals the importance of accounting for the influences of disturbancesand climate on vegetation.

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  • Guy F. Midgley & William J. Bond, 2015. "Future of African terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystems under anthropogenic climate change," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 5(9), pages 823-829, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:5:y:2015:i:9:d:10.1038_nclimate2753
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2753
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    1. Scheiter, Simon & Schulte, Judith & Pfeiffer, Mirjam & Martens, Carola & Erasmus, Barend F.N. & Twine, Wayne C., 2019. "How Does Climate Change Influence the Economic Value of Ecosystem Services in Savanna Rangelands?," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 157(C), pages 342-356.
    2. Christian Berger & Mari Bieri & Karen Bradshaw & Christian Brümmer & Thomas Clemen & Thomas Hickler & Werner Leo Kutsch & Ulfia A. Lenfers & Carola Martens & Guy F. Midgley & Kanisios Mukwashi & Victo, 2019. "Linking scales and disciplines: an interdisciplinary cross-scale approach to supporting climate-relevant ecosystem management," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 156(1), pages 139-150, September.
    3. Yang, Yong & Wu, Chufen & Li, Zunxian, 2019. "Forced waves and their asymptotics in a Lotka–Volterra cooperative model under climate change," Applied Mathematics and Computation, Elsevier, vol. 353(C), pages 254-264.
    4. Matthew F. Chersich & Caradee Y. Wright & Francois Venter & Helen Rees & Fiona Scorgie & Barend Erasmus, 2018. "Impacts of Climate Change on Health and Wellbeing in South Africa," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-14, August.
    5. Ashley S Robson & Morgan J Trimble & Andrew Purdon & Kim D Young-Overton & Stuart L Pimm & Rudi J van Aarde, 2017. "Savanna elephant numbers are only a quarter of their expected values," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(4), pages 1-14, April.

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