Team > Prof. Dr. Steven Higgins

2024

Higgins, Steven; Banerjee, Swarnendu; Baudena, Mara; Bowman, David M. J. S.; Conradi, Timo; Couteron, Pierre; Kruger, Laurence M.; O'Hara, Robert B.; Williamson, Grant J.
Reassessing the alternative ecosystem states proposition in the African savanna-forest domain
in New Phytologist volume 243 (2024) issue 5. - page 1660-1669
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007973 ...

Conradi, Timo; Eggli, Urs; Kreft, Holger; Schweiger, Andreas; Weigelt, Patrick; Higgins, Steven
Reassessment of the risks of climate change for terrestrial ecosystems
in Nature Ecology & Evolution volume 8 (2024) . - page 888-900
doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02333-8 ...

Wigley, Benjamin J.; Coetsee, Corli; February, Edmund C.; Dobelmann, Svenja; Higgins, Steven
Will trees or grasses profit from changing rainfall regimes in savannas?
in New Phytologist volume 241 (2024) issue 6. - page 2379-2394
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007739 ...

2023

Higgins, Steven; Conradi, Timo; Ongole, Shasank; Turpie, Jane; Weiss, Joshua; Eggli, Urs; Slingsby, Jasper A.
Changes in How Climate Forces the Vegetation of Southern Africa
in Ecosystems volume 26 (2023) issue 8. - page 1716-1733
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007381 ...

Higgins, Steven; Conradi, Timo; Kruger, Laurence M.; O'Hara, Robert B.; Slingsby, Jasper A.
Limited climatic space for alternative ecosystem states in Africa
in Science volume 380 (2023) issue 6649. - page 1038-1042
doi:10.1126/science.add5190 ...

Higgins, Steven; Conradi, Timo; Muhoko, Edward
Shifts in vegetation activity of terrestrial ecosystems attributable to climate trends
in Nature Geoscience volume 16 (2023) . - page 147-153
doi:10.1038/s41561-022-01114-x ...

2021

Schweiger, Andreas; Nürk, Nicolai; Beckett, Heath; Liede-Schumann, Sigrid; Midgley, Guy F.; Higgins, Steven
The eco‐evolutionary significance of rainfall constancy for facultative CAM photosynthesis
in New Phytologist volume 230 (2021) issue 4. - page 1653-1664
doi:10.1111/nph.17250 ...

Higgins, Steven; Larcombe, Matthew J.; Beeton, Nicholas J.; Conradi, Timo
Transferability of correlative and process‐based species distribution models revisited : A resp ...
in Ecology and Evolution volume 11 (2021) issue 19. - page 13613-13617
doi:10.1002/ece3.8081 ...

2020

Nürk, Nicolai M.; Linder, H. Peter; Onstein, Renske E.; Larcombe, Matthew J.; Hughes, Colin E.; Piñeiro Fernández, Laura; Schlüter, Philipp M.; Valente, Luis; Beierkuhnlein, Carl; Cutts, Vanessa; Donoghue, Michael J.; Edwards, Erika J.; Field, Richard; Flantua, Suzette G. A.; Higgins, Steven; Jentsch, Anke; Liede-Schumann, Sigrid; Pirie, Michael D.
Diversification in evolutionary arenas : Assessment and synthesis
in Ecology and Evolution volume 10 (2020) issue 12. - page 6163-6182
doi:10.1002/ece3.6313 ...

Conradi, Timo; Slingsby, Jasper A.; Midgley, Guy F.; Nottebrock, Henning; Schweiger, Andreas; Higgins, Steven I.
An operational definition of the biome for global change research
in New Phytologist volume 227 (2020) issue 5. - page 1294-1306
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005034 ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Larcombe, Matthew J.; Beeton, Nicholas J.; Conradi, Timo; Nottebrock, Henning
Predictive ability of a process-based versus a correlative species distribution model
in Ecology and Evolution volume 10 (2020) issue 20. - page 11043-11054
doi:10.1002/ece3.6712 ...

February, Edmund; Pausch, Johanna; Higgins, Steven
Major contribution of grass roots to soil carbon pools and CO₂ fluxes in a mesic savanna
in Plant and Soil volume 454 (2020) . - page 207-215
doi:10.1007/s11104-020-04649-3 ...

2019

Pfeiffer, Mirjam; Langan, Liam; Linstädter, Anja; Martens, Carola; Gaillard, Camille; Ruppert, Jan C.; Higgins, Steven; Mudongo, Edwin I.; Scheiter, Simon
Grazing and aridity reduce perennial grass abundance in semi-arid rangelands : Insights from a ...
in Ecological Modelling volume 395 (2019) . - page 11-22
doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.12.013 ...

Tautenhahn, Susanne; Grün-Wenzel, Christina; Jung, Martin; Higgins, Steven I.; Römermann, Christine
On the relevance of intraspecific trait variability : A synthesis of 56 dry grassland sites ac ...
in Flora : Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants volume 254 (2019) . - page 161-172
doi:10.1016/j.flora.2019.03.002 ...

Beckage, Brian; Bucini, Gabriela; Gross, Louis J.; Platt, William J.; Higgins, Steven; Fowler, Norma L.; Slocum, Matthew G.; Farrior, Caroline
Water Limitation, Fire, and Savanna Persistence
Savanna Woody Plants and Large Herbivores
Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2019. - page 643-659
doi:10.1002/9781119081111.ch19 ...

2018

Gaillard, Camille; Langan, Liam; Pfeiffer, Mirjam; Kumar, Dushyant; Martens, Carola; Higgins, Steven I.; Scheiter, Simon
African shrub distribution emerges via a trade-off between height and sapwood conductivity
in Journal of Biogeography volume 45 (2018) issue 12. - page 2815-2826
doi:10.1111/jbi.13447 ...

Archibald, Sally; Lehmann, C. E. R.; Belcher, Claire M.; Bond, William J.; Bradstock, Ross A.; Daniau, Anne-Laure; Dexter, Kyle G.; Forrestel, Elisabeth J.; Greve, Michelle; He, T.; Higgins, Steven I.; Hoffmann, William A.; Lamont, Byron B.; McGlinn, Daniel J.; Moncrieff, Glenn R.; Osborne, Colin P.; Pausas, Juli G.; Price, Owen F.; Ripley, Brad S.; Rogers, Brendan M.; Schwilk, Dylan W.; Simon, Marcelo F.; Turetsky, Merritt R.; van der Werf, G. R.; Zanne, Amy E.
Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth system
in Environmental Research Letters volume 13 (2018) issue 3
doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa9ead ...

Magarey, Roger; Newton, Leslie; Hong, Seung Cheon; Takeuchi, Yu; Christie, David; Jarnevich, Catherine S.; Kohl, Lisa; Damus, Martin; Higgins, Steven I.; Millar, Leah; Castro, Karen; West, Amanda; Hastings, John; Cook, Gericke; Kartesz, John; Koop, Anthony L.
Comparison of four modeling tools for the prediction of potential distribution for non-indigeno ...
in Biological Invasions volume 20 (2018) issue 3. - page 679-694
doi:10.1007/s10530-017-1567-1 ...

Larcombe, Matthew J.; Jordan, Gregory J.; Bryant, David; Higgins, Steven I.
The dimensionality of niche space allows bounded and unbounded processes to jointly influence d ...
in Nature Communications volume 9 (2018)
doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06732-x ...

Rose, Laura; Buitenwerf, Robert; Cramer, Michael; February, Edmund C.; Higgins, Steven I.
Effects of nutrient supply on carbon and water economies of C4 grasses
in Functional Plant Biology volume 45 (2018) issue 9. - page 935-944
doi:10.1071/FP17359 ...

2017

Jucker, Tommaso; Caspersen, John; Chave, Jérôme; Antin, Cécile; Barbier, Nicolas; Bongers, Frans; Dalponte, Michele; van Ewijk, Karin Y.; Forrester, David I.; Haeni, Matthias; Higgins, Steven I.; Holdaway, Robert J.; Iida, Yoshiko; Lorimer, Craig; Marshall, Peter L.; Momo, Stéphane; Moncrieff, Glenn R.; Ploton, Pierre; Poorter, Lourens; Rahman, Kassim Abd; Schlund, Michael; Sonké, Bonaventure; Sterck, Frank J.; Trugman, Anna T.; Usoltsev, Vladimir A.; Vanderwel, Mark C.; Waldner, Peter; Wedeux, Beatrice M. M.; Wirth, Christian; Wöll, Hannsjörg; Woods, Murray; Xiang, Wenhua; Zimmermann, Niklaus E.; Coomes, David A.
Allometric equations for integrating remote sensing imagery into forest monitoring programmes
in Global Change Biology volume 23 (2017) issue 1. - page 177-190
doi:10.1111/gcb.13388 ...

Langan, Liam; Higgins, Steven I.; Scheiter, Simon
Climate-biomes, pedo-biomes or pyro-biomes : which world view explains the tropical forest-sava ...
in Journal of Biogeography volume 44 (2017) issue 10. - page 2319-2330
doi:10.1111/jbi.13018 ...

Higgins, Steven I.
Ecosystem Assembly : A Mission for Terrestrial Earth System Science
in Ecosystems volume 20 (2017) issue 1. - page 69-77
doi:10.1007/s10021-016-0054-3 ...

Bucher, Solveig Franziska; Auerswald, Karl; Grün-Wenzel, Christina; Higgins, Steven; Garcia Jorge, Javier; Römermann, Christine
Stomatal traits relate to habitat preferences of herbaceous species in a temperate climate
in Flora : Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants volume 229 (2017) . - page 107-115
doi:10.1016/j.flora.2017.02.011 ...

2016

Buitenwerf, Robert; Higgins, Steven I.
Convergence among global biogeographical realms in the physiological niche of evergreen and dec ...
in Global Ecology and Biogeography volume 25 (2016) issue 6. - page 704-715
doi:10.1111/geb.12447 ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Buitenwerf, Robert; Moncrieff, Glenn R.
Defining functional biomes and monitoring their change globally
in Global Change Biology volume 22 (2016) issue 11. - page 3583-3593
doi:10.1111/gcb.13367 ...

Moncrieff, Glenn R.; Scheiter, Simon; Langan, Liam; Trabucco, Antonio; Higgins, Steven I.
The future distribution of the savannah biome : model-based and biogeographic contingency
in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences volume 371 (2016) issue 1703
doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0311 ...

Bowman, David M. J. S.; Perry, George L. W.; Higgins, Steven; Johnson, Chris N.; Fuhlendorf, Samuel D.; Murphy, Brett P.
Pyrodiversity is the coupling of biodiversity and fire regimes in food webs
in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences volume 371 (2016) issue 1696
doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0169 ...

February, Edmund Carl; Higgins, Steven
Rapid Leaf Deployment Strategies in a Deciduous Savanna
in PLoS One volume 11 (2016) issue 6
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157833 ...

Moncrieff, Glenn R.; Bond, William J.; Higgins, Steven I.
Revising the biome concept for understanding and predicting global change impacts
in Journal of Biogeography volume 43 (2016) issue 5. - page 863-873
doi:10.1111/jbi.12701 ...

2015

Higgins, Steven I.; Keretetse, Moagi; February, Edmund C.
Feedback of trees on nitrogen mineralization to restrict the advance of trees in C4 savannahs
in Biology Letters volume 11 (2015) issue 8
doi:10.1098/rsbl.2015.0572 ...

Baudena, Mara; Dekker, Stefan C.; van Bodegom, Peter M.; Cuesta, B.; Higgins, Steven I.; Lehsten, Veiko; Reick, Christian H.; Rietkerk, Max; Scheiter, Simon; Yin, Zun; Zavala, Miguel A.; Brovkin, Victor
Forests, savannas, and grasslands : bridging the knowledge gap between ecology and Dynamic Glob ...
in Biogeosciences volume 12 (2015) issue 6. - page 1833-1848
doi:10.5194/bg-12-1833-2015 ...

Moncrieff, Glenn R.; Hickler, Thomas; Higgins, Steven I.
Intercontinental divergence in the climate envelope of major plant biomes
in Global Ecology and Biogeography volume 24 (2015) issue 3. - page 324-334
doi:10.1111/geb.12257 ...

Zimmermann, Julia; Higgins, Steven I.; Grimm, Volker; Hoffmann, John; Linstädter, Anja
Local density effects on individual production are dynamic : insights from natural stands of a ...
in Oecologia volume 178 (2015) issue 4. - page 1125-1135
doi:10.1007/s00442-015-3291-9 ...

Pachzelt, Adrian; Forrest, Matthew; Rammig, Anja; Higgins, Steven I.; Hickler, Thomas
Potential impact of large ungulate grazers on African vegetation, carbon storage and fire regim ...
in Global Ecology and Biogeography volume 24 (2015) issue 9. - page 991-1002
doi:10.1111/geb.12313 ...

Buitenwerf, Robert; Rose, Laura; Higgins, Steven I.
Three decades of multi-dimensional change in global leaf phenology
in Nature Climate Change volume 5 (2015) issue 4. - page 364-368
doi:10.1038/nclimate2533 ...

Moncrieff, Glenn R.; Scheiter, Simon; Slingsby, Jasper A.; Higgins, Steven
Understanding global change impacts on South African biomes using Dynamic Vegetation Models
in South African Journal of Botany volume 101 (2015) . - page 16-23
doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2015.02.004 ...

2014

Scheiter, Simon; Higgins, Steven I.; Beringer, Jason; Hutley, Lindsay B.
Climate change and long-term fire management impacts on Australian savannas
in New Phytologist volume 205 (2014) issue 3. - page 1211-1226
doi:10.1111/nph.13130 ...

Moncrieff, Glenn R.; Lehmann, Caroline E. R.; Schnitzler, Jan; Gambiza, James; Hiernaux, Pierre; Ryan, Casey M.; Shackleton, Charlie M.; Williams, Richard J.; Higgins, Steven I.
Contrasting architecture of key African and Australian savanna tree taxa drives intercontinenta ...
in Global Ecology and Biogeography volume 23 (2014) issue 11. - page 1235-1244
doi:10.1111/geb.12205 ...

Zizka, Alexander; Govender, Navashni; Higgins, Steven I.
How to tell a shrub from a tree : A life-history perspective from a South African savanna
in Austral Ecology volume 39 (2014) issue 7. - page 767-778
doi:10.1111/aec.12142 ...

Moncrieff, Glenn R.; Scheiter, Simon; Bond, William J.; Higgins, Steven I.
Increasing atmospheric CO₂overrides the historical legacy of multiple stable biome states in Af ...
in New Phytologist volume 201 (2014) issue 3. - page 908-915
doi:10.1111/nph.12551 ...

Svenning, Jens-Christian; Gravel, Dominique; Holt, Robert D.; Schurr, Frank M.; Thuiller, Wilfried; Münkemüller, Tamara; Schiffers, Katja H.; Dullinger, Stefan; Edwards, Thomas C.; Hickler, Thomas; Higgins, Steven I.; Nabel, Julia E. M. S.; Pagel, Jörn; Normand, Signe
The influence of interspecific interactions on species range expansion rates
in Ecography volume 37 (2014) issue 12. - page 1198-1209
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00574.x ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Richardson, David M.
Invasive plants have broader physiological niches
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America volume 111 (2014) issue 29. - page 10610-10614
doi:10.1073/pnas.1406075111 ...

Buendia Grigoriu, Corina; Arens, S.; Hickler, Thomas; Higgins, Steven I.; Porada, P.; Kleidon, A.
On the potential vegetation feedbacks that enhance phosphorus availability – insights from a pr ...
in Biogeosciences volume 11 (2014) . - page 3661-3683
doi:10.5194/bg-11-3661-2014 ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Langan, Liam; Scheiter, Simon
Progress in DGVMs : a comment on "Impacts of trait variation through observed trait–climate rel ...
in Biogeosciences volume 11 (2014) issue 16. - page 4357-4360
doi:10.5194/bg-11-4357-2014 ...

Lehmann, Caroline E. R.; Anderson, T. Michael; Sankaran, Mahesh; Higgins, Steven I.; Archibald, Sally; Hoffmann, William A.; Hanan, Niall P.; Williams, Richard J.; Fensham, Roderick J.; Felfili, Jeanine; Hutley, Lindsay B.; Ratnam, Jayashree; San Jose, Jose; Montes, Ruben; Franklin, Don; Russell-Smith, Jeremy; Ryan, Casey M.; Durigan, Giselda; Hiernaux, Pierre; Haidar, Ricardo; Bowman, David M. J. S.; Bond, William J.
Savanna Vegetation-Fire-Climate Relationships Differ Among Continents
in Science volume 343 (2014) issue 6170. - page 548-552
doi:10.1126/science.1247355 ...

Buitenwerf, Robert; Kulmatiski, Andrew; Higgins, Steven
Soil water retention curves for the major soil types of the Kruger National Park
in Koedoe volume 56 (2014) issue 1
doi:10.4102/koedoe.v56i1.1228 ...

Snell, Rebecca S.; Huth, Andreas; Nabel, J. E. M. S.; Bocedi, Greta; Travis, Justin; Gravel, Dominique; Bugmann, Harald; Gutiérrez, Alvaro G.; Hickler, Thomas; Higgins, Steven I.; Reineking, Björn; Scherstjanoi, Marc; Zurbriggen, Natalie; Lischke, Heike
Using dynamic vegetation models to simulate plant range shifts
in Ecography volume 37 (2014) issue 12. - page 1184-1197
doi:10.1111/ecog.00580 ...

2013

Börner, Jan; Higgins, Steven I.; Scheiter, Simon; Kantelhardt, Jochen
Approximating Optimal Numerical Solutions to Bio-economic Systems : How Useful is Simulation-op ...
in Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture volume 52 (2013) issue 3. - page 179-198
doi:10.22004/ag.econ.173645 ...

Pachzelt, Adrian; Rammig, Anja; Higgins, Steven; Hickler, Thomas
Coupling a physiological grazer population model with a generalized model for vegetation dynami ...
in Ecological Modelling volume 263 (2013) . - page 92-102
doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.04.025 ...

Sarmento Cabral, Juliano; Jeltsch, Florian; Thuiller, Wilfried; Higgins, Steven I.; Midgley, Guy F.; Rebelo, Anthony G.; Rouget, Mathieu; Schurr, Frank M.
Impacts of past habitat loss and future climate change on the range dynamics of South African P ...
in Diversity and Distributions volume 19 (2013) issue 4. - page 363-376
doi:10.1111/ddi.12011 ...

February, Edmund C.; Higgins, Steven I.; Bond, William J.; Swemmer, Louise
Influence of competition and rainfall manipulation on the growth responses of savanna trees and ...
in Ecology volume 94 (2013) issue 5. - page 1155-1164
doi:10.1890/12-0540.1 ...

Scheiter, Simon; Higgins, Steven I.
Intermediate Coupling between Aboveground and Belowground Biomass Maximises the Persistence of ...
in PLoS One volume 8 (2013) issue 4
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061149 ...

Scheiter, Simon; Langan, Liam; Higgins, Steven I.
Next-generation dynamic global vegetation models : learning from community ecology
in New Phytologist volume 198 (2013) issue 3. - page 957-969
doi:10.1111/nph.12210 ...

2012

Higgins, Steven I.; Scheiter, Simon
Atmospheric CO₂ forces abrupt vegetation shifts locally, but not globally
in Nature volume 488 (2012) issue 7410. - page 209-212
doi:10.1038/nature11238 ...

Hartig, Florian; Dyke, James; Hickler, Thomas; Higgins, Steven I.; O'Hara, Robert B.; Scheiter, Simon; Huth, Andreas
Connecting dynamic vegetation models to data : an inverse perspective
in Journal of Biogeography volume 39 (2012) issue 12. - page 2240-2252
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02745.x ...

2012

The ecological niche as a window to biodiversity
publ: Higgins, Steven I.; Römermann, Christine; O'Hara, Robert B.
Journal of Biogeography
2012
doi:10.1111/jbi.12039 ...

Scheiter, Simon; Higgins, Steven I.; Osborne, Colin P.; Bradshaw, Catherine; Lunt, Dan; Ripley, Brad S.; Taylor, Lyla L.; Beerling, David J.
Fire and fire-adapted vegetation promoted C₄ expansion in the late Miocene
in New Phytologist volume 195 (2012) issue 3. - page 653-666
doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04202.x ...

Scheiter, Simon; Higgins, Steven I.
How many elephants can you fit into a conservation area
in Conservation Letters volume 5 (2012) issue 3. - page 176-185
doi:10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00225.x ...

Higgins, Steven I.; O'Hara, Robert B.; Römermann, Christine
A niche for biology in species distribution models
in Journal of Biogeography volume 39 (2012) issue 12. - page 2091-2095
doi:10.1111/jbi.12029 ...

Higgins, Steven I.; O'Hara, Robert B.; Bykova, Olga; Cramer, Michael; Chuine, Isabelle; Gerstner, Eva-Maria; Hickler, Thomas; Morin, Xavier; Kearney, Michael R.; Midgley, Guy F.; Scheiter, Simon
A physiological analogy of the niche for projecting the potential distribution of plants
in Journal of Biogeography volume 39 (2012) issue 12. - page 2132-2145
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02752.x ...

Bykova, Olga; Chuine, Isabelle; Morin, Xavier; Higgins, Steven I.; Linder, Peter
Temperature dependence of the reproduction niche and its relevance for plant species distributi ...
in Journal of Biogeography volume 39 (2012) issue 12. - page 2191-2200
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02764.x ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Bond, William J.; Combrink, Hendrik J.; Craine, Joseph M.; February, Edmund C.; Govender, Navashni; Lannas, Kathryn; Moncrieff, Glenn R.; Trollope, Winston S. W.
Which traits determine shifts in the abundance of tree species in a fire-prone savanna?
in Journal of Ecology volume 100 (2012) issue 6. - page 1400-1410
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.02026.x ...

2011

Higgins, Steven I.; Delgado-Cartay, Maria D.; February, Edmund C.; Combrink, Hendrik J.
Is there a temporal niche separation in the leaf phenology of savanna trees and grasses?
in Journal of Biogeography volume 38 (2011) issue 11. - page 2165-2175
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02549.x ...

Hill, Michael J.; Hanan, Niall P.; Hoffmann, William; Scholes, Robert J.; Prince, Sam; Ferwerda, J.; Lucas, Robyn M.; Baker, I.; Arneth, Almut; Higgins, Steven I.; Barrett, D. J.; Disney, M.; Hutley, L.
Remote sensing and modeling of savannas : The state of the dis-union
34th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of the Environment
Sydney , 2011
https://www.isprs.org/proceedings/2011/ISRSE-34/21 ...

Moncrieff, Glenn R.; Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon; Higgins, Steven I.; O'Hara, Robert B.; Bond, William J.
Tree allometries reflect a lifetime of herbivory in an African savanna
in Ecology volume 92 (2011) issue 12. - page 2310-2315
doi:10.1890/11-0230.1 ...

Kattge, J.; Diaz, S.; Lavorel, S.; Prentice, I. C.; Leadly, P.; Bönisch, G.; Garnier, E.; Westoby, Mark; Reich, P. B.; Wright, Ian J.; Cornelissen, J. Hans C.; Violle, C.; Harrison, S. P.; van Bodegom, P. M.; Reichstein, M.; Enquist, B. J.; Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A.; Ackerly, D. D.; Anand, M.; Atkin, O.; Bahn, Michael; Baker, T. R.; Baldocchi, D.; Bekker, R.; Blanco, C. C.; Blonder, B.; Bond, W. J.; Bradstock, R.; Bunker, D. E.; Casanoves, F.; Cavender-Bares, J.; Chambers, J. Q.; Chapin III, F. S.; Chave, Jérôme; Coomes, David; Cornwell, W. K.; Craine, Joseph M.; Dobrin, B. H.; Duarte, L.; Durka, W.; Elser, J.; Esser, G.; Estiarte, M.; Fagan, W. F.; Fang, J.; Fernández-Méndez, F.; Fidelis, A.; Finegan, B.; Flores, O.; Ford, H.; Frank, D.; Freschet, G. T.; Fyllas, N. M.; Gallagher, R. V.; Green, W. A.; Gutiérrez, Alvaro G.; Hickler, T.; Higgins, Steven I.; Hodgson, J. G.; Jalili, A.; Jansen, Steven; Joly, C. A.; Kerkhoff, A. J.; Kirkup, D.; Kitajima, K.; Kleyer, M.; Klotz, S.; Knops, J. M. H.; Kramer, K.; Kühn, I.; Kurokawa, H.; Laughlin, D.; Lee, T. D.; Leishman, M.; Lens, F.; Lenz, T.; Lewis, S. L.; Lloyd, J.; Llusià, J.; Louault, F.; Ma, S.; Mahecha, M. D.; Manning, P.; Massad, T.; Medlyn, B. E.; Messier, J.; Moles, A. T.; Müller, S. C.; Nadrowski, K.; Naeem, S.; Niinemets, Ü.; Nöllert, S.; Nüske, A.; Ogaya, R.; Olegsyn, J.; Onipchenko, Vladimir; Onoda, Y.; Ordonez, J.; Overbeck, G.; Ozinga, Wim A.; Patino, S.; Paula, S.; Pausas, J. G.; Penuelas, J.; Phillips, O. L.; Pillar, V.; Poorter, H.; Poorter, L.; Poschlod, P.; Prinzing, A.; Proulx, R.; Rammig, A.; Reinsch, S.; Reu, B.; Sack, L.; Salgado-Negret, B.; Sardans, Jordi; Shiodera, S.; Shiphley, B.; Siefert, A.; Sosinski, E.; Soussana, J. F.; Swaine, E.; Swenson, N.; Thompson, K.; Thornton, P.; Waldram, M.; Weiher, Evan; White, M.; White, S.; Wright, S. J.; Yguel, B.; Zaehle, Sönke; Zanne, Amy E.; Wirth, C.
TRY : a global database of plant traits
in Global Change Biology volume 17 (2011) issue 9. - page 2905-2935
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02451.x ...

van Langevelde, Frank; Tomlinson, Kyle; Barbosa, Eduardo R. M.; de Bie, Steven; Prins, Herbert H. T.; Higgins, Steven I.
Understanding Tree-Grass Coexistence and Impacts of Disturbance and Resource Variability in Sav ...
Ecosystem Function in Savannas : Measurement and Modeling at Landscape to Global Scales
Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2011. - page 257-268

Verweij, Richard J.T.; Higgins, Steven; Bond, William J.; February, Edmund C.
Water sourcing by trees in a mesic savanna : Responses to severing deep and shallow roots
in Environmental and Experimental Botany volume 74 (2011) . - page 229-236
doi:10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.06.004 ...

Ratnam, Jayashree; Bond, William J.; Fensham, Rod J.; Hoffmann, William A.; Archibald, Sally; Lehmann, Caroline E. R.; Anderson, Michael T.; Higgins, Steven I.; Sankaran, Mahesh
When is a ‘forest’ a savanna, and why does it matter?
in Global Ecology and Biogeography volume 20 (2011) issue 5. - page 653-660
doi:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00634.x ...

2010

February, Edmund C.; Higgins, Steven I.
The distribution of tree and grass roots in savannas in relation to soil nitrogen and water
in South African Journal of Botany volume 76 (2010) issue 3. - page 517-523
doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2010.04.001 ...

Zimmermann, Julia; Higgins, Steven I.; Grimm, Volker; Hoffmann, John; Linstädter, Anja
Grass mortality in semi-arid savanna : The role of fire, competition and self-shading
in Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics volume 12 (2010) issue 1. - page 1-8
doi:10.1016/j.ppees.2009.09.003 ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Scheiter, Simon; Sankaran, Mahesh
The stability of African savannas : insights from the indirect estimation of the parameters of ...
in Ecology volume 91 (2010) issue 6. - page 1682-1692
doi:10.1890/08-1368.1 ...

2009

Scheiter, Simon; Higgins, Steven I.
Impacts of climate change on the vegetation of Africa : an adaptive dynamic vegetation modellin ...
in Global Change Biology volume 15 (2009) issue 9. - page 2224-2246
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01838.x ...

2008

Higgins, Steven I.; Flores, Olivier; Schurr, Frank M.
Costs of persistence and the spread of competing seeders and sprouters
in Journal of Ecology volume 96 (2008) issue 4. - page 679-686
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01391.x ...

Higgins, Steven; Bond, William J.; Trollope, Winston S. W.; Williams, Richard J.
Physically motivated empirical models for the spread and intensity of grass fires
in International Journal of Wildland Fire volume 17 (2008) issue 5. - page 595-601
doi:10.1071/WF06037 ...

Zimmermann, Julia; Higgins, Steven I.; Grimm, Volker; Hoffmann, John; Münkemüller, Tamara; Linstädter, Anja
Recruitment filters in a perennial grassland : the interactive roles of fire, competitors, mois ...
in Journal of Ecology volume 96 (2008) issue 5. - page 1033-1044
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01409.x ...

2007

Schurr, Frank M.; Midgley, Guy F.; Rebelo, Anthony G.; Reeves, Gail; Poschlod, Peter; Higgins, Steven I.
Colonization and persistence ability explain the extent to which plant species fill their poten ...
in Global Ecology and Biogeography volume 16 (2007) issue 4. - page 449-459
doi:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00293.x ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Bond, William J.; February, Edmund C.; Bronn, Andries; Euston-Brown, Douglas I. W.; Enslin, Beukes; Govender, Navashni; Rademan, Louise; O'Regan, Sean; Potgieter, Andre L. F.; Scheiter, Simon; Sowry, Richard; Trollope, Lynn; Trollope, Winston S. W.
Effects of four decades of fire Manipulation on woody vegetation structure in savanna
in Ecology volume 88 (2007) issue 5. - page 1119-1125
doi:10.1890/06-1664 ...

Scheiter, Simon; Higgins, Steven I.
Partitioning of Root and Shoot Competition and the Stability of Savannas
in The American Naturalist volume 170 (2007) issue 4. - page 587-601
doi:10.1086/521317 ...

Midgley, Guy F.; Thuiller, Wilfried; Higgins, Steven I.
Plant Species Migration as a Key Uncertainty in Predicting Future Impacts of Climate Change on ...
Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World
Berlin : Springer, 2007. - page 129-137
doi:10.1007/978-3-540-32730-1_11 ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Kantelhardt, Jochen; Scheiter, Simon; Boerner, Jan
Sustainable management of extensively managed savanna rangelands
in Ecological Economics volume 62 (2007) issue 1. - page 102-114
doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.05.019 ...

February, Edmund C.; Higgins, Steven I.; Newton, Rosemary; West, Adam G.
Tree distribution on a steep environmental gradient in an arid savanna
in Journal of Biogeography volume 34 (2007) issue 2. - page 270-278
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01583.x ...

Börner, Jan; Higgins, Steven I.; Kantelhardt, Jochen; Scheiter, Simon
Rainfall or price variability: what determines rangeland management decisions? A simulation-opt ...
in Agricultural Economics volume 37 (2007) issue 2-3. - page 189-200
doi:10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00265.x ...

2005

Sankaran, Mahesh; Hanan, Niall P.; Scholes, Robert J.; Ratnam, Jayashree; Augustine, David J.; Cade, Brian S.; Gignoux, Jacques; Higgins, Steven I.; Le Roux, Xavier; Ludwig, Fulco; Ardo, Jonas; Banyikwa, Feetham; Bronn, Andries; Bucini, Gabriela; Caylor, Kelly K.; Coughenour, Michael B.; Diouf, Alioune; Ekaya, Wellington; Feral, Christie J.; February, Edmund C.; Frost, Peter G. H.; Hiernaux, Pierre; Hrabar, Halszka; Metzger, Kristine L.; Prins, Herbert H. T.; Ringrose, Susan; Sea, William; Tews, Jörg; Worden, Jeff; Zambatis, Nick
Determinants of woody cover in African savannas
in Nature volume 438 (2005) issue 7069. - page 846-849
doi:10.1038/nature04070 ...

Rejmánek, Marcel; Richardson, David M.; Higgins, Steven; Pitcairn, Michael J.; Grotkopp, Eva
Ecology of invasive plants : state of the art
Invasive alien species : a new synthesis
Washington, DC : Island Press, 2005. - page 104-161 . - (SCOPE; 63)

Schurr, Frank M.; Bond, William J.; Midgley, Guy F.; Higgins, Steven
A mechanistic model for secondary seed dispersal by wind and its experimental validation
in Journal of Ecology volume 93 (2005) issue 5. - page 1017-1028
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01018.x ...

2003

Higgins, Steven I.; Nathan, R.; Cain, Michael L.
Are long-distance Dispersal Events in Plants ususally caused by Nonstandard Means of Dispersal?
in Ecology volume 84 (2003) issue 8. - page 1945-1956
doi:10.1890/01-0616 ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Lavorel, Sandra; Revilla, Eloy
Estimating plant migration rates under habitat loss and fragmentation
in Oikos volume 101 (2003) issue 2. - page 354-366
doi:10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12141.x ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Clark, James S.; Nathan, Ran; Hovestadt, Thomas; Schurr, Frank M.; Fragoso, José M. V.; Aguiar, Martin R.; Ribbens, Eric; Lavorel, Sandra
Forecasting plant migration rates : managing uncertainty for risk assessment
in Journal of Ecology volume 91 (2003) issue 3. - page 341-347
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00781.x ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Lavorel, Sandra; Tackenberg, Oliver
Plant dispersal and habitat loss synergies
Climate change and biodiversity : synergistic impacts
Washington, DC : Conservation International, 2003. - page 71-76 . - (Advances in Applied Biodiversity Science; 4)

Robertson, M. P.; Henderson, Lesley; Higgins, Steven I.; Fairbanks, Dean H. K.; Zimmermann, H. G.; le Maitre, David C.; Shackleton, Charlie M.; Villet, Martin H.; Hoffmann, John H.; Palmer, Anthony R.; Riggs, Ivan
A proposed prioritization system for the management of invasive alien plants in South Africa : ...
in South African Journal of Science volume 99 (2003) issue 1. - page 37-43

2002

Beukes, Pierre C.; Cowling, Richard M.; Higgins, Steven
An ecological economic simulation model of a non-selective grazing system in the Nama Karoo, So ...
in Ecological Economics volume 42 (2002) issue 1/2. - page 221-242
doi:10.1016/S0921-8009(02)00055-1 ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Cain, Michael L.
Spatially realistic plant metapopulation models and the colonization-competition trade-off
in Journal of Ecology volume 90 (2002) issue 4. - page 616-626
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.00694.x ...

2001

Higgins, Steven I.; Bond, William J.; Pickett, Steward T.A.
Environmental stochasticity cannot save declining populations
in Trends in Ecology & Evolution volume 16 (2001) issue 4. - page 177
doi:10.1016/S0169-5347(01)02112-7 ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Richardson, David M.; Cowling, Richard M.
Validation of a spatial simulation model of a spreading alien plant population
in Journal of Applied Ecology volume 38 (2001) issue 3. - page 571-584
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00616.x ...

2000

Higgins, Steven I.; Bond, William J.; Trollope, Winston S. W.
Fire, resprouting and variability : a recipe for grass-tree coexistence in savanna
in Journal of Ecology volume 88 (2000) issue 2. - page 213-229
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00435.x ...

Richardson, David M.; Bond, William J.; Dean, W. Richard J.; Higgins, Steven; Midgley, Guy F.; Milton, Suzanne J.; Powrie, Leslie W.; Rutherford, Michael C.; Samways, Michael J.; Schulze, Roland E.
Invasive Alien Species and Global Change : A South African Perspective
Invasive Species in a Changing World
Washington, DC : Island Press, 2000. - page 303-350

Richardson, David M.; Higgins, Steven I.
Pines as invaders in the southern hemisphere
Ecology and Biogeography of Pinus
Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2000. - page 450-473

Higgins, Steven I.; Pickett, Steward T .A.; Bond, William J.
Predicting extinction risks for plants : environmental stochasticity can save declining populat ...
in Trends in Ecology & Evolution volume 15 (2000) issue 12. - page 516-520
doi:10.1016/S0169-5347(00)01993-5 ...

Gambiza, James; Bond, William J.; Frost, Peter G. H.; Higgins, Steven
Special Section: Land use options in dry tropical woodland ecosystems in Zimbabwe : A simulatio ...
in Ecological Economics volume 33 (2000) issue 3. - page 353-368
doi:10.1016/S0921-8009(00)00145-2 ...

Higgins, Steven; Richardson, David M.; Cowling, Richard M.
Using a Dynamic Landscape Model for Planning the Management of Alien Plant Invasions
in Ecological Applications volume 10 (2000) issue 6. - page 1833-1848
doi:10.2307/2641242 ...

1999

Higgins, Steven I.; Shackleton, Charlie M.; Robinson, E. Robbie
Changes in woody community structure and composition under constrasting landuse systems in a se ...
in Journal of Biogeography volume 26 (1999) issue 3. - page 619-627
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.t01-1-00317.x ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Richardson, David M.
Predicting Plant Migration Rates in a Changing World : The Role of Long‐Distance Dispersal
in The American Naturalist volume 153 (1999) issue 5. - page 464-475
doi:10.1086/303193 ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Richardson, David M.; Cowling, Richard M.; Trinder-Smith, Terry H.
Predicting the Landscape-Scale Distribution of Alien Plants and Their Threat to Plant Diversity
in Conservation Biology volume 13 (1999) issue 2. - page 303-313
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.013002303.x ...

1998

Higgins, Steven I.; Richardson, David M.
Pine invasions in the southern hemisphere : modelling interactions between organism, environmen ...
in Plant Ecology volume 135 (1998) issue 1. - page 79-93
doi:10.1023/A:1009760512895 ...

1997

Higgins, Steven I.; Rogers, Kevin H.; Kemper, Jessica
A description of the functional vegetation pattern of a semi-arid floodplain, South Africa
in Plant Ecology volume 129 (1997) issue 1. - page 95-101
doi:10.1023/A:1009763931832 ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Azorin, Esteban J.; Cowling, Richard M.; Morris, Mike J.
A dynamic ecological-economic model as a tool for conflict resolution in an invasive-alien-plan ...
in Ecological Economics volume 22 (1997) issue 2. - page 141-154
doi:10.1016/S0921-8009(97)00574-0 ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Turpie, Jane K.; Costanza, Robert; Cowling, Richard M.; le Maitre, Dave C.; Marais, Christo; Midgley, Guy F.
An ecological economic simulation model of mountain fynbos ecosystems : Dynamics, valuation and ...
in Ecological Economics volume 22 (1997) issue 2. - page 155-169
doi:10.1016/S0921-8009(97)00575-2 ...

Cowling, Richard M.; Constanza, Robert; Higgins, Steven I.
Services supplied by South African fynbos ecosystems
Nature's Services : Societal Dependence On Natural Ecosystems
Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 1997. - page 345-362

1996

Richardson, David M.; van Wilgen, Brian W.; Higgins, Steven I.; Trinder-Smith, Terry H.; Cowling, Richard M.; McKell, D. H.
Current and future threats to plant biodiversity on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa
in Biodiversity and Conservation volume 5 (1996) issue 5. - page 607-647
doi:10.1007/BF00137612 ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Richardson, David M.; Cowling, Richard M.
Modeling Invasive Plant Spread : The Role of Plant-Environment Interactions and Model Structure
in Ecology volume 77 (1996) issue 7. - page 2043-2054
doi:10.2307/2265699 ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Coetzee, M. A. S.; Marneweck, G. C.; Rogers, K. H.
The Nyl River floodplain, South Africa, as a functional unit of the landscape : A review of cur ...
in African Journal of Ecology volume 34 (1996) issue 2. - page 131-145
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2028.1996.019-89019.x ...

Higgins, Steven I.; Richardson, David M.
A review of models of alien plant spread
in Ecological Modelling volume 87 (1996) issue 1/3. - page 249-265
doi:10.1016/0304-3800(95)00022-4 ...