SEOSAW collaborators

32. Ecosystem models of the dry tropics using carbon cycle observations from field inventory plots and satellite remote sensing

David Milodowski - UK

Affiliation: University of Edinburgh, UK

31. Soil-vegetation relationships across the dry tropics

Tim Baker, Kyle Dexter, Renato Vanderlei - UK, Brazil

Affiliation: University of Leeds, UK; Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil; University of Edinburgh, UK

30. Forest-savanna transitions in the Republic of the Congo

Robin Fonteneau - France

Affiliation: AgroParisTech, France

29. Socio-ecological dynamics of woodlands in southeast Angola

Luisa Escobar-Alvarado - Mexico

Affiliation: University of Edinburgh, UK

28. NCEO's 2020 AGB stock map at 100 m resolution

Nezha Acil - UK

Affiliation: NCEO, UK

27. Mapping aboveground biomass change across the dry tropics using radar remote sensing

Sam Harrison - UK

Affiliation: University of Edinburgh, UK

26. Mapping dry tropical African biomes using remote sensing; do structural and floristic data correspond?

Lucy Wells - UK

Affiliation: University of Edinburgh, UK

25. Functional traits across environmental gradients

Rob Davies - UK

Affiliation: University of Sheffield, UK

24. Modelling tree growth rates

Tatenda Gotore - Zimbabwe

Affiliation: University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

23. Linking faunal seed dispersal to tree dispersal traits and carbon sequestration in southern African woodlands

Lara-Marie Bodirsky - Netherlands

Affiliation: Utrecht University, Netherlands

THESIS - Bodirsky, BL. 2024. Linking faunal seed dispersal to tree dispersal traits and carbon storage in southern African woodlands. MSc thesis. Utrecht University, Netherlands.

22. Analysing and delineating functional biomes in the tropics at a global scale

Jens Ringelberg - UK

Affiliation: University of Edinburgh, UK

21. The ecology and diversity of the hyperdiversified Berlinia clade

Adeline Fayolle - Belgium

Affiliation: University of Liege, Belgium

20. Exploring patterns of tree mortality in the tropics

John L. Godlee, Elisha Njoghomi, Natasha Ribeiro, and Daniel Zuleta on behalf of the Alliance for Tropical Forest Science Mortality Working Group (ATFS-MWG)

Affiliation: University of Edinburgh, UK; Tanzania Forestry Research Institute, Tanzania; Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, USA

19. The effects of climate change on tree dynamics

Jonathan Muledi (team lead) and the African Forests Forum - Democratic Republic of the Congo; Kenya

Affiliation: University of Lubumbashi, DRC

TECHNICAL REPORT - Muledi, Mograbi et al. 2023. Strengthening the understanding of the dynamics of African forest vegetation under a changing climate through permanent sampling plots

POLICY BRIEF - Muledi, Kamoto et al. 2023. Strengthening the understanding of the dynamics of African forest vegetation under a changing climate through permanent sampling plots

FACT SHEET - Muledi, Kamoto et al. 2023. The Dynamics of African Forest Vegetation Under Changing Climate through Permanent Sampling Plots

18. Understanding resprouting ability across dominant savanna tree species

Fezile Mtsetfwa - Swaziland

Affiliation: University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

17. Estimating Miombo structure and Above Ground Biomass based on field data and remotely sensed data

Hermane Diesse - Democratic Republic of the Congo

Affiliation: Namibian University of Science & Technology, Namibia

16. Unexplored transitions between forests and savannas

Mat Rees - UK

Affiliation: University of Edinburgh, UK

15. Seasonality effects on species composition

Mthokozisi Moyo - South Africa

Affiliation: University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

14. Environmental gradients in miombo

Rob Davies - UK

Affiliation: University of Sheffield, UK

PUBLICATION - Davies et al. 2023. Precipitation gradients drive high tree species turnover in the woodlands of eastern and southern Africa. Ecography. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06720

13. Understanding the human footprint in the world's largest savanna

Penny Mograbi; Wayne Twine - South Africa

Affiliation: University of Edinburgh, UK; University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

12. Carbon dynamics vital rates across the dry tropics (SECO)

John Godlee; Ebuka Nwobi; Casey Ryan - UK; Nigeria

Affiliation: University of Edinburgh, UK

11. Aboveground biomass relationship to radar backscatter

Lennart Hoheisel; Thomas Higginbottom; Casey Ryan - UK

Affiliation: University of Edinburgh, UK

10. Comparing the Biodiversity intactness Index (BII) with plot biodiversity

Penny Mograbi; Hayley Clements; Nicola Stevens - South Africa

Affiliation: University of Edinburgh, UK / University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; University of Stellenbosch, South Africa; University of Oxford, UK

9. The Impact of Timber Trade in Southern Africa on the Sustainable Use of Rosewood Species

Melissa Rousseau - Belgium

Affiliation: Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium

8. How common and rare species scale within different forest ecosystems

Declan Cooper - UK

Affiliation: University College London, UK

7. Ecology of the miombo woodlands

Natasha Ribeiro - Mozambique

Affiliation: Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique

PUBLICATION - Ribeiro et al. 2020. Miombo Woodlands in a Changing Environment: Securing the Resilience and Sustainability of People and Woodlands. Springer Publishers. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030501037

6. Biodiversity: ecosystem function relationships in southern African woodlands

John Godlee - UK

Affiliation: University of Edinburgh, UK

PUBLICATION - Godlee et al. 2021. Structural diversity and tree density drives variation in the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship of woodlands and savannas. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17639

PUBLICATION - Godlee et al. 2024. Tree species diversity drives the land surface phenology of seasonally dry tropical woodlands. Journal of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14366

THESIS - Godlee, J. L. 2022. Biodiversity: ecosystem function relationships in southern African woodlands. PhD thesis. University of Edinburgh.

5. Floristic mapping

Bowy den Braber

Affiliation: University of Edinburgh, UK

4. Modelling tree growth rates across Southern African woodlands: a hierarchical mixed-effects approach

Brigadier Libanda - Zambia

Affiliation: University of Edinburgh, UK

THESIS - Libanda, B. 2022. Modelling tree growth rates across Southern African woodlands: a hierarchical mixed-effects approach. PhD thesis. University of Edinburgh, UK. http://dx.doi.org/10.7488/era/1943

3. A network to understand the changing socio-ecology of the southern African woodlands

Casey Ryan on behalf of all the early SEOSAW partners

Affiliation: Various

PUBLICATION - The SEOSAW Partnership. 2020. A network to understand the changing socio-ecology of the southern African woodlands (SEOSAW): Challenges, benefits, and methods. Plants, People, Planet. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10168

2. Forest-savanna floristics

Julia Aleman

Affiliation: University of Liege, Belgium; University of Montreal, Canada

PUBLICATION - Aleman et al. 2020. Floristic evidence for alternative biome states in tropical Africa. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2011515117

1. Exploring floristics in African savannas

Adeline Fayolle

Affiliation: University of Liege, Belgium

PUBLICATION - Fayolle et al.et al. 2018. A sharp floristic discontinuity revealed by the biogeographic regionalization of African savannas. Journal of Biogeography. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.13475