Class information for:
Level 1: SAVANNA//BUSH ENCROACHMENT//AFRICAN ECOL

Basic class information
ID Publications Average number
of references		 Avg. shr. active
ref. in WoS
3155 1971 46.8 48%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Classes in level above (level 2)


ID, lev.
above		 Publications Label for level above
431 15685 JOURNAL OF RANGE MANAGEMENT//RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT//JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Terms with highest relevance score


Rank Term Type of term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 SAVANNA Author keyword 64 22% 13% 250
2 BUSH ENCROACHMENT Author keyword 55 60% 3% 60
3 AFRICAN ECOL Address 45 49% 3% 67
4 AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY Journal 40 14% 14% 268
5 TREE GRASS COMPETITION Author keyword 18 89% 0% 8
6 AFRICAN SAVANNA Author keyword 16 58% 1% 18
7 KRUGER NATIONAL PARK Author keyword 15 29% 2% 46
8 TOPKILL Author keyword 15 77% 1% 10
9 COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE Author keyword 13 46% 1% 22
10 TREE GRASS INTERACTIONS Author keyword 13 50% 1% 19

Web of Science journal categories

Author Key Words


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 SAVANNA 64 22% 13% 250 Search SAVANNA Search SAVANNA
2 BUSH ENCROACHMENT 55 60% 3% 60 Search BUSH+ENCROACHMENT Search BUSH+ENCROACHMENT
3 TREE GRASS COMPETITION 18 89% 0% 8 Search TREE+GRASS+COMPETITION Search TREE+GRASS+COMPETITION
4 AFRICAN SAVANNA 16 58% 1% 18 Search AFRICAN+SAVANNA Search AFRICAN+SAVANNA
5 KRUGER NATIONAL PARK 15 29% 2% 46 Search KRUGER+NATIONAL+PARK Search KRUGER+NATIONAL+PARK
6 TOPKILL 15 77% 1% 10 Search TOPKILL Search TOPKILL
7 COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE 13 46% 1% 22 Search COLOPHOSPERMUM+MOPANE Search COLOPHOSPERMUM+MOPANE
8 TREE GRASS INTERACTIONS 13 50% 1% 19 Search TREE+GRASS+INTERACTIONS Search TREE+GRASS+INTERACTIONS
9 ELEPHANTS 13 23% 2% 49 Search ELEPHANTS Search ELEPHANTS
10 LOXODONTA AFRICANA 12 21% 2% 49 Search LOXODONTA+AFRICANA Search LOXODONTA+AFRICANA

Key Words Plus


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 AFRICAN SAVANNA 79 41% 8% 151
2 AFRICAN SAVANNAS 53 54% 3% 68
3 COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE 50 81% 2% 30
4 ARID SAVANNA 47 60% 3% 51
5 SEMIARID SAVANNAS 42 78% 1% 28
6 BUSH ENCROACHMENT 40 70% 2% 33
7 TREE GRASS COEXISTENCE 37 67% 2% 34
8 SEMIARID SAVANNA 37 53% 2% 49
9 KRUGER NATIONAL PARK 31 23% 6% 118
10 SERENGETI 31 27% 5% 99

Journals


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 40 14% 14% 268
2 ECOLOGICAL STUDIES 6 30% 1% 16
3 AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE 5 17% 1% 27
4 KOEDOE 3 17% 1% 14

Reviews


Title Publ. year Cit. Active references % act. ref.
to same field
Ecological thresholds at the savanna-forest boundary: how plant traits, resources and fire govern the distribution of tropical biomes 2012 94 85 61%
Bush encroachment in southern Africa: changes and causes 2014 8 105 83%
What Limits Trees in C-4 Grasslands and Savannas? 2008 234 81 40%
Savanna woody plant dynamics: the role of fire and herbivory, separately and synergistically 2010 62 87 61%
What controls the distribution of tropical forest and savanna? 2012 62 79 43%
Tree-grass coexistence in savannas revisited - insights from an examination of assumptions and mechanisms invoked in existing models 2004 263 59 53%
Tree-grass interactions in savannas 1997 1004 131 27%
Carbon dioxide and the uneasy interactions of trees and savannah grasses 2012 61 80 35%
Cerrado vegetation and global change: the role of functional types, resource availability and disturbance in regulating plant community responses to rising CO2 levels and climate warming 2014 10 153 27%
Herbivores, resources and risks: alternating regulation along primary environmental gradients in savannas 2010 60 76 41%

Address terms


Rank Address term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 AFRICAN ECOL 45 49% 3.4% 67
2 ANIM PLANT ENVIRONM SCI 11 11% 5.0% 98
3 INTEGRATED WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT UNIT 11 67% 0.5% 10
4 OURCE ECOL GRP 11 17% 2.8% 56
5 AMARULA ELEPHANT PROGRAMME 8 35% 1.0% 19
6 CONSERVAT ECOL UNIT 8 28% 1.2% 24
7 TROP SILVICULTURE SEED 4 39% 0.5% 9
8 NAT OURCE MANAGEMENT TOURISM 4 75% 0.2% 3
9 PROGRAM GEOBIOL LOW TEMP GEOCHEM 4 75% 0.2% 3
10 ABORAT CONSERVAT 4 46% 0.3% 6

Related classes at same level (level 1)


Rank Relatedness score Related classes
1 0.0000172376 TROP SAVANNAS MANAGEMENT COOPERAT//TROPICAL SAVANNA//TREE CLEARING
2 0.0000152166 SAND FOREST//MAPUTALAND//MIOMBO WOODLAND
3 0.0000143356 MUSTH//AFRICAN ELEPHANT//FOREST ELEPHANT
4 0.0000120985 PASTORALISM//GRAZING GRADIENTS//GRAZING GRADIENT
5 0.0000120763 KING KHALID WILDLIFE//BUSHBUCK//CONSERVAT PROGRAMS
6 0.0000102742 PACHYDERM//BLACK RHINO//DICEROS BICORNIS
7 0.0000096156 BOUTELOUA ERIOPODA//PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA//LARREA TRIDENTATA
8 0.0000090631 ANIMAL SOCIAL NETWORKS//GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS//GIRAFFE
9 0.0000084143 PASPALUM QUADRIFARIUM//TALLGRASS PRAIRIE//FESTUCA PALLESCENS
10 0.0000078199 EARLY WARNING SIGNALS//TIGER BUSH//VEGETATION PATTERNS