Beyond ancient versus anthropogenic for Madagascar's grassy ecosystems. A Reply to: Crowley et al. (2021).
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Lehmann, Caroline E. R.; Solofondranohatra, Cédrique L.; Vorontsova, Maria S.
- Source
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 5/12/2021, Vol. 288 Issue 1950, p1-4. 4p.
- Subject
- *ECOSYSTEMS
*ANIMAL-plant relationships
*COLONIZATION (Ecology)
*RESTORATION ecology
*LANDSCAPE ecology
*TROPHIC cascades
*FIRE ecology
- Language
- ISSN
- 0962-8452
The article focuses on ancient versus anthropogenic for Madagascar's grassy ecosystems. Topics discussed include Data collected across different disciplines and at varied spatio-temporal scales have produced conflicting inferences about the mosaic of Madagascar's vegetation before the human settlement of the island; and propose a research agenda and ecological considerations to help advance understanding of the distribution and dynamics of ecosystems across Madagascar.