Michelle Tedder
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Grassland Ecologist at the University of Kwazulu-Natal 🇿🇦 Follow me on @michelle-tedder.bsky.social DroughtNet & NutNet collaborator
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Joined May 2019
Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s.
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Nature Ecology & Evolution - Remotely sensed NDVI data and contemporary field data from 84 grasslands on 6 continents show increasing divergence in aboveground plant biomass between sites in...
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The first paper from Theresa's PhD and the from our Ukulinga Drought-Net site!. Effects of warming and rainfall variation on grass phenology and regenerative responses in mesic grassland
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The first paper from Robyn's PhD! .@Robynwitha_why . Fire suppression interacts with soil acidity to maintain stable recalcitrant pyrogenic carbon fractions in South African mesic grasslands soil.
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Grassland ecosystems have evolved alongside fire, a fundamental element that shapes and sustains their ecological balance. Recent research indicates that carbon produced during pyrogenic events in ...
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PostDoc available!.Work on one of the longest-running field experiments in Africa (under the watchful eye of some local wildlife). See advert below for details.
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RT @alan_knapp: Congrats to ecologist Melinda Smith - named as a 2023 AAAS fellow! She is not on this platform so you will need to email he….
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Two members of the Colorado State University faculty have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Late season sampling on the NutNet Gilboa site @NutNetGlobal @kevinkirkman50 @SindisoChamane @Nomusa_chonco @Robynwitha_why
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NutNet Ukulinga late season sampling @NutNetGlobal @Nomusa_chonco @naledi_zola @SindisoChamane @Robynwitha_why
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RT @DroughtNet: How did our DroughtNet treatments affect plant growth in the first year of the experiment across 100 sites? Read about it n….
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Our latest publication from Dr Gilbert Pule's PhD, published in Agriculture . Post-Fire Soil Nutrient Dynamics in Seriphium plumosum L. Encroached Semi-Arid Grassland of Gauteng Province, South Africa #mdpiagriculture via @AgricultureMdpi.
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Seriphium plumosum L. is an indigenous unpalatable shrub that occurs in fire-prone semi-arid South African grassland areas, yet research proposes the use of fire to control its encroachment of...
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Our new paper in Journal of Mountain Science .
Dominant species of mid-elevation grasslands of the uKhahlamba- Drakensberg Park are predicted to be largely immune to climate change.@ResearchGate:
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There are 50 free downloads of our paper "Do native grasses emerge and establish in areas rehabilitated using vetiver grass?". .@Lindos_Eye @kevinkirkman50 @ukzn_sls.
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Species-rich grasslands provide important ecosystem services, and in South Africa, approximately 40% of these grasslands are degraded. Vetiver grass (from India) is often used during rehabilitation...
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RT @kevinkirkman50: Fire tolerant Aloe maculata on the annual winter burn treatment - Ukulinga Grassland Fire Experiment .
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RT @grasscraig: Robyn Nicolay concurs that regular burning will increase - not decrease - soil carbon sequestration in mesic grassland. #….
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