Savanna: References & Edit History
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T.R. McClanahan and T.P. Young (eds.), East African Ecosystems and Their Conservation (1996), discusses the range of savannas and related vegetation types and animal communities in East Africa. A wide assortment of issues relating to the global distribution and ecology of savannas are addressed in Jayalaxshmi Mistry, World Savannas: Ecology and Human Use (2000). Mark Owens and Cordelia Owens, Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People (2006), is a historical account of the influence of humans in Zambia’s savanna region. Patricia A. Werner, Savanna Ecology and Management: Australian Perspectives and Intercontinental Comparisons (2009), deals with the functioning, maintenance, and management of savannas, focusing upon the region in which they remain most intact and undamaged by human activities.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 12, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: IOPscience - Environmental Research Letters - Tree seed dispersal modes affect forest resilience along savanna-forest boundaries. | Sep 26, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: IOPscience - Environmental Research Letters - Tree seed dispersal modes affect forest resilience along savanna-forest boundaries. | Mar 21, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Pub Med Central - Drought‐response strategies of savanna herbivores. | Oct 11, 2025 | ||
| Added top questions and new media. | Sep 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Animals and Plants - Savanna. | Aug 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - On the complex dynamics of savanna landscapes. | Jul 12, 2025 | ||
| Added information about climate change impacts and other threats. | Apr 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pennsylvania State University - CiteSeerX - Defining and measuring the health of savanna landscapes: A north Australian perspective (PDF). | Feb 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNESCO-EOLSS - Tropical Savannas - Introduction. | Sep 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Vermont - Savannas of North America. | Apr 17, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Missouri Department of Conservation - Savannas. | Nov 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Arizona State University - The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - Ask A Biologist - Savanna Biome. | Sep 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Savanna Biome. | Jul 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing - Philosophical Transactions B - Savannahs of Asia: antiquity, biogeography, and an uncertain future. | May 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Kids Do Ecology - Savanna. | Sep 05, 2016 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Jul 07, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Savanna. | Jan 20, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Radford University - Tropical Savannas. | Jan 20, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Blue Planet Biomes - Savanna. | Jan 20, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Science - Savanna. | Jan 20, 2011 | ||
| Added map of savanna regions of the world. | Aug 26, 2010 | ||
| Geologic time data updated. | Sep 15, 2009 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 16, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 25, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 02, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |