Thesis
Mapping changes to consumer-mediated ecosystem function across African savannas
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This thesis seeks to clarify how humans are changing ecosystem function in consumer-controlled African savannas. As a framework, it adopts the theory of consumer control (Bond 2005), which argues that vegetation structure in savannas is controlled not only by plants’ ability to fix solar energy, but also by fire and animals’ ability to consume the energy plants fix. The corollary of consumer control is that fire and animals exercise far greater control over function—flows of energy and materi...
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+ Oliveras Menor, I
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- SSD
- Department:
- SOGE
- Sub department:
- Environmental Change Institute
- Oxford college:
- Oriel College
- Role:
- Supervisor
- ORCID:
- 0000-0001-5345-2236
+ Stevens, N
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- SSD
- Department:
- SOGE
- Oxford college:
- St Anne's College
- Role:
- Supervisor
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-0693-8409
+ Malhi, Y
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- SSD
- Department:
- SOGE
- Oxford college:
- Oriel College
- Role:
- Supervisor
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-3503-4783
- DOI:
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Language:
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English
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- Subjects:
- Deposit date:
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2026-02-17
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- Copyright holder:
- Ty Loft
- Copyright date:
- 2025
- Notes:
- Energy flows reveal declining ecosystem functions by animals across Africa is derived from this thesis.
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