SAVANNA LAB
The whole world is a savanna; forests and grasslands are just special cases
The whole world is a savanna; forests and grasslands are just special cases
| Authors | Year | Title | Journal |
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Nazir, A., Hanan, N. P., Gilani, H. and Shrestha, H. L. |
2026 | Species Level Mapping of Forest Canopy Height in Nepal Using GEDI with Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 | Frontiers in Remote Sensing |
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Dai, J., Ryan, M. G., Yu, Q., Bao, G., Prihodko, L., Hanan, N. P. |
2026 | Interactions between the environment and plant functional type control global forest top-of-canopy height | Forest Ecology and Management |
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Anderson, T.M., Hempson, G.P., Donaldson, J.E., Beale, C.M., te Beest, M., Courtney-Mustaphi, C., et al. |
2025 | Identifying ecological knowledge and research gaps via the African Database of Savanna Protected Areas (ADSPA) | Diversity and Distributions |
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Nazir, Abid, Awais Ahmad, Mohsin Ramzan, Gilani, Hammad, Shahid, Tarer, Hanan, Niall P. |
2025 | Flood-Induced Agricultural Damage Assessment: A Case Study of Pakistan | Water |
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Gilani, Hammad, Muddasir Shah, Shahzada Sohail Ijaz, Muhammad Asif, Abid Nazir, and Niall P. Hanan |
2025 | Spatial Distribution of Mangrove Soil Organic Carbon in Indus Delta, Pakistan: A Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Approach | Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science |
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Pinos, Juan; Hammond, Keegan; Duniway, Michael C; Anderson, John P.; Hanan, Niall P; Petrie, Matthew D. |
2025 | Soil Moisture Partitioning Between Under Canopy and Interspace Environments in Shrublands of the Northern Chihuahuan Desert | Ecosystems |
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Trevor Roberts and Niall P. Hanan |
2025 | Sapflow database reveals density-dependent competition among woody plants at global scale | Ecology Letters |
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Nazir, Abid, Hanan, N. P., Yu, Qiuyan, Gilani, Hammad |
2025 | Enhancing GEDI above ground biomass density estimates in contrasting forests of Pakistan | Forest Ecology and Management |
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Ghimire, R., Aryal, D. R., Hanan, N. P., Boufous, S., Burney, O., Idowu, O. J., Geli, H. M. E., Hurd, B., Prihodko, L. |
2024 | Carbon sequestration through sustainable land management practices in arid and semiarid regions: Insights from New Mexico | Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment |
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Feldman, A. F., Reed, S., Amaral, C., Babst-Kostecka, A., Babst, F., Biederman, J. A., et al. |
2024 | Adaptation and Response in Drylands (ARID): Community insights for scoping a NASA Terrestrial Ecology field campaign in drylands | Earth’s Future |
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Trevor Roberts and Niall P. Hanan |
2024 | Thinning relationships of woody encroachers in a US southwestern shrubland | Journal of Arid Environments |
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Cocciardi, J. M., Hoffman, A. M., Alvarado-Serrano, D. F., Anderson, J., Blumstein, M., Boehm, E. L., Bolin, L. G., et al. |
2024 | The Value of Long-Term Ecological Research for Evolutionary Insights | Nature Ecology & Evolution |
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Kahiu, N., Anchang, J., Alulu, V., Fava, F.P., Jensen, N.D. and Hanan, N. P. |
2024 | Leveraging browse and grazing forage estimates to optimize index-based livestock insurance | Scientific Reports |
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Maina, S., Miller, M., Torell, G., Hanan, N. P., Anchang, J. Y. and Kahiu, M. N. |
2024 | Index insurance for forage, pasture and rangeland: A review for developed (USA & Canada) and developing (Kenya & Ethiopia) countries | Sustainability |
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Yu, Q, Ryan, M. G., Ji, W., Prihodko, L., Anchang, J. Y., Kahiu, N., Nazir, A., Dai, J., Hanan, N. P. |
2024 | Assessing canopy height measurements from ICESat-2 and GEDI orbiting LiDAR across six different biomes with G-LiHT LiDAR | Environmental Research: Ecology |
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Hanan, N. P. and Hutley, L. B. |
2024 | Current insights in drylands | Frontiers in Environmental Science – Drylands |
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Kahiu, M. N., Anchang, J. Y., Prihodko, L., Yu, Q., and Hanan, N. P. |
2024 | Satellite-based woody canopy cover for Africa: uncovering bias and recovering best estimates across years | Science of Remote Sensing |
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Robert R. K. Wojcikiewicz, Wenjie Ji, Niall P. Hanan |
2024 | Quantifying shrub-shrub competition in drylands using aerial imagery and a novel landscape competition index | New Phytologist |
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Robert R. K. Wojcikiewicz, Nicholas P. Webb, Brandon L. Edwards, Justin W. Van Zee, Ericha M. Courtright, Brad F. Cooper, Niall P. Hanan |
2023 | Aeolian sediment transport responses to vegetation cover change: effects of sampling error on model uncertainty | Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface |
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Brianna M. Lind, Tercia Strydom, Niall P. Hanan |
2023 | Termite mound impacts on hydrology vary with herbaceous vegetation and topsoil texture | J. Arid Environments |
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Sai Kachout, S., S. Ben Youssef, S. Khnissi, K. Guenni, A. Zoghlami, A. Ennajah, N. Ghorbel, J. Anchang, N. P. Hanan |
2023 | Growth responses of the perennial grass, Phalaris aquatica L., to cutting frequency and influence on secondary metabolites and antioxidant activity | American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers |
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Kanambaye, B., Karembe, M., Coulibaly, D., Hanan, N. P., Dembele, F., Diallo, S., Maiga, A. H. A. |
2022 | Détermination du potentiel pastoral herbacé de la Commune Rurale de Dièma dans le bioclimat Soudanien Nord au Mali | European Scientific Journal |
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Brianna M. Lind, Paul Eggleton, Vivienne Uys, Niall P. Hanan |
2022 | Precipitation mediates termite functional diversity and dominance in southern Africa | Bothalia: African Biodiversity and Conservation |
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Hanan, N. P. and Swemmer, A. M. |
2022 | Savannahs store carbon despite frequent fires | Nature |
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Cunliffe, A., Hanan, N.P., Ji, W., Wojcikiewicz, R., et al. |
2022 | Global application of an unoccupied aerial vehicle photogrammetry protocol for predicting aboveground biomass in non-forest ecosystems | Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation |
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Hanan, N. P., Milne, E., Aynekulu, E., Yu, Q. and Anchang, J, Y. |
2021 | A role for drylands in a carbon neutral world? | Frontiers in Environmental Sciences – Drylands |
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Iwaniec, D. M., Gooseff, M., Suding, K. N., Samuel Johnson, D., Reed, D. C., Peters, et al. |
2021 | Connectivity: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network | Ecosphere |
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Hanan, N.P., Milne, E., Aynekulu, E., Yu, Q., Anchang, J. |
2021 | A Role for Drylands in a Carbon Neutral World? | Frontiers in Environmental Science |
| Yu, Q., Ji, W., Prihodko, L., Ross, C.W., Anchang, Y.J., & Hanan, N.P. | 2021 | Study becomes insight: Ecological learning from machine learning | Methods in Ecology and Evolution |
| Cunliffe, M.A. (50 authors including Hanan, N.P., Ji. W., & Wojcikiewicz, R.) | 2021 | Global application of an unoccupied aerial vehicle photogrammetry protocol for predicting aboveground biomass in non-forest ecosystems. | Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation |
| Ross, C.W., Hanan, N.P., Prihodko, L., Anchang, J., Ji, W., & Yu, Q. | 2021 | Woody-biomass projections and drivers of change in sub-Saharan Africa. | Nature Climate Change |
| Hanan, N.P., Limaye, A.S., & Irwin, D.E. | 2021 | Editorial: Use of Earth Observations for Actionable Decision Making in the Developing World. | Frontiers in Environmental Science |
| Hanan, N.P., & Anchang, Y.J. | 2020 | Satellites could soon map every tree on Earth. | Nature News & Views |
| Kumar, S.S., Prihodko, L., Lind, B.M., Anchang, J., Ji, W., Ross, C.W., et al. | 2020 | Remotely sensed thermal decay rate: an index for vegetation monitoring. | Scientific Report |
| Samasse, K., Hanan, N.P., Anchang, J.Y., & Diallo, Y. | 2020 | A High-Resolution Cropland Map for the West African Sahel Based on High-Density Training Data, Google Earth Engine, and Locally Optimized Machine Learning. | Remote Sensing |
| Anchang, J.Y., Prihodko, L., Ji, W., Kumar, S.S., Ross, C.W., Yu, Q., et al. | 2020 | Toward Operational Mapping of Woody Canopy Cover in Tropical Savannas Using Google Earth Engine. | Frontiers in Environmental Science |
| Brennan, J.R., Johnson, P.S., & Hanan, N.P. | 2020 | Comparing stability in random forest models to map Northern Great Plains plant communities in pastures occupied by prairie dogs using Pleiades imagery. | Biogeosciences |
| Kumar, S.S., Hanan, N.P., Prihodko, L., Anchang, J., Ross, C.W., Ji, W., et al. | 2019 | Alternative Vegetation States in Tropical Forests and Savannas: The Search for Consistent Signals in Diverse Remote Sensing Data. | Remote Sensing |
| Anchang, J.Y., Prihodko, L., Kaptué, A.T., Ross, C.W., Ji, W., Kumar, S.S., et al. | 2019 | Trends in Woody and Herbaceous Vegetation in the Savannas of West Africa. | Remote Sensing |
| Ji, W., Hanan, N.P., Browning, D.M., Monger, H.C., Peters, D.P.C., Bestelmeyer, B.T., et al. | 2019 | Constraints on shrub cover and shrub–shrub competition in a U.S. southwest desert. | Ecosphere |
| Lind, B.M., Hanan, N.P., Gigliotti, L.C., Allen, R.L., McHenry, A., & Gardiner, A. | 2018 | Termite diversity along a catena in southern Kruger National Park, South Africa. | African Journal of Ecology |
| Samasse, K., Hanan, N.P., Tappan, G., & Diallo, Y. | 2018 | Assessing Cropland Area in West Africa for Agricultural Yield Analysis. | Remote Sensing |
| Koerner , S.E., Smith, M.D., Burkepile, D.E., Hanan, N.P., Avolio, M.L., Collins, S.L., et al. | 2018 | Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity. | Nature Ecology & Evolution |
| Peters, D.P.C., Burruss, N.D., Rodriguez, L.L., McVey, D.S., Elias, E.H., Pelzel-McCluskey, A.M., Derner, J.D., et al. | 2018 | An Integrated View of Complex Landscapes: A Big Data-Model Integration Approach to Transdisciplinary Science. | BioScience |
| Hanan, N.P. | 2018 | Agroforestry in the Sahel. | Nature Geoscience |
| Ross, C.W., Prihodko, L, Anchang, J., Kumar, S., Ji, W., & Hanan, N.P. | 2018 | HYSOGs250m, global gridded hydrologic soil groups for curve-number-based runoff modeling. | Scientific Data |
| Kahiu, M.N., & Hanan, N.P. | 2018 | Fire in sub-Saharan Africa: The fuel, cure and connectivity hypothesis. | Global Ecology and Biogeography |
| Axelsson, C.R., & Hanan, N.P. | 2018 | Rates of woody encroachment in African savannas reflect water constraints and fire disturbance. | Journal of Biogeography |
| Kahiu, M.N., & Hanan, N.P. | 2017 | Estimation of Woody and Herbaceous Leaf Area Index in Sub-Saharan Africa Using MODIS Data. | Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences |
| Griffith, D.M., Lehmann, C.E.R., Strömberg, C.A.E., Parr, C.L., Pennington, T., Sankaran, M., et al. | 2017 | Comment on “The extent of forest in dryland biomes”. | Science |
| Gilmanov, T.G., Morgan, J.A., Hanan, N.P,, Wylie, B.K., Rajan, N., Smith, D.P., et al. | 2017 | Productivity and CO2 Exchange of Great Plains Ecoregions. I. Shortgrass Steppe: Flux Tower Estimates. | Rangeland Ecology & Management |
| Axelsson, C.R., & Hanan, N.P. | 2017 | Patterns in woody vegetation structure across African savannas. | Biogeosciences |
| Dohn, J., Augustine, D.J., Hanan, N.P., Ratnam, J., & Sankaran, M. | 2016 | Spatial vegetation patterns and neighborhood competition among woody plants in an East African savanna. | Ecology |
| Yan, D., Zhang, X., Yu, Y., Guo, W., & Hanan, N.P. | 2016 | Characterizing land surface phenology and responses to rainfall in the Sahara desert. | Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences |
| Milne, E., Aynekulu, E., Bationo, A., Batjes, N.H., Boone, R., Conant, R., et al. | 2016 | Grazing lands in Sub-Saharan Africa and their potential role in climate change mitigation: What we do and don't know. | Environmental Development |
| Petrie, M.D., Brunsell, N.A., Vargas, R., Collins, S.L., Flanagan, L.B., Hanan, N.P., et al. | 2016 | The sensitivity of carbon exchanges in Great Plains grasslands to precipitation variability. | Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences |
| Kaptué, A.M., Prihodko, L., & Hanan, N.P. | 2016 | On regreening and degradation in Sahelian watersheds. | PNAS |
| Tredennick, A.T., Karembé, M., Dembélé, F., Dohn, J., & Hanan, N.P. | 2015 | No effects of fire, large herbivores and their interaction on regrowth of harvested trees in two West African savannahs. | African Journal of Ecology |
| Hanan, N.P., Tredennick, A.T., Prihodko, L., Bucini, G., & Dohn, J. | 2015 | Analysis of stable states in global savannas – a response to Staver and Hansen. | Global Ecology and Biogeography |
| Kaptué, A.T., Hanan, N.P., Prihodko, L, & Ramirez, J.A. | 2015 | Spatial and temporal characteristics of rainfall in Africa: Summary statistics for temporal downscaling. | Water Resources Research |
| Tredennick, A.T., & Hanan, N.P. | 2015 | Effects of Tree Harvest on the Stable-State Dynamics of Savanna and Forest. | The American Naturalis |
| Palmer, A.R., Weideman, C., Finca, A., Everson, C.S., Hanan, N., & Ellery, W. | 2015 | Modelling annual evapotranspiration in a semi-arid, African savanna: functional convergence theory, MODIS LAI and the Penman–Monteith equation. | African Journal of Range & Forage Science |
| Fan, Z., Neff, J.C., & Hanan, N.P. | 2015 | Modeling pulsed soil respiration in an African savanna ecosystem. | Agricultural and Forest Meteorology |
| Lehman, C.E.R., Anderson, T.M., Sankaran, M., Higgins, S.I., Archibald, S., Hoffmann, W.A., et al. | 2014 | Savanna Vegetation-Fire-Climate Relationships Differ Among Continent. | Science |
| Hanan, N.P., Tredennick, A.T., Prihodko, L., Bucini, G., & Dohn, J. | 2014 | Analysis of stable states in global savannas: is the CART pulling the horse? | Global Ecology and Biogeography |
| Kaptue, A.T., Hanan, N.P., & Prihodko, L. | 2013 | Characterization of the spatial and temporal variability of surface water in the Soudan-Sahel region of Africa. | Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences |
| Tredennick, A.T., Bentley, L.P., & Hanan, N.P. | 2013 | Allometric Convergence in Savanna Trees and Implications for the Use of Plant Scaling Models in Variable Ecosystems. | PLoS ONE |
| Sjöström, M., Zhao, M., Archibald, S., Arneth, A., Cappelaere, B., Falk, U., et al. | 2013 | Evaluation of MODIS gross primary productivity for Africa using eddy covariance data. | Remote Sensing of Environment |
| Gilmanov, T.G., Wylie, B.K., Tieszen, L.L., Meyers, T.P., Baron, V.S., Bernacchi, C.J., et al. | 2013 | CO2 uptake and ecophysiological parameters of the grain crops of midcontinent North America: Estimates from flux tower measurement. | Agriculture, Ecosystems & Envi |
| Dohn, J., Dembélé, F., BKarembé, M., Moustakas, A., Amévor, K.A., & Hanan, N.P. | 2013 | Tree effects on grass growth in savannas: competition, facilitation and the stress-gradient hypothesis. | Journal of Ecology |