OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of African Journal of Range & Forage Science is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Dynamics of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) and Kikuyu grass (Cenchrus clandestinus) pastures associated with white clover (Trifolium repens) in small-scale dairy systems in the	24
Bromatological and histological features of native African grasses under grazing in Brazilian semi-arid rangelands	16
Diet preference of black rhinocerosDiceros bicornisat Welgevonden Game Reserve, South Africa, across seasons	15
Occurrence of Dalbergia obovata in grasslands of urban nature reserves within a metropolitan municipality: Is it an encroaching woody species?	14
Kraals or bomas increase soil carbon and fertility across several biomes	13
The effect of changes in human drivers on the fire regimes of South African grassland and savanna environments over the past 100 years	13
Participatory establishment of Cenchrus ciliaris forage grass among pastoralists in a semi-arid rangeland area of eastern Tanzania	12
Performance of goats browsing on Vachellia karroo encroached communal lands and open grasslands in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa	10
Drought as a driver of vegetation change in Succulent Karoo rangelands, South Africa	9
Nutritional properties and in vitro gas production in cactus pear ( Opuntia stricta ) and cassava ( Manihot esculenta	9
Nearly six decades of grazing research published by the Grassland Society of Southern Africa: trends, recommendations and gaps	9
Drivers of change in vegetation and soil in the Gamka Karoo: grazing versus rainfall	8
Do native grasses emerge and establish in areas rehabilitated using vetiver grass?	7
Response of improved Brachiaria (Urochloa) grass cultivars to foliar diseases and their agronomic performances in Rwanda	7
Effect of slope aspect on vegetation characteristics in mountain rangelands of Tajikistan: considerations for future ecological management and restoration	7
Effect of plant spacing and cutting intensity on the morphology and productivity of forage cactus [ Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.]	6
Book review: ‘Fairy Circles of the Namib Desert: Ecosystem Engineering by Subterranean Social Insects’	6
The Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom: Essential Lessons for Collective Action	6
The control of the encroaching shrub Seriphium plumosum ( L. ) Thunb. (Asteraceae) and the response of the grassy layer in a South African	6
Putting the pieces together: woody plant encroachment across a precipitation gradient in southern Africa	6
Influence of burning and defoliation on Festuca costata (Nees) in the Drakensberg	6
Lessons from a century of evidence-based fire management in grassy ecosystems	6
Lucerne establishment in dryland conditions: effects of crop residues and wheat as a nurse crop	6
Two reviews of GrassPro Southern Africa (online app)	6
Integration of livestock into conservation agriculture systems in the Mediterranean climate region of South Africa	5

Biostimulant effects on the herbage yield and nutritive composition of a mixed ryegrass–clover pasture	5
Overlooked forbs: implications for rangeland biodiversity and function in southern Africa	5
Warming promotes growth of seedlings of a woody encroacher in grassland dominated by C₄ species	5
An Ecological Guide to the BushAn Ecological Guide to the Bush, By Bruce McKenzie, 2022, Jacana Media: www.jacana.co.za, 194 pages, softcover, ISBN 9781431432875, Price: R235.00	5
Forage yield, competition and economic benefit of intercropping cactus and millet with mulch in a semi-arid environment	4
From forage to multifunctionality: shifting perceptions of rangeland ecosystem services in the journals of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa	4
Herbicide trials on Campuloclinium macrocephalum (Asteraceae) during adverse conditions reveal incompatibility with biocontrol and a narrow window of opportunity for che	4
Genetic analysis of Panicum coloratum var. makarikariense caryopsis retention	4
Selection and evaluation of promising indigenous fodder trees and shrubs as supplemental diets for ruminant animals across different agroecological environments	4
A balanced perspective on the contribution of extensive ruminant production to greenhouse gas emissions in southern Africa	4
Effect of botanical composition calibration on the accuracy of undisturbed sward height and comparative yield method techniques for herbage mass estimation in tropical heterogeneous pastures	4
Effects of short-duration kraaling depend on initial conditions in a mesic grassland	3
The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next	3
Could CO₂-induced changes to C₄ grass flammability aggravate savanna woody encroachment?	3
The chemistry of the pedoderm – part 3:Colophospermum mopaneshrublands and woodlands in the central Kruger National Park, South Africa	3
A review of the responses of medium- to large-sized African mammals to fire	3
Grass dynamics along a woody-plant density reduction gradient in a South African savanna	3
Forage yield and quality response of Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus) to different dry season harvesting management under the subhumid agroecology of western Ethiopia	3
High-intensity fire experiments to manage shrub encroachment: lessons learned in South Africa and the United States	3
Too much, too late: fires and reactive wildfire management in northern Botswana’s forests and woodland savannas	3
The chemistry of the pedoderm – part 1: grasslands and savannas in the central Kruger National Park, South Africa	3
Sedimentary charcoal studies from southern Africa’s grassy biomes: a potential resource for informing the management of fires and ecosystems	3
African Journal of Range and Forage Science : paving the way to restoration in African rangelands	3
The diversity of epigeal insects after the application of the brush packing restoration method following bush-encroachment control in South Africa	3
Seedling establishment and early growth in Calobota sericea subjected to moisture stress	2
Historical trajectories and current perspectives on sub-Saharan wildland fire science and management in select scientific literature	2
Rewilding – the Radical New Science of Ecological Recovery	2
A tribute to Winston Smuts Watts Trollope – a firebrand and visionary in fire research	2
Fermentation characteristics of maize–forage legume mixtures ensiled in small-scale silos	2
Nutritional improvement of cactus fruit scraps with addition of alfalfa or Atriplex halimus , and comparison of two animal feed preservation methods (silage and solar dr	2
Nourishment – What animals can teach us about rediscovering our nutritional wisdom	2
A laissez-faire management approach in a grassland landscape results in a fine-scale, spatio-temporally heterogeneous fire pattern	2
Low nitrogen fertiliser rates and stage of maturity influence nitrogen fractionation and in vitro ruminal nitrogen degradability in tropical grasses	2
Grazing capacity change on a small Mediterranean-type South African offshore island following the control of invasive alien European rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus )	2
The chemistry of the pedoderm – part 4: grasslands and savannas within Mokala National Park, South Africa	1
Tipping the scales: how fire controls the balance among functional groups in Angolan grasslands	1
Cattle performance withBrachiariaandPanicum maximumforages in an integrated crop-livestock system	1
Evaluating carbohydrate fractions and degradation kinetics of maize silages on different storage periods and the estimates of milk production	1
Intentions behind common and risky fires in south-eastern Tanzania	1
Quantifying the effect of chemical bush control of Senegalia mellifera on vegetation production in the Eastern Kalahari Bushveld, South Africa	1
Associative nitrogen fixation could be common in South African mesic grassland	1
The influence of grass competition and soil moisture on the growth and phenology of Karoo shrubs in the Eastern Upper Karoo	1
Rainfed-based production of Megathyrsus maximus in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of the semi-arid environment of Sudan	1
Grazing effects on forage quality parameters of three rangeland species in arid regions of Semnan, Iran	1
Ensiling as a technique for preservation of the nutritional quality of Vachellia nilotica	1
Assessment of the impact of woody species encroachment on plant species diversity and the livelihood of pastoralists in southeastern Ethiopia	1
The recent fire regimes of Luengue-Luiana and Mavinga national parks, Angola	1
Drought release and post-drought changes in herbaceous composition and diversity in two land uses subjected to selective bush control in a semi-arid Kalahari savanna	1
Calibration and evaluation of a CROPGRO Perennial Forage Model for Brachiaria humidicola yield simulation under future climate in subhumid environments of Ethiopia	1
Does the presence of tall or dwarf elephant grass genotypes change the nutritive value of butterfly pea in grass–legume intercrops?	1

Handbook of Citizen Science in Ecology and Conservation	1
Woody cover change in relation to fire history and land-use in the savanna-woodlands of north-east Namibia (1996–2019)	1
Book Review. Contested Karoo: Interdisciplinary perspectives on change and continuity in South Africa’s drylands	1
Book Review. Ekologiese Restourasie in Namakwaland: ’n Praktiese GidsEkologiese restourasie in Namakwaland: ’n praktiese gids, By Peter Carrick, Susan Botha and Raldo Kruger, 2022, Nurture, Restore, I	1
Spatio-temporal status of vegetation, soil and cattle serum minerals in degraded communal rangelands of the Eastern Cape, South Africa: implications for livestock sustainability and management interve	1