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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Frequent burning maintained a stable grassland over four decades in the Drakensberg, South Africa	18
Cattle performance withBrachiariaandPanicum maximumforages in an integrated crop-livestock system	13
Impact of livestock grazing intensity on plant diversity of montane grassland in the northern Drakensberg, South Africa	11
Characterisation of ecosystem-based adaptations to drought in the central cattle corridor of Uganda	9
Accounting for land cover changes and degradation in the Katse and Mohale Dam catchments of the Lesotho highlands	9
Grass functional trait responses to experimental warming and fire in Afromontane grasslands	8
Fire and herbivory shape belowground bud banks in a semi-arid African savanna	8
Methods of storing cactus pear genotypes for animal feeding	8
High-intensity fire experiments to manage shrub encroachment: lessons learned in South Africa and the United States	8
Too much, too late: fires and reactive wildfire management in northern Botswana’s forests and woodland savannas	8
Analysis of main factors affecting silage fermentation of sorghum prepared with whole crop and stover in semiarid West Africa	8
Long-term influence of season of grazing and rainfall on vegetation in the eastern Karoo, South Africa	7
Long-term frequent fires do not decrease topsoil carbon and nitrogen in an Afromontane grassland	7
Forage yield, competition and economic benefit of intercropping cactus and millet with mulch in a semi-arid environment	7
Does defoliation frequency and severity influence plant productivity? The role of grazing management and soil nutrients	7
Seasonal changes of copper and zinc concentrations in browse saltbush (Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.) from the Algerian arid rangelands	6
The effect of changes in human drivers on the fire regimes of South African grassland and savanna environments over the past 100 years	6
A review of the responses of medium- to large-sized African mammals to fire	6
Assessing wetland functionality using soil surface indicators in Letšeng- la-Letsie wetland in Quthing District, Lesotho	5
How stable is the tuft structure of a mesic Drakensberg grassland under various burning regimes?	5
Quantifying grass productivity using remotely sensed data: an assessment of grassland restoration benefits	5
Nutritional quality of Calobota sericea fodders. A preliminary assessment	5
The population dynamics of four grass species in relation to burning in the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg	5
A balanced perspective on the contribution of extensive ruminant production to greenhouse gas emissions in southern Africa	5
Shortwave infrared vegetation index-based modelling for aboveground vegetation biomass assessment in the arid steppes of Algeria	5

Tipping the scales: how fire controls the balance among functional groups in Angolan grasslands	5
Revegetation of marginal saline rangelands of southern Tunisia using pastoral halophytes	5
Interactive effects of prescribed fire and livestock grazing on Seriphium plumosum in South African sour bushveld	4
Drivers of change in vegetation and soil in the Gamka Karoo: grazing versus rainfall	4
Woody cover change in relation to fire history and land-use in the savanna-woodlands of north-east Namibia (1996–2019)	4
Customary ecological conservation of Mwanda-Marungu Pastoral Commons in Taita Hills, south-west Kenya	4
Biogeographical patterns of grasses (Poaceae) indigenous to South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini	4
Community diversity, functional traits and adaptation of Stipa tenacissima L. under different grazing regimes in a North African arid montane rangeland	4
Nutritional quality of Calobota sericea fodders harvested at different phenological stages – opportunities for inclusion in fodder flow programs for extensive livestock	4
Disease surveillance and farmers’ knowledge of Brachiaria (Syn. Urochloa) grass diseases in Rwanda	4
Historic changes in the fire-rainfall relationship at a woodland-savanna transition zone in southern Africa	4
Could CO₂-induced changes to C₄ grass flammability aggravate savanna woody encroachment?	4
What grass characteristics drive large herbivore feeding patch selection? A case study from a South African grassland protected area	4
Drought as a driver of vegetation change in Succulent Karoo rangelands, South Africa	4
Transhumance pastoralism in West Africa – its importance, policies and challenges	4
Intercropping forage cactus with sorghum affects the morphophysiology and phenology of forage cactus	4
Ecology of fire-dependent ecosystems: wildland fire science, policy and management	3
Intentions behind common and risky fires in south-eastern Tanzania	3
Relationships between farmer perceptions and temporal variation in nutritive value of browse species on savanna rangelands	3
Montane rangelands in a changing world	3
Histological arrangements of plant tissue of different elephant grasses as influenced by their genotypes	3
Fire as friend or foe: the role of scientists in balancing media coverage of fires in National Parks	3
Warming promotes growth of seedlings of a woody encroacher in grassland dominated by C₄ species	2
Implications of the breakdown in the indigenous knowledge system for rangeland management and policy: a case study from the Eastern Cape in South Africa	2
Modelled effects of grazing strategies on native grass production, animal intake and growth in Brahman steers	2
Participatory inventory and nutritional evaluation of local forage resources for smallholder free-range beef production in semi-arid areas of South Africa	2
Effects of short-duration kraaling depend on initial conditions in a mesic grassland	2
The recent fire regimes of Luengue-Luiana and Mavinga national parks, Angola	2
Kraals or bomas increase soil carbon and fertility across several biomes	2
Assessment of soil surface scarification and reseeding with sulla (Hedysarum coronarium L.) of degraded Mediterranean semi-arid rangelands	2
A case study of rangeland vegetation changes from 1979 to 2016 in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco	2
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	2
Fire and the persistence, decline and extirpation ofProtea roupelliaesubsp.roupelliaetrees in a montane grassland	2
Topo-edaphic environment and forest plantation disturbance explain patterns of grassland species richness, composition and structure in an agro-ecological landscape, Maputaland, South Africa	2
Effect of slope aspect on vegetation characteristics in mountain rangelands of Tajikistan: considerations for future ecological management and restoration	2
Water uptake plasticity of savanna trees in encroached grassland: small trees match the mature trees	2
A historical perspective on fire research in East and Southern African grasslands and savannas	2
Changes in pastoral mobility in a semi-arid montane region of South Africa: The role of policy and legislation	2
Goat feeds and feeding practises in a semi-arid smallholder farming system in Zimbabwe	2
A Scientific Bibliography of the Drakensberg, Maloti & Adjacent Lowlands	2
The control of the encroaching shrub Seriphium plumosum ( L. ) Thunb. (Asteraceae) and the response of the grassy layer in a South African	2
Feeding and spatial behaviours of transhumant cattle in southern Benin: implications for the sustainable management of rangelands	2
Soil quality index for extensive pastures in hilly landforms region of highly weathered soils in an Atlantic forest biome, Brazil	2
Morphological and physiological responses of Calobota sericea plants subjected to water limitation and subsequent rewatering	2
The effects of Acacia mearnsii (black wattle) on soil chemistry and grass biomass production in a South African semi-arid rangeland: implications for rangeland rehabilitation	2
Response of improved Brachiaria (Urochloa) grass cultivars to foliar diseases and their agronomic performances in Rwanda	1
Expansion of the Grassland Biome in the eastern Karoo corresponds with changes in rainfall and livestock numbers	1
Comparison of three soil health indicators between different vegetative strip compositions	1
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	1
Seedling establishment and early growth in Calobota sericea subjected to moisture stress	1

Seasonal distribution of livestock in Samburu county, northern Kenya: a response to variable pasture and water in semi-arid rangelands	1
Herbicide trials on Campuloclinium macrocephalum (Asteraceae) during adverse conditions reveal incompatibility with biocontrol and a narrow window of opportunity for che	1
Forage yield and quality response of Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus) to different dry season harvesting management under the subhumid agroecology of western Ethiopia	1
Potentials of leys or pasture-based forage production in Nigeria	1
A comparative assessment of the contribution of two different models for clearing invasive alien plants using grazing regimes in the Eastern Cape, South Africa	1
Phytomass and ecological significance of Chrysocoma ciliata L. within the Lets’eng-la-Letsie catchment area of Lesotho, southern Africa	1
Is a long hygroscopic awn an advantage for Themeda triandra in drier areas?	1
The value of rested sourveld in a communal grazing area in the Eastern Cape, South Africa	1
Aboveground-Belowground Community Ecology	1
Low nitrogen fertiliser rates and stage of maturity influence nitrogen fractionation and in vitro ruminal nitrogen degradability in tropical grasses	1
Calibration and evaluation of the Sustainable Grazing Systems pasture model for predicting native grass aboveground biomass production in southern Africa	1
Performance of goats browsing on Vachellia karroo encroached communal lands and open grasslands in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa	1
Assessment of long-term protection on the aboveground biomass and organic carbon content using two non-destructive techniques: case of the Sidi Toui National Park in southern Tunisia	1
A laissez-faire management approach in a grassland landscape results in a fine-scale, spatio-temporally heterogeneous fire pattern	1
Spatial variability of herbage yield, grazing capacity and plant diversity in a tropical savannah rangeland ecosystem	1
The effects of tree canopies on invasive Lantana camara: a follow-up study 18 years later	1
Patch-scale selection patterns of grazing herbivores in the central basalt plains of Kruger National Park	1
Characteristics of herbaceous vegetation on abandoned fallow fields in south central Zimbabwe	1
Miombo Woodlands in a Changing Environment: Securing the Resilience and Sustainability of People and Woodlands	1
Assessing long-term nutrient and lime enrichment effects on a subtropical South African grassland	1
Changes in vegetation structure, aboveground biomass and soil quality in response to traditional grazing land management practices in the central highlands of Ethiopia	1
Topo-edaphic environment and forestry plantation disturbance affect the distribution of grassland forage and non-forage resources, Maputaland, South Africa	1
Bromatological and histological features of native African grasses under grazing in Brazilian semi-arid rangelands	1
The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next	1
Forage legumes from the Mediterranean Fynbos biome of South Africa with potential for domestication: slope aspect affects tissue fibre and mineral composition	1