OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of African Journal of Range & Forage Science is 3. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Frequent burning maintained a stable grassland over four decades in the Drakensberg, South Africa	19
Cattle performance withBrachiariaandPanicum maximumforages in an integrated crop-livestock system	17
Accounting for land cover changes and degradation in the Katse and Mohale Dam catchments of the Lesotho highlands	14
Impact of livestock grazing intensity on plant diversity of montane grassland in the northern Drakensberg, South Africa	14
High-intensity fire experiments to manage shrub encroachment: lessons learned in South Africa and the United States	11
Long-term frequent fires do not decrease topsoil carbon and nitrogen in an Afromontane grassland	10
Too much, too late: fires and reactive wildfire management in northern Botswana’s forests and woodland savannas	10
Fire and herbivory shape belowground bud banks in a semi-arid African savanna	9
A review of the responses of medium- to large-sized African mammals to fire	9
Grass functional trait responses to experimental warming and fire in Afromontane grasslands	8
Drought as a driver of vegetation change in Succulent Karoo rangelands, South Africa	7
Transhumance pastoralism in West Africa – its importance, policies and challenges	7
A balanced perspective on the contribution of extensive ruminant production to greenhouse gas emissions in southern Africa	7
The population dynamics of four grass species in relation to burning in the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg	7
The effect of changes in human drivers on the fire regimes of South African grassland and savanna environments over the past 100 years	6
Forage yield, competition and economic benefit of intercropping cactus and millet with mulch in a semi-arid environment	6
Historic changes in the fire-rainfall relationship at a woodland-savanna transition zone in southern Africa	6
Shortwave infrared vegetation index-based modelling for aboveground vegetation biomass assessment in the arid steppes of Algeria	5
Could CO₂-induced changes to C₄ grass flammability aggravate savanna woody encroachment?	5
How stable is the tuft structure of a mesic Drakensberg grassland under various burning regimes?	5
Montane rangelands in a changing world	5
Assessing wetland functionality using soil surface indicators in Letšeng- la-Letsie wetland in Quthing District, Lesotho	5
Nutritional quality of Calobota sericea fodders. A preliminary assessment	5
Tipping the scales: how fire controls the balance among functional groups in Angolan grasslands	5
Intercropping forage cactus with sorghum affects the morphophysiology and phenology of forage cactus	5

Biogeographical patterns of grasses (Poaceae) indigenous to South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini	5
Drivers of change in vegetation and soil in the Gamka Karoo: grazing versus rainfall	5
Customary ecological conservation of Mwanda-Marungu Pastoral Commons in Taita Hills, south-west Kenya	4
Fire as friend or foe: the role of scientists in balancing media coverage of fires in National Parks	4
Effect of slope aspect on vegetation characteristics in mountain rangelands of Tajikistan: considerations for future ecological management and restoration	4
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	4
Community diversity, functional traits and adaptation of Stipa tenacissima L. under different grazing regimes in a North African arid montane rangeland	4
Water uptake plasticity of savanna trees in encroached grassland: small trees match the mature trees	4
Sedimentary charcoal studies from southern Africa’s grassy biomes: a potential resource for informing the management of fires and ecosystems	4
Nutritional quality of Calobota sericea fodders harvested at different phenological stages – opportunities for inclusion in fodder flow programs for extensive livestock	4
Woody cover change in relation to fire history and land-use in the savanna-woodlands of north-east Namibia (1996–2019)	4
The control of the encroaching shrub Seriphium plumosum ( L. ) Thunb. (Asteraceae) and the response of the grassy layer in a South African	3
Calibration and evaluation of the Sustainable Grazing Systems pasture model for predicting native grass aboveground biomass production in southern Africa	3
Implications of the breakdown in the indigenous knowledge system for rangeland management and policy: a case study from the Eastern Cape in South Africa	3
A case study of rangeland vegetation changes from 1979 to 2016 in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco	3
Intentions behind common and risky fires in south-eastern Tanzania	3
Histological arrangements of plant tissue of different elephant grasses as influenced by their genotypes	3
Goat feeds and feeding practises in a semi-arid smallholder farming system in Zimbabwe	3
Participatory inventory and nutritional evaluation of local forage resources for smallholder free-range beef production in semi-arid areas of South Africa	3
A historical perspective on fire research in East and Southern African grasslands and savannas	3
Changes in pastoral mobility in a semi-arid montane region of South Africa: The role of policy and legislation	3
The effects ofAcacia mearnsii(black wattle) on soil chemistry and grass biomass production in a South African semi-arid rangeland: implications for rangeland rehabilitation	3
Ecology of fire-dependent ecosystems: wildland fire science, policy and management	3