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  1. Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Melinda Smith, Michelle Tedder

  2. Post-Fire Soil Nutrient Dynamics in Seriphium plumosum L. Encroached Semi-Arid Grassland of Gauteng Province, South Africa

    Article • Agriculture, October 2023, MDPI AG

    Michelle Tedder

  3. Nothing lasts forever: Dominant species decline under rapid environmental change in global grasslands

    Article • Journal of Ecology, September 2023, Wiley

    Michelle Tedder

  4. Dominant species of mid-elevation grasslands of the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park are predicted to be largely immune to climate change

    Article • Journal of Mountain Science, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michelle Tedder

  5. Compositional variation in grassland plant communities

    Article • Ecosphere, June 2023, Wiley

    Michelle Tedder

  6. Evaluating the Potential Use of Seriphium plumosum L. as Forage in the Semiarid Grassland of Gauteng Province, South Africa

    Article • Rangeland Ecology & Management, March 2023, Elsevier

    Michelle Tedder

  7. Do native grasses emerge and establish in areas rehabilitated using vetiver grass?

    Article • African Journal of Range and Forage Science, September 2022, Informa UK Limited

    Michelle Tedder

  8. Assessing long-term nutrient and lime enrichment effects on a subtropical South African grassland

    Article • African Journal of Range and Forage Science, February 2022, Informa UK Limited

    Michelle Tedder

  9. Fieldwork Ready: An Introductory Guide to Field Research for Agriculture, Environment and Soil Scientists

    Article • African Journal of Range and Forage Science, February 2022, Informa UK Limited

    Michelle Tedder

  10. Grass functional trait responses to experimental warming and fire in Afromontane grasslands

    Article • African Journal of Range and Forage Science, February 2021, Informa UK Limited

    Michelle Tedder

  11. Frost tolerance in Vachellia sieberiana var. woodii in the high-altitude grasslands of southern Africa

    Article • South African Journal of Botany, January 2020, Elsevier

    Michelle Tedder

  12. Vachellia sieberiana var. woodii, a high-altitude encroacher: the effect of fire, frost, simulated grazing and altitude in north-western KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Article • African Journal of Range and Forage Science, December 2019, Informa UK Limited

    Michelle Tedder

  13. Role of native avian frugivores in germination facilitation and potential dispersal of invasive American bramble (Rubus cuneifolius) in South Africa

    Article • Biological Invasions, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michelle Tedder

  14. Simulated herbivory counteracts the effects of grass competition on the invasive fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis)

    Article • Austral Ecology, August 2019, Wiley

    Michelle Tedder

  15. Seed mix type but not planting method or seed priming affect grassland restoration outcomes: a greenhouse trial

    Article • African Journal of Range and Forage Science, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Michelle Tedder

  16. Offspring diet supersedes the transgenerational effects of parental diet in a specialist herbivore Neolema abbreviata under manipulated foliar nitrogen variability

    Article • Insect Science, November 2018, Wiley

    Michelle Tedder

  17. What evidence is available on the drivers of grassland ecosystem stability across a range of outcome measurements: a systematic map protocol

    Article • Environmental Evidence, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michelle Tedder

  18. The effects of abiotic factors in South African semi-arid grassland communities on Seriphium plumosum L density and canopy size

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2018, PLOS

    Michelle Tedder

  19. Differential life-history responses in Neolema abbreviata, a biological control agent for Tradescantia fluminensis under water and nitrogen gradients

    Article • Arthropod-Plant Interactions, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michelle Tedder

  20. Variation in Grassland Fuel Curing in South Africa

    Article • Fire Ecology, December 2016, Association for Fire Ecology

    Michelle Tedder

  21. Determinants of the occurrence of a native encroacher species,Pechuelloeschea leubnitziae(wild sage), in the eastern Okavango Delta, Botswana

    Article • African Journal of Range and Forage Science, April 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Michelle Tedder

  22. Tree-grass competition along a catenal gradient in a mesic grassland, South Africa

    Article • Grassland Science, January 2014, Wiley

    Michelle Tedder

  23. Classification and mapping of the composition and structure of dry woodland and savanna in the eastern Okavango Delta

    Article • Koedoe, February 2013, AOSIS Open Journals

    Michelle Tedder

  24. Do soil nutrients mediate competition between grasses andAcaciasaplings?

    Article • Grassland Science, December 2012, Wiley

    Michelle Tedder

  25. The influence ofPechuel-Loeschea leubnitziae(wild sage) on grass sward and soil seed bank composition

    Article • African Journal of Range and Forage Science, October 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Michelle Tedder

  26. Grass-on-grass competition along a catenal gradient in mesic grassland, South Africa

    Article • African Journal of Range and Forage Science, July 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Michelle Tedder