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Navashni Govender

Observed names: Govender Navashni, Govender, N., Govender, Navashni, N Govender, N. GOVENDER, N. Govender, NAVASHNI GOVENDER, Navashni, Govender
Observed institutions: Northeastern University, South African National Parks, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of New Mexico, Duke University, Kansas State University, University of the Witwatersrand, Scientific Services, Arnold Arboretum, University of Oklahoma, Colorado State University, Nelson Mandela University
ORCID: 0000-0002-3558-6756
Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-3558-6756
OpenAlex ID: A5036829537
The effect of fire season, fire frequency, rainfall and management on fire intensity in savanna vegetation in South Africa
2006 · NAVASHNI GOVENDER, WINSTON S. W. TROLLOPE, et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology · 523
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Effects of Four Decades of Fire Manipulation on Woody Vegetation Structure in Savanna
2007 · Steven I. Higgins, William J. Bond, et al. · Ecology · 465
Response of Savanna Fire Regimes to Changing Fire‐Management Policies in a Large African National Park
2004 · B.W. VAN WILGEN, N. GOVENDER, et al. · Conservation Biology · 291
Effects of fire on woody vegetation structure in African savanna
2010 · Izak P. J. Smit, Gregory P. Asner, et al. · Ecological Applications · 181
Climate and the inter‐annual variability of fire in southern Africa: a meta‐analysis using long‐term field data and satellite‐derived burnt area data
2010 · S. Archibald, A. Nickless, et al. · Global Ecology and Biogeography · 166
The contribution of fire research to fire management: a critical review of a long-term experiment in the Kruger National Park, South Africa
2007 · Brian W. van Wilgen, Navashni Govender, et al. · International Journal of Wildland Fire · 127
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Fire alters ecosystem carbon and nutrients but not plant nutrient stoichiometry or composition in tropical savanna
2014 · Adam F. A. Pellegrini, Lars O. Hedin, et al. · Ecology · 117
Habitat selection by large herbivores in a southern African savanna: the relative roles of bottom‐up and top‐down forces
2013 · Deron E. Burkepile, Catherine E. Burns, et al. · Ecosphere · 111
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An examination of the potential efficacy of high‐intensity fires for reversing woody encroachment in savannas
2016 · Izak P. J. Smit, Gregory P. Asner, et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology · 109
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Experimental burn plot trial in the Kruger National Park: history, experimental design and suggestions for data analysis
2003 · R. Biggs, H.C. Biggs, et al. · Koedoe · 108
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Field determination of biomass burning emission ratios and factors via open-path FTIR spectroscopy and fire radiative power assessment: headfire, backfire and residual smouldering combustion in African savannahs
2011 · M. J. Wooster, P. H. Freeborn, et al. · Atmospheric chemistry and physics · 103
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Ecological engineering through fire‐herbivory feedbacks drives the formation of savanna grazing lawns
2017 · Jason E. Donaldson, Sally Archibald, et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology · 97
Plant community response to loss of large herbivores differs between North American and South African savanna grasslands
2014 · Sally E. Koerner, Deron E. Burkepile, et al. · Ecology · 90
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Global patterns in fire leverage: the response of annual area burnt to previous fire
2015 · Owen F. Price, Juli G. Pausas, et al. · International Journal of Wildland Fire · 88
Do Fires in Savannas Consume Woody Biomass? A Comment on Approaches to Modeling Savanna Dynamics
2008 · Niall P. Hanan, William B. Sea, et al. · The American Naturalist · 83
A test of two mechanisms proposed to optimize grassland aboveground primary productivity in response to grazing
2012 · A. K. Knapp, D. L. Hoover, et al. · Journal of Plant Ecology · 81
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Towards adaptive fire management for biodiversity conservation: Experience in South African National Parks
2011 · Brian W. Van Wilgen, Navashni Govender, et al. · Koedoe · 78
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Long-term effects of fire frequency and season on herbaceous vegetation in savannas of the Kruger National Park, South Africa
2012 · Melinda D. Smith, Brian W. van Wilgen, et al. · Journal of Plant Ecology · 77
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The ongoing development of a pragmatic and adaptive fire management policy in a large African savanna protected area
2013 · Brian W. van Wilgen, Navashni Govender, et al. · Journal of Environmental Management · 75
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Rainfall, geology and landscape position generate large‐scale spatiotemporal fire pattern heterogeneity in an African savanna
2012 · Izak P. J. Smit, Chris F. Smit, et al. · Ecography · 69
Controls of Aboveground Net Primary Production in Mesic Savanna Grasslands: An Inter-Hemispheric Comparison
2009 · Greg M. Buis, John M. Blair, et al. · Ecosystems · 66
Which traits determine shifts in the abundance of tree species in a fire‐prone savanna?
2012 · Steven I. Higgins, William J. Bond, et al. · Journal of Ecology · 61
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Woody plant biomass and carbon exchange depend on elephant‐fire interactions across a productivity gradient in African savanna
2016 · Adam F. A. Pellegrini, Robert M. Pringle, et al. · Journal of Ecology · 57
How to tell a shrub from a tree: A life‐history perspective from a S outh A frican savanna
2014 · Alexander Zizka, Navashni Govender, et al. · Austral Ecology · 48
The influence of fire frequency on the structure and botanical composition of savanna ecosystems
2019 · Natasha Ribeiro, Gernot Ruecker, et al. · Ecology and Evolution · 46
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Works count: 91
Citation count: 3,846
H-index: 30
I10-index: 45
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