@article{fdi:010091610,
  title = {{R}eassessing the alternative ecosystem states proposition in the {A}frican savanna-forest domain},
  author = {{H}iggins, {S}.{I}. and {B}anerjee, {S}. and {B}audena, {M}. and {B}owman, {M}.{J}.{S}. and {C}onradi, {T}. and {C}outeron, {P}ierre and {K}ruger, {L}.{M}. and {O}'{H}ara, {R}.{B}. and {W}illiamson, {G}.{J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{E}cologists are being challenged to predict how ecosystems will respond to climate changes. {A}ccording to the {M}ulti-{C}olored {W}orld ({MCW}) hypothesis, climate impacts may not manifest because consumers such as fire and herbivory can override the influence of climate on ecosystem state. {O}ne {MCW} interpretation is that climate determinism fails because alternative ecosystem states ({AES}) are possible at some locations in climate space. {W}e evaluated theoretical and empirical evidence for the proposition that forest and savanna are {AES} in {A}frica. {W}e found that maps which infer where {AES} zones are located were contradictory. {M}oreover, data from longitudinal and experimental studies provide inconclusive evidence for {AES}. {T}hat is, although the forest?savanna {AES} proposition is theoretically sound, the existing evidence is not yet convincing. {W}e conclude by making the case that the {AES} proposition has such fundamental consequences for designing management actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change in the savanna?forest domain that it needs a more robust evidence base before it is used to prescribe management actions.},
  keywords = {{AFRIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ew {P}hytologist},
  volume = {243},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {1660--1669},
  ISSN = {0028-646{X}},
  year = {2024},
  DOI = {10.1111/nph.19911},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010091610},
}