Monica Leitner

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Monica Leitner is an ecologist with interests broadly spanning ecosystem engineers, ecological processes and the biological impacts of global changes in landscapes.

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Woody plants are changing Africa’s savannas — and this may have an impact on all of us

An increase in indigenous plant life does not sound like a bad thing, but when woody plants threaten to change savanna ecosystems (that cover approximately 13.5 million square kilometres of Africa alone), there is cause for concern.

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Monica Leitner

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Woody plants are changing Africa’s savannas — and this may have an impact on all of us

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