The mutual stability of savannas and forests is most at risk in tropical Africa and South America, the researchers report. The map illustrates areas that are dry and dominated by savanna (light orange ...

The map illustrates areas that are dry and dominated by savanna (light orange); support both biomes but are primarily savanna (orange); support both habitats but are primarily forest (light green ...

The Global Extent and Determinants of Savanna and Forest as Alternative Biome States. Science , 2011; 334 (6053): 230 DOI: 10.1126/science.1210465 Cite This Page : ...

Deforestation is amplifying climate change effects in the Brazilian Cerrado savanna biome, making it much hotter and drier. Researchers observed monthly increases of 2.24°C (4.03°F) in average ...

Climate change, land use and other human-driven factors could pit savannas and forests against each other by altering the elements found by Princeton University researchers to stabilize the two.

For example, across the global tropics, forest, and savanna biomes are both observed in regions that receive between 1000 and 2500 millimeters of annual precipitation.