William J. Bond

University of Cape Town — South Africa

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

106h-index61.3kcitations532works5.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(273), Fire effects on ecosystems(134), Plant and animal studies(83), Rangeland and Wildlife Management(53), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(48)

Publications532 total

The role of fire on Earth
BioScience·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
The macroecology of spines on woody plants
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society·2025
Novel fire regimes and the uncertain future of African savannas
Journal of Landscape Architecture·2025
Advancing transdisciplinary research on Madagascar's grassy biomes to support resilience in ecosystems and livelihoods
Ecological Monographs·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored
Plants People Planet·2025· 9 citedOpen Access
Viability and desirability of financing conservation in Africa through fire management
Nature Sustainability·2025· 10 cited
Vegetation dynamics and drivers of change in the Central Highlands of Madagascar during the last 6300 years: Pre- and post-human settlement
The Holocene·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Diversity and fire responses in Renosterveld, the forgotten relation of fynbos, in southernmost Africa
Journal of Arid Environments·2024Open Access
Tree growth‐forms reveal dominant browsers shaping the vegetation
Functional Ecology·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Central Africa's mesic savannas should be conserved, not afforested
Global Change Biology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Grazing herbivores reduce herbaceous biomass and fire activity across African savannas
Ecology Letters·2024· 17 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Grazing herbivores reduce herbaceous biomass and fire activity across African savannas"
2024
Principles of fire ecology
Fire Ecology·2024· 26 citedOpen Access
The need for mechanistic explanations in (seed) ecology
New Phytologist·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Mid-Holocene environmental change in the Central Highlands of Madagascar: pre- and post-human settlement
2024Open Access
Author response for "Grazing herbivores reduce herbaceous biomass and fire activity across African savannas"
2024
Trees, carbon, and the psychology of landscapes
Trends in Ecology & Evolution·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
A trillion trees: carbon capture or fuelling fires?
Trends in Ecology & Evolution·2023· 22 citedOpen Access
The grassy ecosystems of Madagascar in context: Ecology, evolution, and conservation
Plants People Planet·2023· 17 citedOpen Access
Soil carbon in tropical savannas mostly derived from grasses
Nature Geoscience·2023· 50 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Guy F. Midgley(8), Jon E. Keeley(7), Caroline E. R. Lehmann(7), Sally Archibald(7), Steven I. Higgins(6), Juli G. Pausas(6), William A. Hoffmann(6), Ross A. Bradstock(5), Gerhard E. Overbeck(5), Giselda Durigan(5), David M. J. S. Bowman(4), F. I. Woodward(4), Joseph W. Veldman(4), Grégory Mahy(4), Soizig Le Stradic(4), Élise Buisson(4), I. Colin Prentice(3), Alessandra Fidélis(3), Jeremy J. Midgley(3), Philip W. Rundel(3)