Sally archibald
Associate Professor
School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Biography
Sally Archibald is currently working as Associate professor of School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences at University of Witwatersrand. Her work integrates field ecological data, remote sensing, modelling, and biogeochemistry. Involved in collaborative research projects with Yale University, Edinburgh University and the University of Liverpool among others which variously work on fire-grazer interactions, inter-continental savanna comparisons, the importance of land-atmosphere feedbacks, and pursuing a global theory of fire. Closely linked with research projects at the Global Change and Ecosystems group at the CSIR where she hold an affiliate position.
Research Interest
Her research mainly focuses on Fundamentals of Ecology, Whole Plant Physiology Functional Ecology in Changing Environments, remote sensing, modelling, and Biogeochemistry.
Publications
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Lehmann C, Anderson TM, Sankaran T, Higgins SI, Archibald S, et al. (2014) Savanna Vegetation-Fire-Climate Relationships Differ Among Continents. Science 343: 548-552.
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Stevens N, Seal CE, Archibald S, Bond W (2014) Increasing temperatures can improve seedling establishment in arid-adapted savanna trees. Oecologia 175: 1029–1040.
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Hempson GP, Archibald S, Bond WJ, Ellis RP, Grant CC, et al.(2014) Ecology of grazing lawns in Africa. Biological Reviews
