211:
in 2011. The George Mercer Award is presented to a researcher under the age of 40 who has authored an outstanding ecological research paper within the past two years. The committee selected
Archibald and Staver due to their application of ecological theory to the exploration of the feedbacks that
391:
Lehmann, C. E. R.; Anderson, T. M.; Sankaran, M.; Higgins, S. I.; Archibald, S.; Hoffmann, W. A.; Hanan, N. P.; Williams, R. J.; Fensham, R. J.; Felfili, J.; Hutley, L. B.; Ratnam, J.; San Jose, J.; Montes, R.; Franklin, D.; Russell-Smith, J.; Ryan, C. M.; Durigan, G.; Hiernaux, P.; Haidar, R.;
143:
as a researcher in the
Department of Biological Sciences from 1999 to 2000. Her primary research centered on assessing the ecological status and reserve selection of urban freshwater systems. From 2007 to 2009, Archibald served as the Visiting Student Research Collaborator in the Department of
206:
Sally
Archibald and one of her co-authors, Carla Staver, were the 2012 recipients of the George Mercer Award for their paper "Tree cover in sub-Saharan Africa: Rainfall and fire constrain forest and savanna as alternative stable states" which was published in
198:, and is also working on research projects with the Global Change and Ecosystems group at the CSIR where she studies topics ranging from the relationship between fire and animal grazers, land-atmosphere feedbacks and savannas around the world.
212:
impact global vegetation patterns. The research added many contributions to the field of ecology including that transitions from forest to savannah along tropical latitudes result from changing fire patterns and will occur in the near future.
86:
and earth-system feedbacks. Archibald was the recipient of the 2012 Mercer Award for her co-authorship of the paper "Tree cover in sub-Saharan Africa: Rainfall and fire constrain forest and savanna as alternative stable states".
644:
664:
354:
Staver, A. Carla; Archibald, Sally; Levin, Simon (2011). "Tree cover in sub-Saharan Africa: Rainfall and fire constrain forest and savanna as alternative stable states".
654:
186:
Archibald's work incorporates ecological data gathered from the field, remote sensing, biogeochemistry and modeling. Archibald is involved in research projects at
278:
Archibald, Sally; Roy, David P.; Van Wilgen, Brian W.; Scholes, Robert J. (2009). "What limits fire? An examination of drivers of burnt area in
Southern Africa".
157:
629:
649:
437:
Lehmann, Caroline E. R.; Archibald, Sally A.; Hoffmann, William A.; Bond, William J. (2011). "Deciphering the distribution of the savanna biome".
634:
325:
Archibald, S.; Bond, W. J.; Stock, W. D.; Fairbanks, D. H. K. (2005). "Shaping the
Landscape: Fire–Grazer Interactions in an African Savanna".
233:
Staver, A. C.; Archibald, S.; Levin, S. A. (2011). "The Global Extent and
Determinants of Savanna and Forest as Alternative Biome States".
549:"Sally Archibald | PhD | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | wits | School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences"
120:
71:
220:
Sally
Archibald has published over 120 works which have been cited over 8,000 times. Her research focuses on savanna ecology,
176:
392:
Bowman, D. M. J. S.; Bond, W. J. (2014). "Savanna
Vegetation-Fire-Climate Relationships Differ Among Continents".
639:
573:
598:
195:
191:
140:
96:
659:
295:
228:, vegetation dynamics and earth-system feedbacks. Some of Archibald's most cited works are listed here.
172:
149:
401:
363:
334:
287:
242:
145:
116:
300:
425:
313:
266:
454:
417:
379:
258:
108:
513:
446:
409:
371:
342:
305:
250:
187:
548:
405:
367:
338:
291:
246:
221:
79:
179:
where she has taught since 2012. She teaches undergraduate courses in
Fundamentals of
623:
450:
309:
429:
317:
270:
225:
124:
104:
83:
153:
413:
254:
168:
in the
Natural Resources and Environmental Research area from 2005 to 2014.
100:
458:
421:
383:
262:
183:, Whole Plant Physiology, and Functional Ecology in Changing Environments.
161:
483:
180:
165:
128:
75:
375:
112:
346:
171:
Archibald is currently a Professor of Animal, Plant and
645:
Academic staff of the University of the Witwatersrand
53:
38:
30:
23:
70:is a South African scientist and Professor at the
156:. Archibald was the Principal Researcher at the
574:"Sally.Archibald@wits.ac.za - Wits University"
158:Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
8:
599:"Sally Archibald - Google Scholar Citations"
665:21st-century South African women scientists
20:
299:
107:from 2000 to 2002 where she received her
78:ecosystems within the context of global
478:
476:
472:
655:University of the Witwatersrand alumni
7:
630:21st-century South African botanists
543:
541:
539:
537:
508:
506:
504:
144:Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at
139:Archibald began her career at the
115:. In 2010, Archibald received her
74:Her research primarily focuses on
14:
451:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03689.x
310:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01754.x
650:University of Cape Town alumni
82:as well as the exploration of
1:
635:South African women botanists
95:Sally Archibald attended the
72:University of Witwatersrand.
34:University of Witwatersrand
177:University of Witwatersrand
121:University of Witwatersrand
57:Botanist and Fire Ecologist
681:
61:
46:
91:Early life and education
42:2012 George Mercer Award
414:10.1126/science.1247355
327:Ecological Applications
255:10.1126/science.1210465
196:University of Liverpool
192:University of Edinburgh
141:University of Cape Town
97:University of Cape Town
16:South African scientist
173:Environmental Sciences
280:Global Change Biology
222:global climate change
216:Selected publications
146:Princeton University
119:in ecology from the
406:2014Sci...343..548L
368:2011Ecol...92.1063S
339:2005EcoAp..15...96A
292:2009GCBio..15..613A
247:2011Sci...334..230S
160:(CSIR), located in
135:Career and research
603:scholar.google.com
400:(6170): 548–552.
376:10.1890/10-1684.1
241:(6053): 230–232.
202:Awards and honors
65:
64:
48:Scientific career
672:
640:Women ecologists
614:
613:
611:
609:
595:
589:
588:
586:
584:
570:
564:
563:
561:
559:
545:
532:
531:
529:
527:
518:
510:
499:
498:
496:
494:
480:
462:
433:
387:
362:(5): 1063–1072.
350:
321:
303:
274:
21:
680:
679:
675:
674:
673:
671:
670:
669:
620:
619:
618:
617:
607:
605:
597:
596:
592:
582:
580:
572:
571:
567:
557:
555:
547:
546:
535:
525:
523:
516:
512:
511:
502:
492:
490:
482:
481:
474:
469:
439:New Phytologist
436:
390:
353:
347:10.1890/03-5210
324:
301:10.1.1.506.9279
277:
232:
218:
204:
188:Yale University
137:
93:
68:Sally Archibald
31:Alma mater
26:
25:Sally Archibald
17:
12:
11:
5:
678:
676:
668:
667:
662:
657:
652:
647:
642:
637:
632:
622:
621:
616:
615:
590:
578:www.wits.ac.za
565:
533:
514:"Mercer Award"
500:
471:
470:
468:
465:
464:
463:
445:(1): 197–209.
434:
388:
351:
322:
286:(3): 613–630.
275:
217:
214:
203:
200:
136:
133:
92:
89:
80:climate change
63:
62:
59:
58:
55:
51:
50:
44:
43:
40:
36:
35:
32:
28:
27:
24:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
677:
666:
663:
661:
660:Living people
658:
656:
653:
651:
648:
646:
643:
641:
638:
636:
633:
631:
628:
627:
625:
604:
600:
594:
591:
579:
575:
569:
566:
554:
550:
544:
542:
540:
538:
534:
522:
515:
509:
507:
505:
501:
489:
485:
479:
477:
473:
466:
460:
456:
452:
448:
444:
440:
435:
431:
427:
423:
419:
415:
411:
407:
403:
399:
395:
389:
385:
381:
377:
373:
369:
365:
361:
357:
352:
348:
344:
340:
336:
333:(1): 96–109.
332:
328:
323:
319:
315:
311:
307:
302:
297:
293:
289:
285:
281:
276:
272:
268:
264:
260:
256:
252:
248:
244:
240:
236:
231:
230:
229:
227:
223:
215:
213:
210:
201:
199:
197:
193:
189:
184:
182:
178:
174:
169:
167:
163:
159:
155:
151:
147:
142:
134:
132:
130:
126:
122:
118:
114:
110:
106:
102:
98:
90:
88:
85:
81:
77:
73:
69:
60:
56:
52:
49:
45:
41:
37:
33:
29:
22:
19:
606:. Retrieved
602:
593:
581:. Retrieved
577:
568:
556:. Retrieved
553:ResearchGate
552:
524:. Retrieved
520:
491:. Retrieved
487:
442:
438:
397:
393:
359:
355:
330:
326:
283:
279:
238:
234:
226:fire ecology
219:
208:
205:
185:
170:
138:
125:Johannesburg
105:Western Cape
94:
84:fire ecology
67:
66:
47:
18:
608:10 February
583:12 February
558:10 February
526:10 February
493:10 February
624:Categories
467:References
154:New Jersey
488:orcid.org
296:CiteSeerX
150:Princeton
101:Cape Town
459:21463328
430:45942940
422:24482480
384:21661567
318:53330863
271:11100977
263:21998389
194:and the
162:Pretoria
484:"ORCID"
402:Bibcode
394:Science
364:Bibcode
356:Ecology
335:Bibcode
288:Bibcode
243:Bibcode
235:Science
209:Ecology
181:Ecology
175:at the
166:Guateng
129:Gauteng
76:savanna
457:
428:
420:
382:
316:
298:
269:
261:
190:, the
113:botany
54:Fields
39:Awards
517:(PDF)
426:S2CID
314:S2CID
267:S2CID
610:2019
585:2019
560:2019
528:2019
495:2019
455:PMID
418:PMID
380:PMID
259:PMID
521:ESA
447:doi
443:191
410:doi
398:343
372:doi
343:doi
306:doi
251:doi
239:334
148:in
123:in
117:PhD
111:in
109:MSc
99:in
626::
601:.
576:.
551:.
536:^
519:.
503:^
486:.
475:^
453:.
441:.
424:.
416:.
408:.
396:.
378:.
370:.
360:92
358:.
341:.
331:15
329:.
312:.
304:.
294:.
284:15
282:.
265:.
257:.
249:.
237:.
224:,
164:,
152:,
131:.
127:,
103:,
612:.
587:.
562:.
530:.
497:.
461:.
449::
432:.
412::
404::
386:.
374::
366::
349:.
345::
337::
320:.
308::
290::
273:.
253::
245::
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.