Article: Report summarizes ecology study findings from University of Minnesota.

"The availability of nitrogen (N) is an important determinant of ecosystem and community dynamics for grasslands and savannas, influencing factors such as biomass productivity, plant and herbivore composition, and losses of N to waters and the atmosphere. To better understand the controls over N availability at landscape to regional scales, we quantified a range of plant and soil characteristics at each of 330 sites in three regions of South Africa: Kruger National Park (KNP), private game reserves adjacent to KNP (private protected areas - PPAs) and Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park (HiP)," scientists writing in the journal Austral Ecology report.

"In comparing regions and ...

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