Large herbivores maintain a two‐phase herbaceous vegetation mosaic in a semi‐arid savanna

Large herbivores maintain a two‐phase herbaceous vegetation mosaic in a semi‐arid savanna

Abstract Many arid and semi‐arid rangelands exhibit distinct spatial patterning of vegetated and bare soil‐dominated patches. The latter potentially represent a grazing‐induced, degraded ecosystem state, but could also arise via mechanisms related to feedbacks between vegetation cover and soil moist...

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Main Authors: David J. Augustine, Benjamin J. Wigley, Jayashree Ratnam, Staline Kibet, Moses Nyangito, Mahesh Sankaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-11-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
alternative stable states
equilibrium versus nonequilibrium dynamics
grazing management
reversible degradation
vegetation collapse
vegetation patch dynamics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5750

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5750

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