Positive feedback between microclimate and shrub encroachment in the northern Chihuahuan desert
Woody plant encroachment is affecting vegetation composition in arid grasslands worldwide and has been associated with a number of environmental drivers and feedbacks. It has been argued that the relatively abrupt character (both in space and in time) of grassland‐to‐shrubland transitions observed i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2010-12-01
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Series: | Ecosphere |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1890/ES10-00073.1 |