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The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.Combining large‐scale avian surveys with remote sensing products revealed landscape variables that likely limit scaled quail occurrence at the ecoregion scale in Texas. Promoting management practices that address ecoregion‐specific limiting factors may be key to averting further declines.
Benjamin W. Hoose +5 more
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Fertility Island Formation and Evolution in Dryland Ecosystems
Ecology and Society, 2008 Vast dryland regions around the world are affected by the encroachment of woody vegetation, with important environmental and economical implications. Grassland-to-shrubland conversions are often triggered by disturbance of grassland vegetation, and the ...
Luca Ridolfi +2 more
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The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.Snowshoe hare population densities in Pennsylvania were greatest in early‐successional forest and densely‐understoried mature forest. Forest management that increases and maintains the amount of early‐successional forest, or that increases understory complexity in mature forest, would benefit snowshoe hares and may mitigate population declines under ...
Amanda L. Zak +4 more
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aeolian desertification poses a critical threat to ecosystem stability in arid regions worldwide. Although the combination of sand barriers and vegetation has been widely applied for sand fixation, its long‐term effectiveness is constrained by barrier degradation, slow natural development of biological soil crusts (BSCs), and the resulting ...
Bin Pan, Chen Meng
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PLoS ONE, 2013 In recent decades, pastoral abandonment has produced profound ecological changes in the Alps. In particular, the reduction in grazing has led to extensive shrub encroachment of semi-natural grasslands, which may represent a threat to open habitat ...
Claudia Tocco +7 more
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Mining in the karst regions of southwest China threatens ecosystem stability and accelerates land degradation. Regional evaluation rarely distinguishes between degradation pathways in open‐pit and underground operations, due to spatial heterogeneity and geomorphological confounding effects.
Xiaofu Chen +5 more
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Local topographic and edaphic factors largely predict shrub encroachment in Mediterranean drylands
, 2019 Shrub encroachment influences several ecosystem services in drylands worldwide. Yet, commonly used strategies to reduce encroachment show a low medium-term success, calling for a better understanding of its causes.
Köbel, Melanie +8 more
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Soil erosion facilitates shrub encroachment in Patagonian herbaceous steppes
, 2021 Previous studies in northeastern Patagonia suggested that, mainly as a consequence of overgrazing by sheep, the herbaceous steppes are being replaced by shrub steppes dominated by Chuquiraga avellanedae as a consequence of shrub encroachment.
María Victoria Campanella +5 more
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A Land Potential‐Based Framework for Wind Erosion and Sand and Dust Storm Source Mitigation
Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Wind erosion and sand and dust storms are a global challenge. While many management practices to mitigate sources of wind erosion and sand and dust storms have been documented, existing guidance largely emphasizes what practices are available, with limited information on where and under what ecological conditions they should be applied.
Kristina E. Young +8 more
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Shrub encroachment is rapidly transforming alpine meadow ecosystems worldwide, yet its consequences for belowground microbial organization remain insufficiently understood, particularly when different shrub species exert contrasting ecological effects.
Yang Liu +7 more
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