Where to Combat Shrub Encroachment in Alpine Timberline Ecosystems: Combining Remotely-Sensed Vegetation Information with Species Habitat Modelling. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 In many cultural landscapes, the abandonment of traditional grazing leads to encroachment of pastures by woody plants, which reduces habitat heterogeneity and impacts biodiversity typical of semi-open habitats.
Veronika Braunisch +2 more
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A multifaceted view on the impacts of shrub encroachment. [PDF]
Appl Veg Sci, 2016 AbstractShrub encroachment, a global phenomenon with management implications, is examined in two papers in the current issue of Applied Vegetation Science. Barbosa da Silva et al. show that encroachment simplifies the herbaceous community, and Pittarello et al. illustrate how pastoral practices can restore encroached grasslands.
Maestre FT, Eldridge DJ, Soliveres S.
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Shrub encroachment is linked to extirpation of an apex predator [PDF]
Journal of Animal Ecology, 2016 Abstract The abundance of shrubs has increased throughout Earth's arid lands. This ‘shrub encroachment’ has been linked to livestock grazing, fire‐suppression and elevated atmospheric CO 2
Gordon, C +5 more
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Agronomy, 2022 Shrub encroachment, which is the increase in shrubs or woody plants in grassland, is one of the important ecological problems facing grassland worldwide. The study was conducted in the ecotones between the forest and grassland of Inner Mongolia.
Qing Song, Tiemei Wang
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Shrub encroachment in pastures in the Alps
Revue de Géographie Alpine, 2008 Landscape closing due to the decline in agricultural activity is considered to be a major problem in the Alps. Abondance Valley provides a good example of this phenomenon and is also representative of a paradox commonly found in the Northern French Alps:
Olivier Camacho +2 more
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Coastal Prairie Recovery in Response to Shrub Removal Method and Degree of Shrub Encroachment
Rangeland Ecology & Management, 2019 Abstract Shrub encroachment into grasslands is a worldwide phenomenon with no signs of abating and numerous ecological consequences. In South Texas, honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) and huisache (Vachellia farnesiana [L.] Wight & Arn.) are two shrubs encroaching into coastal prairies, reducing cover of the dominant native grass, gulf ...
Parker A. Watson +2 more
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How spatial heterogeneity of cover affects patterns of shrub encroachment into mesic grasslands. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 We used a multi-method approach to analyze the spatial patterns of shrubs and cover types (plant species, litter or bare soil) in grassland-shrubland ecotones.
Francesc Montané +2 more
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Plant community responses to climate change in the Zayandeh-Rud Basin, Iran: Does woody plant encroachment follow global patterns? [PDF]
BMC Ecology and EvolutionArid and semi-arid ecosystems are highly sensitive to climate warming and drying, yet community-level responses in the Middle East remain poorly quantified.
Mahbobeh Hadinejad +4 more
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Targeted grazing for the restoration of sub-alpine shrub-encroached grasslands
Italian Journal of Agronomy, 2016 The decline of agro-pastoral activities has led to a widespread tree and shrub-encroachment of former semi-natural meso-eutrophic grasslands in many European mountain regions.
Massimiliano Probo +3 more
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Detecting shrub encroachment in seminatural grasslands using UAS LiDAR. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2020 Abstract Shrub encroachment in seminatural grasslands threatens local biodiversity unless management is applied to reduce shrub density. Dense vegetation of Cytisus scoparius homogenizes the landscape negatively affecting local plant diversity. Detecting structural change (e.g., biomass) is essential for assessing negative impacts of encroachment ...
Madsen B +4 more
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