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Geocarto International, 2022 Shrubs are important for grasslands; however, shrub encroachment has threatened the integrity of grasslands worldwide. Understanding shrub extent and local effects on encroachment can prioritize management.
Irini Soubry, L. Robinov, T. Chu, X. Guo
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Soil erosion as affected by shrub encroachment in northeastern Patagonia [PDF]
Journal of Range Management, 2002 Soil erosion is the primary cause of irreversible loss of soil productivity on most rangelands. In northeastern Patagonia, the increase in soil erosion has been closely associated with the increase in shrub cover in the grass or shrub-grass steppes. We used rainfall simulation to compare infiltration and sediment production from patches of grass, shrub-
Parizek, B. +2 more
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Shrub encroachment creates a dynamic landscape of fear for desert lagomorphs via multiple pathways
Ecosphere, 2020 Shrub encroachment is transforming arid and semiarid grasslands worldwide. Such transitions should influence predator–prey interactions because vegetation cover often affects risk perception by prey and contributes to their landscape of fear. We examined
Casey J. Wagnon +2 more
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Shrub encroachment threatens persistence of an endemic insular wetland rodent [PDF]
Journal of Mammalogy, 2021 AbstractShrub encroachment is altering the structure and species composition of natural communities across the globe. However, little research has focused on how shrub encroachment influences wetland vertebrates, including small mammals. We sought to determine how vegetative structure and shrub cover influenced the occurrence of a threatened ...
Wesley W Boone +5 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 Shrub encroachment has caused a vegetation shift in arid and semiarid grassland ecosystems around the world, leading to marked changes in ecosystem structures and functions.
Damilare Stephen Akinyemi +5 more
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Identification of the Optimal Season and Spectral Regions for Shrub Cover Estimation in Grasslands
Sensors, 2021 Woody plant encroachment (WPE), the expansion of native and non-native trees and shrubs into grasslands, is a less studied factor that leads to declines in grassland ecosystem health.
Irini Soubry, Xulin Guo
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Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis. [PDF]
Ecol Lett, 2011 Encroachment of woody plants into grasslands has generated considerable interest among ecologists. Syntheses of encroachment effects on ecosystem processes have been limited in extent and confined largely to pastoral land uses or particular geographical ...
Eldridge DJ +5 more
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Remote Sensing, 2023 Due to the effects of global climate change and altered human land-use patterns, typical shrub encroachment in grasslands has become one of the most prominent ecological problems in grassland ecosystems.
Zhengyong Xu +7 more
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Proximate grassland and shrub-encroached sites show dramatic restructuring of soil bacterial communities [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Background Changes in aboveground community composition and diversity following shrub encroachment have been studied extensively. Recently, shrub encroachment was associated with differences in belowground bacterial communities relative to non-encroached
Xingjia Xiang +4 more
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Ecosphere, 2022 Many grass‐dominated ecosystems in dryland regions have experienced increasing woody plant density and abundance during the past century. In many cases, this process has led to land degradation and declines in ecosystem functions.
Junran Li +5 more
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