Grasses and browsers reinforce landscape heterogeneity by excluding trees from ecosystem hotspots
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COMMUNITY ECOLOGY - METHODS PAPER Grasses and browsers reinforce landscape heterogeneity by excluding trees from ecosystem hotspots
Spatial heterogeneity in woody cover affects biodiversity and ecosystem function, and may be particularly influential in savanna ecosystems. Browsing and interactions with herbaceous plants can create and maintain heterogeneity in woody cover, but the relative importance of these drivers remains unclear, especially when considered across multiple edaphic contexts. In African savannas, abandoned...
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عنوان ژورنال: Oecologia
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0029-8549,1432-1939
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2123-9