Woody plant encroachment (Simple English Wikipedia)

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Cuellar-Soto, Erika; Johnson, Paul J.; Macdonald, David W.; Barrett, Glyn A.; Segundo, Jorge (30 September 2020). "Woody plant encroachment drives habitat loss for a relict population of a large mammalian herbivore in South America". Therya. 11 (3): 484–494. doi:10.12933/therya-20-1071. S2CID 224951614.

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Misher, Chetan; Vanak, Abi Tamim (15 March 2021). "Occupancy and diet of the Indian desert fox Vulpes vulpes pusilla in a Prosopis juliflora invaded semi-arid grassland". Wildlife Biology. 2021 (1). doi:10.2981/wlb.00781. ISSN 0909-6396. S2CID 233685264.

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Atkinson, Holly; Cristescu, Bogdan; Marker, Laurie; Rooney, Nicola J. (2022). "Habitat thresholds for successful predation under landscape change". Landscape Ecology. 37 (11): 2847–2860. doi:10.1007/s10980-022-01512-x. ISSN 0921-2973. S2CID 252155630.

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Kumar, Dushyant; Pfeiffer, Mirjam; Gaillard, Camille; Langan, Liam; Scheiter, Simon (2 June 2020). "Climate change and elevated CO<sub>2</sub> favor forest over savanna under different future scenarios in South Asia" (PDF). doi:10.5194/bg-2020-169. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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Kumar, Dushyant; Pfeiffer, Mirjam; Gaillard, Camille; Langan, Liam; Scheiter, Simon (2 June 2020). "Climate change and elevated CO<sub>2</sub> favor forest over savanna under different future scenarios in South Asia" (PDF). doi:10.5194/bg-2020-169. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Eldridge, David J.; Soliveres, Santiago (2014). "Are shrubs really a sign of declining ecosystem function? Disentangling the myths and truths of woody encroachment in Australia". Australian Journal of Botany. 62 (7): 594–608. doi:10.1071/BT14137 – via CSIRO.
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Stanton, Richard A.; Boone, Wesley W.; Soto-Shoender, Jose; Fletcher, Robert J.; Blaum, Niels; McCleery, Robert A. (2018). "Shrub encroachment and vertebrate diversity: a global meta-analysis". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 27 (3): 368–379. doi:10.1111/geb.12675.
Abreu, Rodolfo C.; Hoffmann, William A.; Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.; Pilon, Natashi A.; Rossatto, Davi R.; Durigan, Giselda (2017). "The biodiversity cost of carbon sequestration in tropical savanna". Science Advances. 3: e1701284 (8): e1701284. Bibcode:2017SciA....3E1284A. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1701284. PMC 5576881. PMID 28875172.
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Atkinson, Holly; Cristescu, Bogdan; Marker, Laurie; Rooney, Nicola (15 September 2022). "Bush Encroachment and Large Carnivore Predation Success in African Landscapes: A Review". Earth. 3 (3): 1010–1026. doi:10.3390/earth3030058. ISSN 2673-4834.
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Misher, Chetan; Vanak, Abi Tamim (15 March 2021). "Occupancy and diet of the Indian desert fox Vulpes vulpes pusilla in a Prosopis juliflora invaded semi-arid grassland". Wildlife Biology. 2021 (1). doi:10.2981/wlb.00781. ISSN 0909-6396. S2CID 233685264.
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Cuellar-Soto, Erika; Johnson, Paul J.; Macdonald, David W.; Barrett, Glyn A.; Segundo, Jorge (30 September 2020). "Woody plant encroachment drives habitat loss for a relict population of a large mammalian herbivore in South America". Therya. 11 (3): 484–494. doi:10.12933/therya-20-1071. S2CID 224951614.
Meik, Jesse M.; Jeo, Richard M.; Mendelson, Joseph R.; Jenks, Kate E. (2002). "Effects of bush encroachment on an assemblage of diurnal lizard species in central Namibia". Biological Conservation. 106 (1): 29–36. doi:10.1016/s0006-3207(01)00226-9. ISSN 0006-3207.
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Hofmeyr, Sally D.; Symes, Craig T.; Underhill, Leslie G. (2014). "Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius Population Trends and Ecology: Insights from South African Citizen Science Data". PLOS ONE. 9(5) e96772 (5): e96772. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...996772H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096772. PMC 4016007. PMID 24816839.
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Eldridge, David J.; Soliveres, Santiago; Bowker, Matthew A.; Val, James (4 June 2013). "Grazing dampens the positive effects of shrub encroachment on ecosystem functions in a semi-arid woodland". Journal of Applied Ecology. 50 (4): 1028–1038. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12105. ISSN 0021-8901.
Riginos, Corinna; Grace, James B.; Augustine, David J.; Young, Truman P. (November 2009). "Local versus landscape-scale effects of savanna trees on grasses". Journal of Ecology. 97 (6): 1337–1345. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01563.x. ISSN 0022-0477. S2CID 5548695.
Meik, Jesse M.; Jeo, Richard M.; Mendelson, Joseph R.; Jenks, Kate E. (2002). "Effects of bush encroachment on an assemblage of diurnal lizard species in central Namibia". Biological Conservation. 106 (1): 29–36. doi:10.1016/s0006-3207(01)00226-9. ISSN 0006-3207.

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Archer, Steve; Boutton, Thomas W.; Hibbard, Kathy A. (2001), "Trees in Grasslands", Global Biogeochemical Cycles in the Climate System, Elsevier, pp. 115–137, doi:10.1016/b978-012631260-7/50011-x, ISBN 978-0-12-631260-7, retrieved 10 December 2021
Moreira, Francisco; Viedma, Olga; Arianoutsou, Margarita; Curt, Thomas; Koutsias, Nikos; Rigolot, Eric; Barbati, Anna; Corona, Piermaria; Vaz, Pedro; Xanthopoulos, Gavriil; Mouillot, Florent (2011). "Landscape – wildfire interactions in southern Europe: Implications for landscape management". Journal of Environmental Management. 92 (10): 2389–2402. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.06.028. hdl:10400.5/16228. PMID 21741757. S2CID 37743448.
Chen, Anping; Reperant, Leslie; Fischhoff, Ilya R.; Rubenstein, Daniel I. (2021). "Increased vigilance of plains zebras (Equus quagga) in response to more bush coverage in a Kenyan savanna". Climate Change Ecology. 1: 100001. doi:10.1016/j.ecochg.2021.100001. ISSN 2666-9005. S2CID 233936552.
Andersen, Erik M.; Steidl, Robert J. (2019). "Woody plant encroachment restructures bird communities in semiarid grasslands". Biological Conservation. 240: 108276. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108276. S2CID 209587435.
Murray, Darrel B.; Muir, James P.; Miller, Michael S.; Erxleben, Devin R.; Mote, Kevin D. (2021). "Effective Management Practices for Increasing Native Plant Diversity on Mesquite Savanna-Texas Wintergrass-Dominated Rangelands". Rangeland Ecology & Management. 75: 161–169. doi:10.1016/j.rama.2021.01.001. S2CID 232105321.

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Moreira, Francisco; Viedma, Olga; Arianoutsou, Margarita; Curt, Thomas; Koutsias, Nikos; Rigolot, Eric; Barbati, Anna; Corona, Piermaria; Vaz, Pedro; Xanthopoulos, Gavriil; Mouillot, Florent (2011). "Landscape – wildfire interactions in southern Europe: Implications for landscape management". Journal of Environmental Management. 92 (10): 2389–2402. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.06.028. hdl:10400.5/16228. PMID 21741757. S2CID 37743448.

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Devine, Aisling P.; McDonald, Robbie A.; Quaife, Tristan; Maclean, Ilya M. D. (2017). "Determinants of woody encroachment and cover in African savannas". Oecologia. 183 (4): 939–951. Bibcode:2017Oecol.183..939D. doi:10.1007/s00442-017-3807-6. ISSN 0029-8549. PMC 5348564. PMID 28116524.
Schlesinger, William H.; Reynolds, James F.; Cunningham, Gary L.; Huenneke, Laura F.; Jarrell, Wesley M.; Virginia, Ross A.; Whitford, Walter G. (2 March 1990). "Biological Feedbacks in Global Desertification". Science. 247 (4946): 1043–1048. Bibcode:1990Sci...247.1043S. doi:10.1126/science.247.4946.1043. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17800060. S2CID 33033125.
Abreu, Rodolfo C.; Hoffmann, William A.; Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.; Pilon, Natashi A.; Rossatto, Davi R.; Durigan, Giselda (2017). "The biodiversity cost of carbon sequestration in tropical savanna". Science Advances. 3: e1701284 (8): e1701284. Bibcode:2017SciA....3E1284A. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1701284. PMC 5576881. PMID 28875172.
Smit, Izak P. J.; Prins, Herbert H. T. (17 September 2015). Crowther, Mathew S. (ed.). "Predicting the Effects of Woody Encroachment on Mammal Communities, Grazing Biomass and Fire Frequency in African Savannas". PLOS ONE. 10 (9): e0137857. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1037857S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137857. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4574768. PMID 26379249.
Hofmeyr, Sally D.; Symes, Craig T.; Underhill, Leslie G. (2014). "Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius Population Trends and Ecology: Insights from South African Citizen Science Data". PLOS ONE. 9(5) e96772 (5): e96772. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...996772H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096772. PMC 4016007. PMID 24816839.
Rosenberg, Kenneth V.; Dokter, Adriaan M.; Blancher, Peter J.; Sauer, John R.; Smith, Adam C.; Smith, Paul A.; Stanton, Jessica C.; Panjabi, Arvind; Helft, Laura; Parr, Michael; Marra, Peter P. (4 October 2019). "Decline of the North American avifauna". Science. 366 (6461): 120–124. Bibcode:2019Sci...366..120R. doi:10.1126/science.aaw1313. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 31604313. S2CID 203719982.

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