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Ecosystem Transformation Across a Changing Social Landscape: Landowner Perceptions and Responses to Woody Plant Encroachment
The conversion of grasslands to woodlands is an ecosystem transformation that threatens grassland biodiversity, the provision of important ecosystem services, and the sustainability of rural livelihoods. A global phenomenon, woody plant encroachment (WPE) has been particularly problematic in the …
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The response of a Rocky Mountain forest system to a shifting disturbance regime
… events, which may greatly accelerate rates of ecosystem change. However, the role of disturbance in shaping forest response to climate change is not well understood. Better understanding the impacts of changing disturbance patterns on forest decline and recovery will allow us to better predict …