A combined grazing and fire management may reverse woody shrub encroachment in desert grasslands

Post-fire Redistribution of Soil Carbon and Nitrogen at a Grassland–Shrubland Ecotone

(2018) Guan Wang et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Quantifying Postfire Aeolian Sediment Transport Using Rare Earth Element Tracers

(2018) David Dukes et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

On the development of a magnetic susceptibility-based tracer for aeolian sediment transport research

(2018) Sujith Ravi et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Soil carbon response to woody plant encroachment: importance of spatial heterogeneity and deep soil storage

(2017) Yong Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Mechanisms of shrub encroachment into Northern Chihuahuan Desert grasslands and impacts of climate change investigated using a cellular automata model

(2016) Domenico Caracciolo et al.   ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES

Impact of woody encroachment on soil organic carbon storage in the Lopé National Park, Gabon

(2016) Tommaso Chiti et al.   BIOTROPICA

Savanna woody encroachment is widespread across three continents

(2016) Nicola Stevens et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Grazing ecology and the conservation of the Caldenal rangelands, Argentina

(2016) Roberto Alejandro Distel   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Changes in spatial variance during a grassland to shrubland state transition

(2016) Zak Ratajczak et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Mechanisms of bush encroachment and its inter-connection with rangeland degradation in semi-arid African ecosystems: a review

(2016) Anteneh Belayneh et al.   Journal of Arid Land

Desertification, land use, and the transformation of global drylands

(2015) Brandon T Bestelmeyer et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Prescribed fire, soil inorganic nitrogen dynamics, and plant responses in a semiarid grassland

(2014) David J. Augustine et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Regional signatures of plant response to drought and elevated temperature across a desert ecosystem

(2013) Seth M. Munson et al.   ECOLOGY

Grazing dampens the positive effects of shrub encroachment on ecosystem functions in a semi-arid woodland

(2013) David J. Eldridge et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Vegetation-microclimate feedbacks in woodland-grassland ecotones

(2012) Paolo D'Odorico et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Quantifying soil surface change in degraded drylands: Shrub encroachment and effects of fire and vegetation removal in a desert grassland

(2012) Joel B. Sankey et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Post-wildfire soil erosion in the Mediterranean: Review and future research directions

(2011) R.A. Shakesby   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Understanding the role of ecohydrological feedbacks in ecosystem state change in drylands

(2011) L. Turnbull et al.   Ecohydrology

A synthetic review of feedbacks and drivers of shrub encroachment in arid grasslands

(2011) Paolo D'Odorico et al.   Ecohydrology

Woody encroachment decreases diversity across North American grasslands and savannas

(2011) Zakary Ratajczak et al.   ECOLOGY

Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis

(2011) David J. Eldridge et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Woody plant proliferation in North American drylands: A synthesis of impacts on ecosystem carbon balance

(2011) Nichole N. Barger et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Responses of wind erosion to climate-induced vegetation changes on the Colorado Plateau

(2011) S. M. Munson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Grazing Management in Tropical Savannas: Utilization and Rest Strategies to Manipulate Rangeland Condition

(2011) Andrew J. Ash et al.   Rangeland Ecology & Management

Homogenization of the Soil Surface Following Fire in Semiarid Grasslands

(2011) Carleton S. White   Rangeland Ecology & Management

Do Changes in Connectivity Explain Desertification?

(2009) Gregory S. Okin et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Shrub encroachment can reverse desertification in semi-arid Mediterranean grasslands

(2009) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Post-Fire Resource Redistribution in Desert Grasslands: A Possible Negative Feedback on Land Degradation

(2009) Sujith Ravi et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Causes and consequences of woody plant encroachment into western North American grasslands

(2009) O.W. Van Auken   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Sediment losses and gains across a gradient of livestock grazing and plant invasion in a cool, semi-arid grassland, Colorado Plateau, USA

(2009) Jayne Belnap et al.   Aeolian Research

Effects of wind erosion on the spatial heterogeneity of soil nutrients in two desert grassland communities

(2008) Junran Li et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

WOODY PLANTS IN GRASSLANDS: POST-ENCROACHMENT STAND DYNAMICS

(2008) Dawn M. Browning et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Post-fire resource redistribution and fertility island dynamics in shrub encroached desert grasslands: a modeling approach

(2008) Sujith Ravi et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Changes in soil properties and vegetation following exclosure and grazing in degraded Alxa desert steppe of Inner Mongolia, China

(2007) Shifang Pei et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT