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A Multiscale, Hierarchical Model of Pulse Dynamics in Arid-Land Ecosystems

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Ecological thresholds at the savanna-forest boundary: how plant traits, resources and fire govern the distribution of tropical biomes

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Stability of tallgrass prairie during a 19-year increase in growing season precipitation

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A plant's perspective of extremes: terrestrial plant responses to changing climatic variability

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Legacies of precipitation fluctuations on primary production: theory and data synthesis

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Evaluating Ecohydrological Theories of Woody Root Distribution in the Kalahari

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

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The Global Extent and Determinants of Savanna and Forest as Alternative Biome States

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Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems

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