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Forecasting climate change impacts to plant community composition in the Sonoran Desert region

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Extreme climatic events and vegetation: the role of stabilizing processes

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Variation in woody plant mortality and dieback from severe drought among soils, plant groups, and species within a northern Arizona ecotone

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