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Tree invasions into treeless areas: mechanisms and ecosystem processes

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Habitat- and rainfall-dependent biodiversity responses to cattle removal in an arid woodland–grassland environment

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Effect of woody-plant encroachment on livestock production in North and South America

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Effects of Exclosure Management on Elm (Ulmus Pumila) Recruitment in Horqin Sandy Land, Northeastern China

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Vegetation and community changes of elm (Ulmus pumila) woodlands in Northeastern China in 1983–2011

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Native ungulates of diverse body sizes collectively regulate long-term woody plant demography and structure of a semi-arid savanna

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Ecosystem responses to woody plant encroachment in a semiarid savanna rangeland

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Livestock Grazing Impacts on Herbage and Shrub Dynamics in a Mediterranean Natural Park

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Changes in water use with growth in Ulmus pumila in semiarid sandy land of northern China

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Allometric equations for estimating biomass in agricultural landscapes: I. Aboveground biomass

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Quantitative evaluation of the effect of prohibiting grazing policy on grassland desertification reversal in northern China

(2012) Lihua Zhou et al.   Environmental Earth Sciences

Herbivore-vegetation feedbacks can expand the range of savanna persistence: insights from a simple theoretical model

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The effects of fire on woody plant encroachment are exacerbated by succession of trees of decreased palatability

(2012) Paul J. Gordijn et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Restoration of shrub communities elevates organic carbon in arid soils of northwestern China

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Trees and shrubs as invasive alien species - a global review

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(2011) Janet E. Maclean et al.   ECOLOGY

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

Increased tree densities in South African savannas: >50 years of data suggests CO2 as a driver

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Fire and herbivory are not substitutable: evidence from regrowth patterns and changes in physical and chemical defences in Acacia seedlings

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Woody shrubs and herbivory influence tree encroachment in the sandplain heathlands of southwestern Australia

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Savanna tree-grass competition is modified by substrate type and herbivory

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What are the effects of substrate and grass removal on recruitment of Acacia mellifera seedlings in a semi-arid environment?

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Establishment of Ulmus pumila seedlings on steppe slopes of the northern Mongolian mountain taiga

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Browsing and fire interact to suppress tree density in an African savanna

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Grazers, browsers, and fire influence the extent and spatial pattern of tree cover in the Serengeti

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Predictive modeling of the potential natural vegetation pattern in northeast China

(2009) Huamin Liu et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Grass competition suppresses savanna tree growth across multiple demographic stages

(2009) Corinna Riginos   ECOLOGY

Performance of Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila) on steppe slopes of the northern Mongolian mountain taiga: Drought stress and herbivory in mature trees

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Thicket expansion in a South African savanna under divergent land use: local vs. global drivers?

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Leaf-level plasticity of Salix gordejevii in fixed dunes compared with lowlands in Hunshandake Sandland, North China

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What Limits Trees in C4 Grasslands and Savannas?

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Predicting mean aboveground forest biomass and its associated variance

(2008) Dimitris Zianis   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Changes in ecosystem carbon stocks following grassland afforestation of semiarid sandy soil in the southeastern Keerqin Sandy Lands, China

(2008) Y.L. Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

The Role of Soil Seed Banks in Natural Restoration of the Degraded Hunshandak Sandlands, Northern China

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