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Patch vegetation and water redistribution above and below ground in south-east Spain

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Spatial patterns of soil δ13C reveal grassland-to-woodland successional processes

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Hydrologic Vulnerability of Sagebrush Steppe Following Pinyon and Juniper Encroachment

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Changes in hydrology and erosion over a transition from grassland to shrubland

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Short-chain n-alkanes (C16–20) in ancient soil are useful molecular markers for prehistoric biomass burning

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

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Shrub (Prosopis velutina) encroachment in a semidesert grassland: spatial-temporal changes in soil organic carbon and nitrogen pools

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How relevant is recalcitrance for the stabilization of organic matter in soils?

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Late Quaternary environmental changes in Misiones, subtropical NE Argentina, deduced from multi-proxy geochemical analyses in a palaeosol-sediment sequence

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Use of carbon isotope analysis to understand semi-arid erosion dynamics and long-term semi-arid land degradation

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