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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2907-2015
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Research article
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21 May 2015
Research article |
| 21 May 2015
Assessing vegetation structure and ANPP dynamics in a grassland–shrubland Chihuahuan ecotone using NDVI–rainfall relationships
M. Moreno-de las Heras
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
R. Díaz-Sierra
Mathematical and Fluid Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences, UNED, Madrid 28040, Spain
L. Turnbull
Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
J. Wainwright
Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
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- Decreased temperature variance associated with biotic composition enhances coastal shrub encroachment L. Wood et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65161-3
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- Seed‐bank structure and plant‐recruitment conditions regulate the dynamics of a grassland‐shrubland Chihuahuan ecotone M. Moreno‐de las Heras et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1446
- Characterization of elevation and land cover dependent trends of NDVI variations in the Hexi region, northwest China J. Han et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.11.069
- Spatiotemporal habitat dynamics of ungulates in unpredictable environments: The khulan ( Equus hemionus ) in the Mongolian Gobi desert as a case study D. Nandintsetseg et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.10.021
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Exploration of NDVI-rainfall relationships provided ready biophysically based criteria to study the spatial distribution and dynamics of ANPP for herbaceous and shrub vegetation across a grassland-shrubland Chihuahuan ecotone (Sevilleta NWR, New Mexico). Overall our results suggest that shrub encroachment has not been particularly active for 2000-2013 in the area, although future reductions in summer precipitation and/or increases in winter rainfall may intensify the shrub-encroachment process.
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