Extent and drivers of vegetation type conversion in Southern California chaparral

Abstract The native chaparral shrublands of Southern California support exceptional biodiversity and provide critical ecological services, but increased fire frequency threatens to extirpate much of the chaparral due to long regeneration times needed between fires for many species. When short fire i...

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Main Authors: Alexandra D. Syphard, Teresa J. Brennan, Jon E. Keeley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-07-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2796