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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2019-07-01
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Series: | Ecosphere |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2796 |