Seasonal dynamics of soil CO2 emissions from different semi-arid land-use systems by Lawrence Munjonji, Hlengiwe Ntuli Innocentia, Kingsley Kwabena Ayisi, Phesheya Dlamini, Kabisheng Emmanuel Mabitsela, Carol Mmapula Lehutjo, Phumlani Sabelo Magnificent Zwane

“…Soil CO2 emission rates were measured in the Limpopo Province, South Africa for 12 months at two-week intervals in natural systems (forest and shrubland) and commercially managed orchards (avocado and citrus) to establish seasonal dynamics of soil CO2 emissions across these land-use systems. …”
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A spatio-temporal analysis of the magnitude and trend of land use/land cover changes in Gilgel Gibe Catchment, Southwest Ethiopia by Zewde Alemayehu Tilahun, Yechale Kebede Bizuneh, Abren Gelaw Mekonnen

“…Built-up area and cultivated land of the catchment are increasing with increasing magnitude of change; whereas, while forest cover and grazing land of the catchment are shrinking with declining magnitudes of change, shrubland covers and water body are declining with increasing magnitude of change in the catchment. …”
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Food habits of Oligoryzomys longicaudatus (Rodentia) in a steppe–forest transitional area of Argentinean Patagonia by Francisco Polop, Lorena Sepúlveda, Alicia Pelliza Sbriller, Jaime Polop, M. Cecilia Provensal

“…Similarity index revealed differences between pastures and the other environments. Diet in shrubland showed differences among seasons, but not among years. …”
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Habitat utilisation by Cape mountain zebras in the Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa by A. Winkler, N. Owen-Smith

“…Year-round the zebras made greatest use of the grassland vegetation communities, together with those shrubland and dwarf shrubland communities that offered high grass biomasses. …”
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Assessing multi-decadal land-cover - land-use change in two wildlife protected areas in Tanzania using Landsat imagery. by Devolent T Mtui, Christopher A Lepczyk, Qi Chen, Tomoaki Miura, Linda J Cox

“…The results show declines in woody savannah and increases in barren land and swamps inside and outside Tarangire National Park and increases in woody savannah and savannah, and declines of shrubland and grassland inside and outside Katavi National Park. …”
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Biotic and Abiotic Factors Affecting Soil C, N, P and Their Stoichiometries under Different Land-Use Types in a Karst Agricultural Watershed, China by Gang Hu, Xiaoxing Huang, Siyu Chen, Cong Hu, Chaofang Zhong, Chaohao Xu, Zhonghua Zhang

“…Here, we analyzed the contents, stoichiometries, and drivers of topsoil C, N, and P in a karst agricultural watershed in China, focusing on six land-use types: paddy fields, dry farmland, tussock land, shrubland, shrubby tussock land, and woodland. We found that woodland exhibited significantly higher soil organic carbon (SOC) content than other land-use types except shrubland. …”
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Comparison of machine learning and statistical approaches for Digital Elevation Model (DEM) correction: interim results by C. Okolie, C. Okolie, C. Okolie, A. Adeleke, J. Smit, J. Mills, I. Maduako, C. Ogbeta

“…In the urban/industrial and grassland/shrubland landscapes, the reduction in the root mean square error (RMSE) of the original AW3D DEM was greater than 70%, after correction. …”
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Regional and Global-Scale LULC Mapping by Synergetic Integration of NDVI From Optical Data and Degree of Polarization From SAR Data by Geba Jisung Chang, Yisok Oh, Maxim Shoshany

“…Compared with global land-cover models, such as GlobCover, the NDTCM showed superior performance in forest and shrubland classification, exceeding GlobCover's accuracy of 84.3% for forests and 35.4% for shrublands, in this study case. …”
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Soil Properties Regulate Soil Microbial Communities During Forest Succession in a Karst Region of Southwest China by Shanghua Jiang, Min Song, Hu Du, Feng Wang, Tongqing Song, Huijun Chen, Fuping Zeng, Wanxia Peng

“…Our study revealed that bacterial α-diversity was significantly higher in secondary forest compared to both shrubland and primary forest. Intriguingly, the soil bacterial community in primary forest exhibited a closer resemblance to that in shrubland yet diverged from the community in secondary forest. …”
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Responses of soil organic carbon cycle to land degradation by isotopically tracing in a typical karst area, southwest China by Ruiyin Han, Qian Zhang, Zhifang Xu

“…Results The mean SOC content was found to be the lowest in abandoned cropland (6.91 g/kg), followed by secondary forest land (9.31 g/kg) and grazing shrubland (34.80 g/kg), respectively. Meanwhile, the δ13CSOC values exhibited the following trend: secondary forest land (mean: −23.79‰) ≈abandoned cropland (mean: −23.76‰) >shrubland (mean: −25.33‰). …”
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Assessing impacts of land use/land cover changes on the hydrology of Upper Gilgel Abbay watershed using the SWAT model by Wassie Abuhay, Temesgen Gashaw, Lewoye Tsegaye

“…The result of image analysis revealed an increase in cultivated land (11.7%) and a decrease in forest (39.6%), shrubland (17.5%), grassland (5.6%), and water bodies (25%) during 1986–2003 periods. …”
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The assessment of climatic, environmental, and socioeconomic aspects of the Brazilian Cerrado by Washington Luiz Félix Correia Filho, José Francisco de Oliveira-Júnior, Dimas de Barros Santiago, Hazem Ghassan Abdo, Hussein Almohamad, Ahmed Abdullah Al Dughairi, Carlos Antonio da Silva Junior

“…On the other hand, environmental aspects (LULC-shrubland and elevation) influenced the PC3; areas with high altitudes (> 500 m) received a higher score. …”
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Soil seed bank study of Hirmi woodland vegetation: Implications for restoration and conservation of natural vegetation, in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia by Mehari Girmay, Tamrat Bekele, Ermias Lulekal, Sebsebe Demissew

“…The highest species composition was recorded in the shrubland and the least number of species were recorded in the bare land. …”
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Multiscale occupancy of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken: the role of private lands in conservation of an imperiled bird by Christian A. Hagen, Jason D. Carlisle, Fawn E. Hornsby, Michael E. Houts, Lyman L. McDonald, David C. Pavlacky Jr.

“…Large-scale (225 km²) occupancy was most associated with shrubland, grassland patch size, and CRP range-wide. …”
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Variation in abundance and habitat relationship of three understory insectivorous birds in a disturbed landscape of Neotropical dry forest of Colombia by Camilo Loaiza, Olga L. Montenegro, David King, Manuel Spínola, Lilibeth Arinda Palacio, Agustín Rudas

“…The abundance of White-bellied Antbirds was higher in forests and thickets than shrubland fragments; Barred Antshrike was more abundant in shrubland and thickets than in forest fragments, and Pale-breasted Spinetail had the highest abundance in shrubland and the lowest in forest fragments. …”
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Is cork oak (Quercus suber L.) woodland loss driven by eucalyptus plantation? A case-study in southwestern Portugal by Costa A, Madeira M, Santos Lima J

“…The occurrence of a wildfire in 2003 promoted a dramatic decrease in cork oak woodlands, which mostly turned into shrubland. However, shrubland may be considered “safe sites” for ecological succession, ensuring natural cork oak regeneration and the colonisation of neighboring areas.…”
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Response of the winter soil moisture of different vegetation types to rainfall events in karst slope land by Ershuang Yuan, Qiuwen Zhou, Weihong Yan, Dawei Peng, Yalin Wang

“…Therefore, in this study, four types of vegetation – grassland, arable land, shrubland, and forestland – were selected as sample plots in the Guanling County of southwestern Guizhou, China. …”
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The influence of Holocene vegetation changes on topography and erosion rates: a case study at Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed, Arizona by J. D. Pelletier, M. H. Nichols, M. A. Nearing

“…The WGEW is dominated by grasslands at high elevations and shrublands at low elevations. Paleovegetation data suggest that portions of WGEW higher than approximately 1430 m a.s.l. have been grasslands and/or woodlands throughout the late Quaternary, while elevations lower than 1430 m a.s.l. changed from a grassland/woodland to a shrubland ca. 2–4 ka. …”
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Effects of vegetation restoration in karst areas on soil nitrogen mineralisation by Jianghong Wu, Xianghuan Gong, Yingge Shu

“…Methods This study analyzed from various stages of vegetation growth, including a 40-year-old woodland, 20-year-old shrubland, 15-year-old shrubland, 5-year-old grassland, and nearby cropland. …”
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Regulation of climatic variables and drought on vegetation dynamics in China from 2001 to 2020 by Yating Wang, Jun Li, Xiaojuan Tong, Yin Wang, Mingxin Yang

“…However, the time-lag effect of drought on grassland and shrubland VCI was shorter than that of forests, making the grassland and shrubland more vulnerable to the short-term cumulative effects of drought. …”
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