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Woody plant encroachment facilitated by increased precipitation intensity

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  • Andrew Kulmatiski

    (Soils and Climate and the Ecology Center, Utah State University)

  • Karen H. Beard

    (Utah State University)

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Climate change is expected to increase the intensity of precipitation in many regions. Experiments show that small increases in precipitation intensity, but not total amount, can lead to deeper penetration of water into the soil, leading to greater woody plant growth at the cost of grasses in a savannah system.

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  • Andrew Kulmatiski & Karen H. Beard, 2013. "Woody plant encroachment facilitated by increased precipitation intensity," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 3(9), pages 833-837, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:3:y:2013:i:9:d:10.1038_nclimate1904
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1904
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    2. Leilei Ding & Puchang Wang & Wen Zhang & Yu Zhang & Shige Li & Xin Wei & Xi Chen & Yujun Zhang & Fuli Yang, 2019. "Shrub Encroachment Shapes Soil Nutrient Concentration, Stoichiometry and Carbon Storage in an Abandoned Subalpine Grassland," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-17, March.
    3. Thoralf Meyer & Paul Holloway & Thomas B. Christiansen & Jennifer A. Miller & Paolo D’Odorico & Gregory S. Okin, 2019. "An Assessment of Multiple Drivers Determining Woody Species Composition and Structure: A Case Study from the Kalahari, Botswana," Land, MDPI, vol. 8(8), pages 1-14, August.
    4. Li, Huijie & Ma, Xiaojun & Lu, Yanwei & Ren, Ruiqi & Cui, Buli & Si, Bingcheng, 2021. "Growing deep roots has opposing impacts on the transpiration of apple trees planted in subhumid loess region," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 258(C).
    5. Richard D. Robertson & Alessandro De Pinto & Nicola Cenacchi, 2023. "Assessing the future global distribution of land ecosystems as determined by climate change and cropland incursion," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 176(8), pages 1-22, August.

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