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Fire prevents woody encroachment only at higher‐than‐historical frequencies in a South African savanna

2017-06-01

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Woody encroachment is a pervasive challenge facing savanna and grassland managers world‐wide. Proposed drivers of the phenomenon range from local changes in fire, herbivory and direct human impacts, to global changes in climate or atmospheric [CO₂] that may be accelerating woody growth. The relative influences of local versus global drivers and their interactions are largely unknown, but will determine the extent...

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Literature Corpus work: 7a503505-2a90-5fe4-b632-3ebe00d19a9b
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12805

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