Constraints on shrub cover and shrub-shrub competition in a US southwest desert

Ji, WJ; Hanan, NP; Browning, DM; Monger, HC; Peters, DPC; Bestelmeyer, BT; Archer, SR; Ross, CW; Lind, BM; Anchang, J; Kumar, SS; Prihodko, L

Ji, WJ (reprint author), New Mexico State Univ, Plant & Environm Sci, Skeen Hall, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA.

ECOSPHERE, 2019; 10 (2):

Abstract

The cover of woody perennial plants (trees and shrubs) in arid ecosystems is at least partially constrained by water availability. However, the extent......

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