Mechanisms of shrub encroachment into Northern Chihuahuan Desert grasslands and impacts of climate change investigated using a cellular automata model
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- 作者：Domenico Caraccioloa ; domenico.caracciolo@unipa.it" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Erkan Istanbulluoglub ; erkani@u.washington.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Leonardo Valerio Notoc ; leonardo.noto@unipa.it" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Scott L. Collinsd ; scollins@sevilleta.unm.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Shrub encroachment ; Climate change ; CA model ; Ecohydrology
- 刊名：Advances in Water Resources
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：May 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：91
- 期：Complete
- 页码：46-62
- 全文大小：6893 K
文摘
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An ecohydrological CA model is used to simulate shrub encroachment in New Mexico.
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Increased grazing and reduced fire frequency result the most influential factors.
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Future climate change is predicted to amplify shrub encroachment.