Non-linear shift from grassland to shrubland in temperate barrier islands

• Published in: Ecology
• Main Authors: Huang, H, Zinnert, JC, Wood, LK, Young, DR, D'Odorico, P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Barrier Island; Barrier Islands; Climate change
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/9cv689r2

© 2018 by the Ecological Society of America Woody plant encroachment into grasslands is a major land cover change taking place in many regions of the world, including arctic, alpine and desert ecosystems. This change in plant dominance is also affecting coastal ecosystems, including barrier islands,...