Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands
Dryland vegetation is characterized by discrete plant patches that accumulate and capture soil resources under their canopies. These “fertile islands” are major drivers of dryland ecosystem structure and functioning, yet we lack an integrated understanding of the factors controlling their magnitude...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1931 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12871/epdf https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12871 |
| Summary: | Dryland vegetation is characterized by discrete plant patches that accumulate and capture soil resources under their canopies. These “fertile islands” are major drivers of dryland ecosystem structure and functioning, yet we lack an integrated understanding of the factors controlling their magnitude and variability at the global scale. |
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