Local topographic and edaphic factors largely predict shrub encroachment in Mediterranean drylands - Nunes, Alice; Köbel, Melanie; Pinho, Pedro; Matos, Paula; Costantini, Edoardo A.C.; Soares, Cristina; de Bello, Francesco; Correia, Otília; Branquinho, Cristina (The Science of the total environment, 2019)
Keywords: arid lands; Aridity; carbon nitrogen ratio; climate; Climate change; cost effectiveness; ecosystem services; ecosystems; edaphic factors; flowering; functional diversity; functional properties; Functional traits; Holm-oak; land use; Mediterranean region; plant communities; Quercus ilex; shrubs; soil; Structural equation model; summer; Sustainable land management; topography; understory; woodlands; Mediterranean region; Climate change; Functional traits; Sustainable land management; Holm-oak; Aridity; Structural equation model