Desertification pathways induced by grass invasion into shrublands: The ecophysiological context
Sujith Ravi1, Darin Law2, Greg Barron-Gafford3, Travis E Huxman4, David D Breshears2 and Joshua Caplan5, (1)Temple University, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States, (2)University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development & Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, (4)University of California, Irvine, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Irvine, United States, (5)Temple University, Department of Architecture and Environmental Design, Philadelphia, PA, United States