Refining thresholds in coupled fire–vegetation models to improve management of encroaching woody plants in grasslands
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to improve management of encroaching woody plants in grasslands Dirac Twidwell*, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Charles A. Taylor Jr and William E. Rogers Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, 008C Agricultural Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA; Texas A&M Agrilife Research Center, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 918, Sonora, TX 76950, USA; and Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, 2138 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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