Grass–woodland transitions: determinants and consequences for ecosystem functioning and provisioning of services
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Osvaldo E. Sala* and Fernando T. Maestre School of Life Sciences and School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA; South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies, SARAS2, Maldonado 20000, Uruguay; and 3 Area de Biodiversidad y Conservaci on, Departamento de Biolog ıa y Geolog ıa, F ısica y Qu ımica Inorg anica Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnolog ıa Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, M ostoles 28933, Spain
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