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Sonoran Desert Ecosystem transformation by a C4 grass without the grass/fire cycle

  1. Aaryn D. Olsson1,2,*,
  2. Julio Betancourt3,
  3. Mitchel P. McClaran2,
  4. Stuart E. Marsh2

Article first published online: 31 AUG 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00825.x

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Diversity and Distributions

Diversity and Distributions

Volume 18, Issue 1, pages 10–21, January 2012

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Olsson, A. D., Betancourt, J., McClaran, M. P. and Marsh, S. E. (2012), Sonoran Desert Ecosystem transformation by a C4 grass without the grass/fire cycle. Diversity and Distributions, 18: 10–21. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00825.x

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  1. 1

    School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, PO Box 5694, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA

  2. 2

    School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Arizona, 325 Biosciences East, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA

  3. 3

    United States Geologic Survey, 1955 E. 6th St., Tucson, AZ, USA

* Aaryn D. Olsson, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, PO Box 5694, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA. E-mail: aaryno@gmail.com

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  1. Issue published online: 6 DEC 2011
  2. Article first published online: 31 AUG 2011

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