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Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis
Interesting new review & meta-analysis by Eldridge and colleagues in Ecology Letters makes the important point that shrub encroachment does not necessarily equal desertification. In fact, in some Mediterranean systems it may signify desertification reversal.
I have a longer post brewing with regards to this and few other recent pieces that collectively emphasize the point that arid regions worldwide are not a homogenous ecosystem. Stay tuned.
I am a biologist.
You can find me in the center of the venn diagram where ecology, conservation and restoration intersect with the socio-economic realities that shape how we interact with & impact the ecosystems around us.
My dissertation research examines the process of desertification. The bulk of this work occurs in the American southwest, but I also spent the summer of 2009 in northern China to learn about desertification in Inner Mongolia. I am funded by the following grants & fellowships:
-National Science Foundation's East Asia Pacific Summer Institute, which seeks to promote international research collaborations between American graduate students and scientists in Asia.
-American Philosophical Society's Lewis & Clark Fund for Exploration
-Ariel Appleton Research Fellowship
-Appleton Whittell Research Ranch Apacheria Fellowship
-Sigma Xi
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