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Vegetation Encroachment

Vegetation Encroachment is a type of physical nuisance characterized by the uncontrolled spread or overgrowth of plant life from one property onto an adjacent property, thereby interfering with the latter’s use, enjoyment, or maintenance.

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17.1K

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901

Authors

415

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2017–2026

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Publications

292

Dynamics of shrub encroachment in an African savanna: relative influences of fire, herbivory, rainfall and density dependence

Kim G. Roques, T.G. O’Connor, A. R. Watkinson · Journal of Applied Ecology · 2001 · 779 citations · Full text

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Object-oriented image analysis for mapping shrub encroachment from 1937 to 2003 in southern New Mexico

Andrea S. Laliberte, A. Rango, Kris M. Havstad et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment · 2004 · 517 citations

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Bush encroachment in southern Africa: changes and causes

Tim O’Connor, James R Puttick, M. Timm Hoffman · African Journal of Range and Forage Science · 2014 · 406 citations

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Shrub encroachment can reverse desertification in semi‐arid Mediterranean grasslands

Fernando T. Maestre, Matthew A. Bowker, María D. Puche et al. · Ecology Letters · 2009 · 384 citations · Full text

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Woody plant encroachment into southwestern grasslands and savannas: rates, patterns and proximate causes.

Steven A. Archer, Martin Vávra, W. A. Laycock et al. · 1994 · 350 citations

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Authors

901

  1. DW
    David Ward

    University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    12 publications · 902 citations

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  2. DJ
    David J. Eldridge

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    11 publications · 748 citations

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  3. SS
    Santiago Soliveres

    Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

    5 publications · 755 citations

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  4. PD
    Paolo D’Odorico

    University of Virginia, United States

    5 publications · 257 citations

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  5. SR
    Steven R. Archer

    University of Arizona, United States

    5 publications · 350 citations

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Institutions

415

  1. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    13 h-index

    31 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    738 citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    9 h-index

    41 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. Oklahoma State University

    Stillwater, United States

    7 h-index

    22 publications

    793 citations

  5. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    666 citations

  6. La Trobe University

    Melbourne, Australia

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    432 citations

  7. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

    Madrid, Spain

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    4.3K citations

  8. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    357 citations

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Venues

  1. Biological Conservation

    13 publications · 806 citations

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  2. Plant Ecology

    8 publications · 193 citations

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  3. Plant and Soil

    8 publications · 307 citations

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  4. Rangeland Ecology & Management

    REM · 7 publications · 294 citations

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  5. Journal of Environmental Management

    7 publications · 541 citations

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