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Mechanisms, monitoring and modeling of shrub encroachment into grassland: a review

Xin CaoState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China;Beijing Engineering Research Center for Global Land Remote Sensing Products, Institute of Remote Sensing Science and Engineering, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yu LiuState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Xihong CuiState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China;Beijing Engineering Research Center for Global Land Remote Sensing Products, Institute of Remote Sensing Science and Engineering, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Jin ChenState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China;Beijing Engineering Research Center for Global Land Remote Sensing Products, Institute of Remote Sensing Science and Engineering, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Xuehong ChenState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China;Beijing Engineering Research Center for Global Land Remote Sensing Products, Institute of Remote Sensing Science and Engineering, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
Pages 625-641 | Received 08 Mar 2018, Accepted 14 May 2018, Published online: 29 May 2018

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Irini Soubry, L. Robinov, T. Chu & X. Guo. (2022) Mapping shrub cover in grasslands with an object-based approach and investigating the connection to topo-edaphic factors. Geocarto International 37:27, pages 16926-16950.
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