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DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-7199-8, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
A
Aboveground , 34–39
Acacia , 1–4
Acaciella , 7
Agarito , 30
Agricultural abandonment , 16, 20
Agriculture , 11
Allocation of biomass, carbon and nitrogen
pools , 50
Anthropogenic , 11, 44
Ant mutualism , 8
Arid
grasslands , 35
land , 30
zone , 1
B
Bacteria , 12
Basal area , 18, 20, 21
B.curtipendula . See Bouteloua
curtipendula , 35–40
Belowground , 35–40
Biodiversity , 49
Biologically fi xed nitrogen/nitrogen
fi xation , 1, 27
Biotic controls , 54
Blue wood , 30
Bouteloua curtipendula , 35–40
Browsers , 51
Browsing ungulates , 52
Burning and biological control , 52
C
Canopy , 12, 25, 27, 29
Carbon and nitrogen cycle , 62
Cattle ranching , 55
Celtis , 16, 17, 19, 20, 25, 26, 30
C 4 grasslands , 33
Chihuahuan , 28
Chronological appearance , 17
Chronosequence , 20, 21
Climate , 12, 43–45
Climax plant , 12
Clipped , 34, 35, 37
Clusters , 29
CO 2 enrichment hypothesis , 46
Cold-tolerant species , 62
Colonizers , 33
Competition , 33–36, 38
Composition , 11
Constant grazing , 59
Control/reduce the
encroachment , 51, 54
Cover , 11
C 3 photosynthetic pathway , 45
C 4 photosynthetic pathway , 45
Cynodon dactylon , 33–35
D
DCA community ordination , 21
Decomposition , 13
Deep sea cores , 44
Dendrochronological , 19
Density , 11, 15, 18–21
Desert
grasslands , 44
hackberry , 30
shrublands , 44
Distribution of soil nutrients , 50
Disturbances , 11, 12, 25, 27
Domestic grazing , 25, 27, 30
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