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Two hundred years ago, the American Great Plains was a region dominated by grassland yet enriched by patches of woody vegetation, a region of harsh climatic extremes characterized by spring flooding and summer drought, and a region devastated by wildfire yet renewed by regrowth. Forests moved onto the Plains during periods of abundant moisture only to be pushed back by drought and wildfire.
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Bratton, G.F., Schaefer, P.R., Brandle, J.R. (1995). Conservation Forestry for Sustainable Great Plains Ecosystems. In: Johnson, S.R., Bouzaher, A. (eds) Conservation of Great Plains Ecosystems: Current Science, Future Options. Ecology, Economy & Environment, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0439-5_15
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