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    Woody plant encroachment (also called woody encroachment, bush encroachment, shrub encroachment, shrubification, woody plant proliferation, or bush thickening)...
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  • This list describes woody plant encroachment specific to different ecoregions of the world. The list is further subdivided into countries. Although political...
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    the pattern of deserts on Earth. Xeric shrublands can experience woody plant encroachment, which is the thickening of bushes and shrubs at the expense of...
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    changes in pasture composition to woody plant encroachment. The removal of grass by grazing affects the woody plant component of woodland systems in two...
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    the worst in the last 90 years in the country. Woody plant encroachment, locally called bush encroachment, is the thickening of indigenous bush and shrub...
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    effects is unclear. A related phenomenon driven by climate change is woody plant encroachment, affecting up to 500 million hectares globally. Climate change...
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    grazed plants and of animals at different trophic levels in the ecosystem. A well documented consequence of overgrazing is woody plant encroachment in rangelands...
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    Bolivia, the habitat of Guanacos is found to be threatened by woody plant encroachment. Some guanacos live in the Atacama Desert, where in some areas...
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    driving reductions in biodiversity. A well documented phenomenon is woody plant encroachment, caused by overgrazing in rangelands. Furthermore, the United Nations...
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    biodiversity and the already scarce water resources. Also woody plant encroachment of native plants in grasslands poses a threat to biodiversity and related...
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