Cool Thermic Shallowly Dissected Slopes
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Mechanism
This transition occurs after multiple stand replacing fires reduce the fitness of chaparral shrubs and annual grasses can outcompete woody vegetation. This is not a common transition, but historical records show that indigenous peoples facilitated this dynamic.
Mechanism
This transition occurs after heavy winter rains occur shortly after stand replacing fires, before reestablishment of plants.
Mechanism
This restoration pathway occurs with reseeding of native shrub species.
Mechanism
This transition occurs after heavy winter rains occur shortly after intense grass fires, before reestablishment of plants stabilizes the soils.
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