Saline Uplands
Scenario model
Current ecosystem state
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Management practices/drivers
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- Transition T1A More details
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No transition or restoration pathway between the selected states has been described
Target ecosystem state
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Mechanism
extended improper grazing, lack of fire, extended drought, time without disturbance, and/or lack of insect/pathogen outbreaks
Mechanism
fire, vegetation treatments, insect herbivory, drought, proper grazing, wet climatic cycles, and/or encroached shrub removal
Mechanism
intensive management and inputs may be required to return to reference state, wet climatic years, native plantings, vegetative treatments, proper grazing, and/or fire
Mechanism
extended improper grazing, lack of fire, extended drought, time without disturbance, and/or lack of insect/pathogen outbreaks
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