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Widespread loss of management (irrigation, weeding, planting, fertilizing) occurred when people were forced to leave their homes, driving an increase in post-recession plant species richness and community homogeneity as abandoned yards were taken over by weedy annual species.

 

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  1. Ripplinger, J et l. 2017. Boom-bust economics and vegetation dynamics in a desert city: How strong is the link? Ecosphere. doi: 10.1002/ ecs2.1826

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Posted:  July 6, 2020