Factors Behind Vegetation Mosaics in the Central Coast: Research Brief

In  central  coastal  California, a  complex   mosaic  of  vegetation  types  appears  to  be   largely  unrelated  to  substrate  and  more   strongly  determined  by  disturbance   history,  in  particular  human  induced   changes  in  fire  frequency.
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