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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Understory Vegetation Change Following Woodland Reduction Varies by Plant Community Type and Seeding Status: A Region-Wide Assessment of Ecological Benefits and Risks.

Thomas A Monaco, Kevin L Gunnell

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. The effect of mechanical canopy reduction on big sagebrush plant communities.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas A MonacoU.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Forage and Range Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-6300, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1472-7326
Kevin L GunnellGreat Basin Research Center, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Ephraim, UT 84627, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4157-7140
Utah Division of Wildlife ResourcesUtah State University · US

Funding

U.S. Department of the Interior Federal Aid to Wildlife: W-82-R
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Woodland encroachment is a global issue linked to diminished ecosystem services, prompting the need for restoration efforts. However, restoration outcomes can be highly variable, making it difficult to interpret the ecological benefits and risks associated with woodland-reduction treatments within semiarid ecosystems. We addressed this uncertainty by assessing the magnitude and direction of vegetation change over a 15-year period at 129 sagebrush (

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conifer encroachmentecological site potentialeffect-size analysisfunctional grouplarge-scale restorationregional assessmentseedingvegetation analysiswoodland expansion

Identifiers

PMID32872167
PMCPMC7570382
OpenAlexW3082803349

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