CHANGES IN VEGETATION AND BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUST COMMUNITIES ON SAND DUNES STABILIZING AFTER A CENTURY OF GRAZING ON SAN MIGUEL ISLAND, CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA
San Miguel Island is the westernmost of the California Channel Islands and one of the windiest areas on the west coast of North America. The majority of the island is covered by coastal sand dunes, which were stripped of vegetation and subsequently mobilized due to droughts and sheep ranching during...
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