Effects of Trampling on Morphological and Mechanical Traits of Dryland Shrub Species Do Not Depend on Water Availability

• Liang Xu,

  Affiliations College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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• Sofia M. A. Freitas,

  Affiliation Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Fei-Hai Yu,

  Affiliation College of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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• Ming Dong ,

  * E-mail: dongmingchina@126.com

  Affiliations College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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• Niels P. R. Anten,

  Affiliations Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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• Marinus J. A. Werger

  Affiliation Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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