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Woody shrubs don't slurp up water

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Clearing encroaching plants from savannah might make drought worse.

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  1. Wilcox, B. P. & Huang, Y. Geophys. Res. Lett. doi:10.1029/2009GL041929 (2010)

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  1. Erik Vance
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Vance, E. Woody shrubs don't slurp up water. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.107

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