Abstract
On The Ground • We introduce the concept of biodiversity potential to assign equal biodiversity value among socially valued and undervalued ecosystems. • Widespread greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) ecosystems were examined as a case study of biodiversity potential of an undervalued ecosystem at the sodic end of soil salinity. • Groundwater pumping could drop the water table below greasewood taproots, which could degrade wildlife habitat through decreased canopy cover, increased mineral soil, invasive flammable non-native annual species, and exotic forbs. • State-and-transition simulation models and field studies can be used to assess degraded greasewood ecosystems.
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