Soil thickness emerges as the leading constraint on karst vegetation growth (IMAGE)

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Soil thickness emerges as the leading constraint on karst vegetation growth

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XGBoost results rank soil thickness above climate and nutrient concentrations. Segmented regression identifies a 57.5-centimeter threshold in the relationship between soil thickness and woody vegetation volume.

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