Fig. 7

The response of grass growth to rainfall at Garub in early March 2021. Shown are three examples of decaying E. gummifera shrubs in the plot Gir-1 (a–c) and corresponding close-up images of the grasses growing in-between the dead Euphorbia branches (d–f). a Note how the grasses invade from the right side the formerly larger growth location of E. gummifera