Remote‐sensing‐derived fractures and shrub patterns to identify groundwater dependence

Andalusian Center for the Assessment and Monitoring of Global Change, University of Almería, 04120, Almería, Spain Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almería, 04120, Almería, Spain Department of Botany, University of Granada, Av. de Fuentenueva, s/n 18071, Granada, Spain 4iecolab, Interuniversity Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA), University of Granada, Av. del Mediterráneo, s/n, 18006, Granada, Spain Department of Geodynamics, University of Granada, Av. de Fuentenueva, s/n 18071, Granada, Spain Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences, CSIC‐ University of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain 7 Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749‐016, Lisboa, Portugal Correspondence Emilio Guirado and Javier Cabello, Andalusian Center for the Assessment and Monitoring of Global Change, University of Almería, 04120, Almería, Spain. Email: e.guirado@ual.es; jcabello@ual.es

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