Fire positively and negatively affects food webs across all trophic levels and guilds and
influences a range of ecological processes that reinforce fire regimes, such as nutrient …

This Review assesses the adequacy of current stewardship strategies to address the
accelerating challenges confronting global rangeland systems. The assessment was …

Pastures and rangelands underpin global meat and milk production and are a critical
resource for millions of people dependent on livestock for food security,. Forage growth …

Rangeland management, like most disciplines of natural resource management, has been
characterized by human efforts to reduce variability and increase predictability in natural …

Grasslands are inherently dynamic in space and time, evolving with frequent disturbance
from fire and herbivores. As a consequence of human actions, many remaining grasslands …

The majority of power generated by photovoltaic energy infrastructure is derived from
ground-mounted solar arrays that prioritize energy production, minimize operating costs …

Woody plant encroachment–the conversion of open grasslands and savannas to woodlands–
represents one of the gravest threats to grassland biomes worldwide. This is especially true …

Many rangelands of the world are fire dependent and display a strong interaction between
fire and grazing on animal behavior, productivity and ecosystem processes. The application …

Habitat heterogeneity is a key driver of biodiversity in many ecosystems. Wildlife inhabiting
the native prairies of North America evolved in a heterogeneous mosaic of habitat conditions …

Population declines of grassland birds over the past 30 yr have followed the widespread
implementation of intensive rangeland management practices that create homogenous …