Highlights•The sustainable grazing management should focus on the biodiversity
conservation and the maintenance of ecosystem multifunctionality.•Grazing effects on …

Grasslands are at risk of degradation due to unsustainable management practices and
climate change. Here, we review the principal soil quality indicators (SQIs) to evaluate the …

Biodiversity drives ecosystem functioning across grassland ecosystems. However, few
studies have examined how grazing intensity affects ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) via …

Aim Biodiversity drives the delivery of multiple ecosystem functions related to carbon and
nutrient cycling (ecosystem multifunctionality, EMF), and biodiversity and ecosystem …

Alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau are sensitive and vulnerable to climate
change and human activities. Climate warming and overgrazing have already caused …

Bacteria are the most abundant microbes in soil and play an important role in the carbon
and nitrogen cycles. Currently, China has become the country with the second largest …

Grazing exclusion is an effective management practice to restore grassland ecosystem
functioning. However, little is known about the role of soil microbial communities in …

Soil bacteria are closely related to soil environmental factors, and their community structure
is an important indicator of ecosystem health and sustainability. A large number of artificial …

Overgrazing‐induced grassland degradation has become a serious ecological problem
worldwide. The diversity and composition of soil microbial communities are sensitive to …

Background and aims In practice, a grazing exclusion (GE) is an effective management
method that is used to restore degraded grasslands across the world. However, the effect of …