The stress‐gradient hypothesis (SGH) predicts an increasing importance of facilitative
mechanisms relative to competition along gradients of increasing environmental stress …

In this study, characteristics of vegetation and soil properties under continued grazing and
exclusion of livestock for 6 and 12 years were examined in a degraded Stipa tenacissima …

Livestock grazing is one of the main causes of rangeland degradation in Saudi Arabia.
Fencing to exclude grazers is one of the main management practices used to restore …

Grazing exclusion is an effective rangeland management practice used to achieve
sustainability of natural ecosystems worldwide. To clarify the effects of short-term grazing …

Most of the rangeland of Urmia in Iran is degraded and will require considerable reclamation
to achieve a desirable state. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of 14 years of …

Question There is increasing interest in using facilitation by nurse plants for restoring dry
degraded ecosystems. However, most studies concern semi‐arid areas, and the efficiency …

Background Soil bacteria often form close associations with their host plants, particularly
within the root compartment, playing a significant role in plant growth and stress resilience …

Water points provide excellent sites for studying overgrazing effects on plant communities in
dry areas. Distance from water can be considered like a surrogate of grazing pressure being …

Abstract Questions Do Acacia tortilis trees facilitate herbaceous species development under
arid conditions? Do tree–herb interactions change with water stress and grazing intensity …

This study characterised 16 tropical perennial grass species in terms of in vitro methane
output and related their digestibility and rumen fermentation with methane output. The grass …