Challenges and opportunities for grassland restoration: A global perspective of best practices in the era of climate change

KG Lyons, P Török, JM Hermann, K Kiehl… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Grasslands are ubiquitous globally, and their conservation and restoration are critical to
combat both the biodiversity and climate crises. There is increasing interest in implementing …

Alternative biome states in terrestrial ecosystems

JG Pausas, WJ Bond - Trends in Plant Science, 2020 - cell.com
There is growing interest in the application of alternative stable state (ASS) theory to explain
major vegetation patterns of the world. Here, we introduce the theory as applied to the …

The fuel–climate–fire conundrum: How will fire regimes change in temperate eucalypt forests under climate change?

SC McColl‐Gausden, LT Bennett… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fire regimes are changing across the globe in response to complex interactions between
climate, fuel, and fire across space and time. Despite these complex interactions, research …

The nebulous ecology of native invasions

LL Nackley, AG West, AL Skowno, WJ Bond - Trends in Ecology & …, 2017 - cell.com
In the Anthropocene, alien species are no longer the only category of biological organism
establishing and rapidly spreading beyond historical boundaries. We review evidence …

Fire dynamics distinguish grasslands, shrublands and woodlands as alternative attractors in the Central Great Plains of North America

Z Ratajczak, JB Nippert, JM Briggs, JM Blair - Journal of Ecology, 2014 - JSTOR
1. This review synthesizes evidence that altered fire frequency drives discontinuous
ecosystem transitions from mesic grasslands to shrublands or woodlands in the Central …

Browsing and fire decreases dominance of a resprouting shrub in woody encroached grassland

RC O'Connor, JH Taylor, JB Nippert - Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
North American grasslands have experienced increased relative abundance of shrubs and
trees over the last 150 yr. Alterations in herbivore composition, abundance, and grazing …

Clarifying the confusion: old-growth savannahs and tropical ecosystem degradation

JW Veldman - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ancient tropical grassy biomes are often misrecognized as severely degraded forests. I trace
this confusion to several factors, with roots in the nineteenth century, including …

Pastoral agriculture, a significant driver of New Zealand's economy, based on an introduced grassland ecology and technological advances

JR Caradus, SL Goldson, DJ Moot… - Journal of the Royal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The New Zealand economy is export-driven and heavily reliant on the
productivity of the pastoral sector. The transformation of native forest and tussock grassland …

Patterns and thresholds of grazing‐induced changes in community structure and ecosystem functioning: Species‐level responses and the critical role of species traits

W Li, F Xu, S Zheng, F Taube… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Overgrazing has resulted in widespread decline in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in
grasslands world‐wide in recent decades. However, few studies have examined the …

Species reordering, not changes in richness, drives long‐term dynamics in grassland communities

SK Jones, J Ripplinger, SL Collins - Ecology Letters, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Determining how ecological communities will respond to global environmental change
remains a challenging research problem. Recent meta‐analyses concluded that most …