Effects of grazing abandonment on soil multifunctionality: The role of plant functional traits

B Peco, E Navarro, CP Carmona, NG Medina… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2017 - Elsevier
Extensive livestock grazing is a global land use activity that has numerous social, cultural,
and environmental benefits. Many marginal zones grazed for centuries are now suffering …

Unexpected consequences of reintroductions: competition between reintroduced red deer and A pennine chamois

S Lovari, F Ferretti, M Corazza, I Minder… - Animal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Reintroductions are commonly used to restore the local biological diversity and/or save
threatened taxa. In human‐altered landscapes, we may expect that reintroduced species …

Livestock grazing abandonment reduces soil microbial activity and carbon storage in a Mediterranean Dehesa

SD Oggioni, R Ochoa-Hueso, B Peco - Applied Soil Ecology, 2020 - Elsevier
Extensive livestock grazing is a major determinant of local biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning in many regio1ns of the world. In sub-humid Mediterranean areas with long …

From remote sensing to species distribution modelling: An integrated workflow to monitor spreading species in key grassland habitats

W De Simone, M Allegrezza, AR Frattaroli… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Remote sensing (RS) has been widely adopted as a tool to investigate several biotic and
abiotic factors, directly and indirectly, related to biodiversity conservation. European …

The response of sub‐Mediterranean grasslands to rainfall variation is influenced by early season precipitation

S Chelli, R Canullo, G Campetella… - Applied vegetation …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Question Climate change will likely modify patterns of precipitation, with an expected
increase in intra‐annual variability and increased frequency and magnitude of extreme …

The conservation benefit of mowing vs grazing for management of species‐rich grasslands: a multi‐site, multi‐year field experiment

M Tälle, H Fogelfors, L Westerberg… - Nordic Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Species‐rich semi‐natural grasslands in Europe are becoming more fragmented and many
species that depend on this habitat type are rare and threatened today. Management …

Increase of drought stress negatively affects the sustainability of extensive sheep farming in sub-Mediterranean climate

P Scocco, K Piermarteri, A Malfatti, FM Tardella… - Journal of Arid …, 2016 - Elsevier
The sub-Mediterranean climate, characterized by inter-annual variability, is undergoing an
increase in aridity. We assessed how inter-annual variation of precipitation affects pastoral …

Vegetation and soil seed bank in a 23-year grazing exclusion chronosequence in a Mediterranean dry grassland

A Saatkamp, F Henry, T Dutoit - … Journal Dealing with all Aspects of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Long-term grazing shaped plant diversity in dry Mediterranean grasslands. Abandonment of
grazing affects plant diversity especially in the northern Mediterranean. Considerable efforts …

Mountain vegetation at risk: Current perspectives and research reeds

C Palombo, M Marchetti, R Tognetti - Plant Biosystems-an …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
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Disentangling the effects of disturbance from those of dominant tall grass features in driving the functional variation of restored grassland in a Sub-Mediterranean …

A Bricca, FM Tardella, F Tolu, I Goia, A Ferrara… - Diversity, 2019 - mdpi.com
Land abandonment in sub-Mediterranean grasslands causes the spread of tall-grasses,
affecting biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Mowing allows the recovery of the …