Despite growing recognition of the conservation values of grassy biomes, our understanding
of how to maintain and restore biodiverse tropical grasslands (including savannas and open …

摘要从牧草生长, 种群, 群落, 土壤和生态系统5 个方面分析了放牧的作用, 机理与途径.
放牧改变牧草的物质与能量分配格局, 多途径地诱导牧草的补偿性生长, 取决于放牧制度等因素 …

The C sequestration capacity of grassland soils depends on both the net primary production
of the ecosystem that determines the C flows from atmosphere to vegetation and soil, and on …

Commercial grazing is possible over much of arid Australia due to a high density of artificial
watering points. The broadscale supplementation of drinking water has not only enhanced …

Summary 1 Government departments, environmental managers and conservationists are all
facing escalating pressure to address and resolve a diversity of invasive alien species (IAS) …

Summary 1 Management of rangelands has long operated under the paradigm of
minimizing spatially discrete disturbances, often under the objective of reducing inherent …

The over 300 million ha of public and private rangelands in the United States are
characterized by low and variable precipitation, nutrient-poor soils, and high spatial and …

to quantify ('soft'traits; Hodgson et al. 1999),(iii) using measurements that can be
standardized across a wide range of species and growing conditions (Cornelissen et al …

The Loess Plateau of China is one of the most fragile ecosystems worldwide; thus, human
production activities need to be conducted very cautiously. In this study, MiSeq high …

Grazing can have implications for ecosystem management, biodiversity conservation,
human livelihoods and global biogeochemical cycles. Grazers can either depress or …