Grassland management affects delivery of regulating and supporting ecosystem services

LE Sollenberger, MM Kohmann, JCB Dubeux Jr… - Crop …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem services (ES) are the direct and indirect contributions of ecosystems to human
well‐being. Grassland ecosystems cover> 40% of Earth's ice‐free terrestrial surface, and …

Adaptive multi-paddock grazing enhances soil carbon and nitrogen stocks and stabilization through mineral association in southeastern US grazing lands

S Mosier, S Apfelbaum, P Byck, F Calderon… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Grassland soils are a large reservoir of soil carbon (C) at risk of loss due to overgrazing in
conventional grazing systems. By promoting regenerative grazing management practices …

Potential of crop-livestock integration to enhance carbon sequestration and agroecosystem functioning in semi-arid croplands

KM Brewer, ACM Gaudin - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
While characteristics of semi-arid climates place limitations on soil organic carbon (SOC)
storage, there is opportunity and urgency for increasing the quality and long-term …

Nutrient cycling in warm‐climate grasslands

JCB Dubeux Jr, LE Sollenberger, BW Mathews… - Crop …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Nutrients cycle among pools within an ecosystem, and losses of nutrients to the environment
accompany each transfer from pool to pool. Efficient recapture of nutrients by plants is critical …

Alteration of soil organic matter pools and aggregation in semi‐arid steppe topsoils as driven by organic matter input

M Steffens, A Kölbl… - European journal of soil …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Grazing is one of the most important factors that may reduce soil organic carbon (SOC)
stocks and subsequently aggregate stability in grassland soils. The central aim of this study …

Changes in carbon and nitrogen in soil particle-size fractions along a grassland restoration chronosequence in northern China

N He, L Wu, Y Wang, X Han - Geoderma, 2009 - Elsevier
Grazing exclusion (GE) can increase the carbon (C) storage of semiarid grasslands in
China; however, little is known about the effect of long-term GE on the C storage of soil …

Short-term effects of grazing intensity and nitrogen fertilization on soil organic carbon pools under perennial grass pastures in the southeastern USA

ML Silveira, K Liu, LE Sollenberger, RF Follett… - Soil Biology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Pasture management can have important implications on the amounts and long-term
stability of soil organic carbon (SOC). We investigated the short-term impacts of grazing …

Different grazing removal exclosures effects on soil C stocks among alpine ecosystems in east Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

J Luan, L Cui, C Xiang, J Wu, H Song, Q Ma, Z Hu - Ecological Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
Grazing removal exclosure is important to restore grass in rangeland. However, little is
known about the effects of exclosure on soil organic carbon (SOC) in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau …

[PDF][PDF] Nutrient cycling in tropical pasture ecosystems

JMB Vendramini, JCB Dubeux Jr… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2014 - redalyc.org
In most forage production systems, essential nutrients required for plant growth are provided
by different pools in the ecosystem. In general, warm-climate grasslands are characterized …

Grazing changes topography-controlled topsoil properties and their interaction on different spatial scales in a semi-arid grassland of Inner Mongolia, PR China

A Kölbl, M Steffens, M Wiesmeier, C Hoffmann, R Funk… - Plant and Soil, 2011 - Springer
Semiarid steppe ecosystems account for large terrestrial areas and are considered as large
carbon (C) sinks. However, fundamental information on topsoil sensitivity to grazing is …