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Climate Warming Consistently Reduces Grassland Ecosystem Productivity

Earth's Future, 2021
Future climate may profoundly impact the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. However, we do not know well how the functioning of different types of grassland ecosystems is associated with variation in temperature and precipitation.
Gao‐Lin Wu, Zhen Cheng, Juha Mikael Alatalo, Jingxue Zhao, Yu Liu   +4 more
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The role of bison (Bison bison) herbivory in the function of semi-arid grasslands of Arizona. [PDF]

Ecol Appl
Abstract The American Plains Bison (Bison bison) is recognized as a grassland keystone species; however, their effect on grassland ecosystem function can vary widely among different plant communities, ranging from degradation to enhancement. Grazing dynamics, environmental conditions, and the capacity for plants to compensate for losses due to ...
Musto DT, Schoenecker KA, Knapp AK, von Fischer JC, Aldridge CL.   +4 more
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The Change in Environmental Variables Linked to Climate Change Has a Stronger Effect on Aboveground Net Primary Productivity Than Does Phenological Change in Alpine Grasslands

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
More and more studies have focused on responses of ecosystem carbon cycling to climate change and phenological change, and aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) is a primary component of global carbon cycling.
Jiangwei Wang, Jiangwei Wang, Meng Li, Chengqun Yu, Gang Fu   +4 more
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Temporal stability of grassland metacommunities is regulated more by community functional traits than species diversity

Ecosphere, 2020
Temporal stability in aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) is influenced by several attributes of plant communities. Identifying the primary regulators of stability and their roles across spatial scales is of both practical and theoretical ...
H. Wayne Polley, Chenghai Yang, Brian J. Wilsey, Philip A. Fay   +3 more
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Precipitation-use efficiency may explain net primary productivity allocation under different precipitation conditions across global grassland ecosystems

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019
Conclusions made regarding plant biomass allocation, trade-off patterns and aboveground/belowground biomass without considering the existence of perennials in grassland ecosystems are under fierce debate.
Yi Wang, Jian Sun, Miao Liu, Tao Zeng, Atsushi Tsunekawa, A. Abdalla Mubarak, Huakun Zhou   +6 more
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Effects of rainfall regime during the growing season on the annual plant communities in semiarid sandy land, northeast China

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Climate change is expected to result in more extreme rainfall regimes that are characterized by intensified rainfall events and prolonged dry intervals.
Xiangfei Yue, Tonghui Zhang, Yanqing Li
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Trends of Aboveground Net Primary Productivity of Patagonian Meadows, the Omitted Ecosystem in Desertification Studies [PDF]

, 2023
The United Nations defines desertification as the loss of productivity in arid and semiarid environments. The extended steppes of Patagonia harbor small meadows whose compounded area is comparatively small, but their aboveground net primary production ...
Curcio, M., Martinez, G. G., Oesterheld, M., Irisarri, G., Matías Curcio, Garcia Martinez, Guillermo Carlos, Guillermo García Martínez, Irisarri, Gonzalo, Irisarri, Jorge Gonzalo Nicolás, Curcio, Matías Hernán, Oesterheld, Martin, Gonzalo Irisarri, Martín Oesterheld   +12 more
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Belowground net primary productivity and biomass allocation in response to different restoration measures in a salt-alkali-degraded Songnen meadow

Ecological Indicators, 2021
The understanding of belowground productivity restoration and biomass allocation is especially important for the restoration of salt-alkali-degraded meadows.
Dongxue Tao, Taiping Chen, Yan Luo, Honghui Wu, Xinyu Wang, Jing Wang, Yingzhi Gao   +6 more
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Impact of climate change on primary production of Inner Mongolian grasslands

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020
Climate change has dramatic impacts on the aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) of grassland ecosystems. Understanding the impacts of interannual climate change on grassland ecosystems allows strategies to be developed for their sustainable ...
Rina Su, Tao Yu, Buddhi Dayananda, Rentuya Bu, Jinhua Su, Qingyun Fan   +5 more
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Modeling switchgrass aboveground net primary productivity and evapotranspiration across Michigan [PDF]

, 2015
Switchgrass has been proposed as a biofuel feedstock in the US. Studies in the past decades have shown that switchgrass is able to produce sizable biomass with varied management practices.
Liu, Lin
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