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GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT AND CONVERSION INTO GRASSLAND: EFFECTS ON SOIL CARBON [PDF]

Ecological Applications, 2001
Grasslands are heavily relied upon for food and forage production. A key component for sustaining production in grassland ecosystems is the maintenance of soil organic matter (SOM), which can be strongly influenced by management. Many management techniques intended to increase forage production may potentially increase SOM, thus sequestering ...
Conant, RT, Paustian, K, Elliott, ET
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An early warning signal for grassland degradation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Nature Communications, 2023
Intense grazing may lead to grassland degradation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, but it is difficult to predict where this will occur and to quantify it.
Qiuan Zhu, Huai Chen, Changhui Peng, Jinxun Liu, S. Piao, Jin-sheng He, Shiping Wang, Xinquan Zhao, Jiang Zhang, Xiuqin Fang, Jiaxin Jin, Qi-En Yang, Liliang Ren, Yanfen Wang   +13 more
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Experimental impacts of grazing on grassland biodiversity and function are explained by aridity

Nature Communications, 2023
Grazing by domestic herbivores is the most widespread land use on the planet, and also a major global change driver in grasslands. Yet, experimental evidence on the long-term impacts of livestock grazing on biodiversity and function is largely lacking ...
Minna Zhang, M. Delgado‐Baquerizo, Guangyin Li, F. Isbell, Yue Wang, Y. Hautier, Yao Wang, Yingli Xiao, Jinting Cai, Xiaobin Pan, Ling Wang   +10 more
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Grassland ecological compensation policy in China improves grassland quality and increases herders’ income

Nature Communications, 2021
Many countries have undertaken large and high-profile payment-for-ecosystem-services (PES) programs to sustain the use of their natural resources. Nevertheless, few studies have comprehensively examined the impacts of existing PES programs.
L. Hou, Fang Xia, Qihui Chen, Jikun Huang, Yong He, Nathan Rose, S. Rozelle   +6 more
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Remote Sensing in Grassland Ecosystem Monitoring: A Systematic Review

Remote Sensing, 2022
In recent years, the application of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing in grassland ecosystem monitoring has increased, and the application directions have diversified.
X. Lyu, Xiaobing Li, Dongliang Dang, Huashun Dou, Kai Wang, Anru Lou   +5 more
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Fungal Pathogens in Grasslands [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021
Grasslands are major primary producers and function as major components of important watersheds. Although a concise definition of grasslands cannot be given using a physiognomic or structural approach, grasslands can be described as vegetation communities experiencing periodical droughts and with canopies dominated by grasses and grass-like plants ...
Anuruddha Karunarathna, Anuruddha Karunarathna, Anuruddha Karunarathna, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Chandrika Nanayakkara, Suhail Asad, Jianchu Xu, Jianchu Xu, Kevin D. Hyde, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Steven L. Stephenson, Saisamorn Lumyong, Saisamorn Lumyong, Saisamorn Lumyong, Jaturong Kumla, Jaturong Kumla   +19 more
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Morphological and productivity responses of Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) and Guinea grass (Panicum maximum) ecotypes to simulated grazing in a semi‐arid environment

Grassland Research, 2022
Background Livestock production is an economically significant activity in grassland‐based production systems with herbivory, a critical process in modifying plant structure and regulating biomass dynamics in these areas.
Bosco Kidake Kisambo, Oliver V. Wasonga, Oscar K. Koech, George N. Karuku   +3 more
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Impacts of fire suppression on above‐ground carbon stock and soil properties in Borana rangelands, southern Ethiopia

Grassland Research, 2023
Background Fire is a natural disturbance that releases carbon back into the atmosphere. Pastoralists have used fire for many thousands of years for rangeland management.
Kenea Feyisa, Sheleme Beyene, Ayana Angassa   +2 more
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A quantitative framework reveals ecological drivers of grassland microbial community assembly in response to warming

Nature Communications, 2020
Unraveling the drivers controlling community assembly is a central issue in ecology. Although it is generally accepted that selection, dispersal, diversification and drift are major community assembly processes, defining their relative importance is very
D. Ning, M. Yuan, Linwei Wu, Ya Zhang, Xue Guo, Xishu Zhou, Yunfeng Yang, A. Arkin, M. Firestone, Jizhong Zhou   +9 more
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Management of re‐established artificial grasslands via grazing or fencing: Effects on plant and soil properties

Grassland Research, 2023
Background Revegetation is widely used in degraded grassland restoration. However, the responses of grassland plant and soil properties to fencing (FC) and grazing (GZ) remain poorly understood, especially the vegetation–soil coupling coordination (Cd ...
Jing Cao, Yiping Chen, Yao Jiang, Jingshu Chen, Junhua Wu   +4 more
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