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Advancing the spring rest-grazing time until the critical period when soil thaws promotes soil recovery and bacterial diversity in alpine meadows

Ecological Indicators, 2022
The management strategy of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) alpine meadows is “conservation + use”. Scientific management of grazing and sustainable use of alpine meadows is essential for maintaining the ecological health of the region.
Yuanyuan Jing, Meimei Bai, Changlin Xu, Lin Wang, Hang Yang, Jiachang Jiang, Hui Wang, Xiaojun Yu   +7 more
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Grassland Management for Sustainable Agroecosystems

Agronomy, 2020
Knowledge on sustainable grassland management is available in the large body of literature. However, it is unclear where to look for it, and what is really relevant to the many interrelated challenges of sustainable grassland management. This special issue illustrates options to fill some of those gaps.
Gianni Bellocchi, Abad Chabbi
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Differentiating biological and chemical factors of top and deep soil carbon sequestration in semi-arid tropical Inceptisol: an outcome of structural equation modeling

Carbon Management, 2020
Though soils sequester large amounts of carbon (C), variations in physical and chemical characteristics of top and deep layers necessitate the study of factors governing topsoil and deep soil C sequestration to predict land-use changes to alleviate ...
Avijit Ghosh, Amit K. Singh, Sunil Kumar, M. C. Manna, Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Rajesh Agnihortri, Sanjay K. Singh Gahlaud, Manjanagouda S. Sannagoudar, Kamini Gautam, R. V. Kumar, Suresh K. Chaudhari   +10 more
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An Overview of Permanent Grassland Grazing Management Practices and the Impacts on Principal Soil Quality Indicators

Agronomy, 2023
Grasslands are at risk of degradation due to unsustainable management practices and climate change. Here, we review the principal soil quality indicators (SQIs) to evaluate the sustainability of different grassland management practices globally.
Filippo Milazzo, Richard M. Francksen, Mohamed Abdalla, Simone Ravetto Enri, Laura Zavattaro, Marco Pittarello, Stanislav Hejduk, Paul Newell-Price, René L. M. Schils, Pete Smith, Tom Vanwalleghem   +10 more
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Grassland management strategies influence soil C, N, and P sequestration through shifting plant community composition in a semi-arid grasslands of northern China

Ecological Indicators, 2022
Current studies regarding the effects of grassland management strategies on the soil nutrient cycle have mostly focused on soil organic carbon (SOC).
Lingling Chen, Taogetao Baoyin, Fangshan Xia   +2 more
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Analysis of the activity rhythms of the great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) and its predators and their correlations based on infrared camera technology

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020
Rodents have long plagued forestry production in China, particularly in desert areas in northwestern China, where prevention and monitoring techniques are lacking.
Xuanye Wen, Xiaotian Cheng, Yingqian Dong, Qiaoshen Wang, Xiao Lin   +4 more
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Sheepfolds induce significant increase of seasonal CO2, CH4 and N2O emissions in temperate steppes of Inner Mongolia

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
IntroductionThe changes in grassland management and grassland types are strongly linked with dynamics in soil physico-chemical properties and vegetation attributes, with important implications for carbon/nitrogen cycling and greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes ...
Xinyu Wang, Xudong Guo, Di Zhou, Hao Wang, Haoxin Li, Frank Yonghong Li   +5 more
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Nitrogen fertilizer regulates soil respiration by altering the organic carbon storage in root and topsoil in alpine meadow of the north-eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Scientific Reports, 2019
Soil respiration (Rs) plays a critical role in the global carbon (C) balance, especially in the context of globally increasing nitrogen (N) deposition. However, how N-addition influences C cycle remains unclear.
Wen Li, Jinlan Wang, Xiaolong Li, Shilin Wang, Wenhui Liu, Shangli Shi, Wenxia Cao   +6 more
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Prototype Biodiversity Digital Twin: grassland biodiversity dynamics [PDF]

Research Ideas and Outcomes
European grassland management has often favoured high production through frequent mowing and heavy fertilisation over biodiversity conservation, which is typically supported by less intensive management.
Franziska Taubert, Tuomas Rossi, Christoph Wohner, Sarah Venier, Tomáš Martinovič, Taimur Khan, Julian Gordillo, Thomas Banitz   +7 more
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Potential impacts of land‐management schedules on grassland bird nests and fledglings

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2023
Trade‐offs exist between timing of grassland habitat management activities (e.g., weed and brush control) while also ensuring other conservation objectives (e.g., grassland bird reproductive success) are met. On land set aside for grassland conservation (
Daniel M. Wolcott, James R. Herkert, Christine A. Ribic, Rosalind B. Renfrew, David W. Sample   +4 more
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