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Greenhouse gas balance in global pasturelands and rangelands

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
Grassland ecosystems play an essential role in climate regulation through carbon (C) storage in plant and soil. But, anthropogenic practices such as livestock grazing, grazing related excreta nitrogen (N) deposition, and manure/fertilizer N application ...
Shree R S Dangal, Hanqin Tian, Shufen Pan, Lei Zhang, Rongting Xu   +4 more
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Estimating vegetation cover from high-resolution satellite data to assess grassland degradation in the Georgian Caucasus [PDF]

, 2016
In the Georgian Caucasus, unregulated grazing has damaged grassland vegetation cover and caused erosion. Methods for monitoring and control of affected territories are urgently needed.
Feilhauer, Hannes, Magiera, Anja, Otte, Annette, Waldhardt, Rainer, Wiesmair, Martin   +4 more
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Effects of grazing and mowing on ground-dwelling predatory arthropods in a semi-arid grassland

Ecological Indicators
The arthropod communities are important component in grassland ecosystems and are largely affected by management. However, the information on the effects of different grassland management on ground-dwelling predatory arthropods are very limited ...
Yadong Wang, Jianwei Cheng, Siguleng Wuji, Haoxin Li, Yanan Wang, Jingpeng Guo, Xinmin Liu, Frank Yonghong Li   +7 more
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The efficiency of nitrogen and sulphur fertilization on yields and value of N:S ratio for Lolium × boucheanum

Plant, Soil and Environment, 2015
This paper deals with the efficiency of nitrogen (N) and sulphur (S) fertilization on yields and value of N:S ratio for hybrid ryegrass cultivated in monoculture and in a mix with white clover.
B. Grygierzec, L. Luty, K. Musiał
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Social Construction of Pastureland: Changing Rules and Resource-Use Rights in China and Kyrgyzstan

International Journal of the Commons, 2020
A fundamental problem in governing natural resources is how to design institutions, particularly property rights regimes, that support sustainable use and management of common property resources.
Lu Yu, Ulan Kasymov
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Don’t judge toxic weeds on whether they are native but on their ecological effects

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
The sharp rise in anthropogenic activities and climate change has caused the extensive degradation of grasslands worldwide, jeopardizing ecosystem function, and threatening human well‐being.
Zhenchao Zhang, Jian Sun, Miao Liu, Ming Xu, Yi Wang, Gao‐lin Wu, Huakun Zhou, Chongchong Ye, Dorji Tsechoe, Tianxing Wei   +9 more
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A guide to organic grassland [PDF]

, 2001
Organic farming systems in the UK are traditionally based on ley/arable crop rotations. Up to 70% of the farmed area comprises of mixed grass and legume leys. These leys offer a powerful mechanism for supplying nitrogen through their potential to harvest
Philipps, Lois
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Colchicum autumnale - Control strategies and their impact on vegetation composition of species-rich grasslands

Julius-Kühn-Archiv, 2014
The meadow saffron Colchicum autumnale occurs on agricultural land predominantly in extensively managed grassland, often underlying nature preservation regulations.
Seither, Melanie, Elsässer, Martin
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The suitability of the soils of the Netherlands for arable land and grassland [PDF]

, 1974
Stiboka ...
Vink, A.P.A., Zuilen, E.J., van
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Soil biological quality of grassland fertilized with adjusted cattle manure slurries in comparison with organic and inorganic fertilizers [PDF]

, 2009
We studied the effect of five fertilizers (including two adjusted manure slurries) and an untreated control on soil biota and explored the effect on the ecosystem services they provided.
Bloem, J., Boer, Herman, de, Brussaard, L., Eekeren, N.J.M., van, Goede, R.G.M., de, Rutgers, M., Schouten, T.   +6 more
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