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Shade is a team effort in a South African forest‐savanna mosaic

Journal of Ecology, Volume 114, Issue 8, August 2026.
This study examined whether individual or ecosystem‐level traits are responsible for excluding shade‐intolerant grasses in forest understorey by developing a physical model to predict shade cast by the crown of an individual tree, and the canopy of densely packed trees.
Margaret W. Simon, Madelon F. Case, A. Carla Staver   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global assessment of landscape pattern changes from 1992 to 2020. [PDF]

Landsc Ecol
Woodman TL, Alexander P, Burslem DFRP, Travis JMJ, Winkler K, Eigenbrod F.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Decadal trends in global grassland growth peaks and their drivers since the 1980s. [PDF]

Nat Commun
You C, Chen S, Tu Z, Bian C, Cui E, Huang K, Wan F, Ping J, Wei N, Xia J.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Mesoscale Covariation in the Plant–Soil Neighbourhood of a South African Montane Grassland

Austral Ecology, Volume 51, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Plant–soil relationships are the foundation of terrestrial life, sustaining global ecosystems through biomass and food production, nutrient cycling and microbial activity, and ecosystem regulation. To better understand plant–soil relationships in a changing world, we investigated mesoscale covariation in the plant–soil neighbourhood of a South
Clinton Carbutt, Alan D. Manson, Timothy G. O'Connor, Sphesihle Mkhungo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Proximity to Abandoned Livestock Corrals on Standing Grass Biomass, Grass Species Diversity, and Wildlife Use in Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Kipng'etich D, Wambugu GM, Kinyanjui M, Ng'weno C.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Centering geospatial data uncertainty and the potential for injustice in pastoralist rangeland conservation prioritization

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract Procedural, distributional, recognitional, and epistemic justice aspects of conservation interventions are well documented in contexts where pastoralism is a key livelihood and way of life. Geospatial analyses and representations of wildlife conservation and restoration that are increasingly applied in pastoralist rangeland socioecological ...
Ryan R. Unks
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling forest and rangeland ecosystem responses to drought across Hyrcanian bioclimatic zones of Iran using GLM and LAI analysis. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Bazrmanesh A, Soltani S, Esfahani MT, Jafari R.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Pollination Under Pressure: Grazing and Nutrient Enrichment Reshape Arctic Pollinator Communities and Interaction Networks

Global Change Biology, Volume 32, Issue 8, August 2026.
Grazing exclusion reshaped Arctic flower‐visitor communities, increased plant‐pollinator interactions, and altered interaction networks, while nutrient enrichment had weaker, context‐dependent effects. Together the two drivers produced both independent and interactive effects, with tundra grasslands showing the greatest sensitivity to environmental ...
Nicolina Johanson, Martin Andrzejak, Harry Olde Venterink, Luísa G. Carvalheiro, Anu Eskelinen, Risto Virtanen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Decision Support Tool Using an Open-Source Methodology for Identifying Woody Encroachment and Juniper Species Vulnerability in the Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma, USA. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Micozzi M, Baker J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Nutrient Enrichment Increases Grassland Biomass Sensitivity to Interannual Precipitation Variation

Global Change Biology, Volume 32, Issue 8, August 2026.
We used data from 35 grasslands in the Nutrient Network (NutNet) to test if NPK addition alters how plant biomass responds to year‐to‐year variation in precipitation. We found that nutrient addition increased average biomass, rain‐use efficiency, and the sensitivity of biomass to interannual variation in precipitation, but did not change the strength ...
Ingrid J. Slette, Eric W. Seabloom, Carlos Alberto Arnillas, Jonathan D. Bakker, Dana Blumenthal, Jane A. Catford, Scott L. Collins, Nico Eisenhauer, Philip A. Fay, Magda Garbowski, Sylvia Haider, W. Stanley Harpole, Kevin P. Kirkman, Johannes M. H. Knops, Kimberly J. Komatsu, Andrew D. B. Leakey, Andrew S. MacDougall, Jason P. Martina, Sally A. Power, Anita C. Risch, Christiane Roscher, Melinda D. Smith, Michelle Tedder, Elizabeth T. Borer   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source