A Synthetic Review of Feedbacks and Drivers of Shrub–Grass Interaction in the Process of Grassland Shrub Encroachment [PDF]
PlantsMany grasslands around the world are affected by shrub encroachment. The essence of shrub encroachment into a grassland habitat is a change in the direction and intensity of shrub–grass interactions, which leads to an alteration in the grassland ...
Huiyang Hou
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Does shrub encroachment reduce foraging grass abundance through plant-plant competition in Lesotho mountain rangelands? [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Shrub encroachment is understood to be an important problem facing rangeland ecosystems globally. The phenomenon is still poorly understood both in regard to its impacts (e.g., on diversity, productivity, and soil properties) and its causes. We study the
Meredith Root-Bernstein, Colin Hoag
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Traditional Removal Strategies Mitigate Shrub Encroachment Driven by Canopy Competition on the Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAlpine grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau rank among Earth's ecologically critical yet vulnerable ecosystems. These ecosystems sustain pastoral livelihoods and preserve nomadic cultural traditions.
Jianping Yang +5 more
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Shrub Encroachment: A Catalyst for Enhanced Soil Nutrients Storage in the Altai Mountains [PDF]
PlantsShrub encroachment in grasslands has a major impact on soil carbon storage (SOCS) and soil total nitrogen (STNS), which affects nutrient cycling and ecosystem processes.
Xuexi Ma +8 more
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Shrub encroachment alters microbial community composition and soil carbon and nitrogen cycling functional genes in northern peatlands [PDF]
Microbiology SpectrumChanges in vegetation, such as shrub encroachment in grassland and wetland ecosystems, significantly influence soil microbial communities and biogeochemical processes.
Jie Ao +3 more
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Temperature-dependent variations in under-canopy herbaceous foliar diseases following shrub encroachment in grasslands [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsShrub encroachment into grasslands poses a global concern, impacting species biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Yet, the effect of shrub encroachment on herbaceous diseases and the dependence of that effect on climatic factors remain ambiguous. This
Yilin Dang +11 more
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Germination at Extreme Temperatures: Implications for Alpine Shrub Encroachment [PDF]
Plants, 2021 Worldwide, shrub cover is increasing across alpine and tundra landscapes in response to warming ambient temperatures and declines in snowpack. With a changing climate, shrub encroachment may rely on recruitment from seed occurring outside of the optimum ...
Susanna E. Venn +2 more
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Mechanisms, monitoring and modeling of shrub encroachment into grassland: a review
International Journal of Digital Earth, 2019 Shrub encroachment into arid and semi-arid grasslands has elicited extensive research attention worldwide under the background of climate change and increasing anthropogenic activities.
Xin Cao, Xuehong Chen, Jin Chen
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Shrub encroachment into grasslands: end of an era? [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Shifts in the abundance of grasses and woody plants in drylands have occurred several times during the Holocene. However, our understanding of the rates and dynamics of this state-change in recent decades is limited to scattered studies conducted at ...
Cho-ying Huang +3 more
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Twenty‐Two Years of Shrub Encroachment and Its Effects on Bird Communities in an African Savanna [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionOpen terrestrial ecosystems such as savannas have been experiencing marked increases in woody cover driven by shrub encroachment. Despite this widespread pattern, understanding the consequences for faunal communities remains challenging because long‐term
Muzi D. Sibiya +5 more
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