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Regional Differences in U.S. Consumer Preferences for Native Woody Shrubs With Varying Aesthetic Characteristics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn, Ariana P. Torres, Sue Barton, Bridget K. Behe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modulating shrub-grassland proportion to improve ecosystem services and advance SDGs in the Alpine Basin of Central Asia

GIScience & Remote Sensing
Current understanding of the direct impacts of shrub encroachment on grassland ecosystem services (GESs) and their indirect effects on social, economic, and environmental sustainable development goals (SDGs) remains limited.
Jiangyue Li, Xi Chen, Philippe De Maeyer, Tim Van de Voorde, Yaoming Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the Impacts of Continuous and Rotational Grazing on Tallgrass Prairie Landscape Using High-Spatial-Resolution Imagery

Agronomy, 2019
This study evaluated the impacts of different grazing treatments (continuous (C) and rotational (R) grazing) on tallgrass prairie landscape, using high-spatial-resolution aerial imagery (1-m at RGB and near-infrared bands) of experimental C and R ...
Shengfang Ma, Yuting Zhou, Prasanna H. Gowda, Liangfu Chen, Patrick J. Starks, Jean L. Steiner, James P. S. Neel   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing vegetation structure and ANPP dynamics in a grassland–shrubland Chihuahuan ecotone using NDVI–rainfall relationships [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2015
Climate change and the widespread alteration of natural habitats are major drivers of vegetation change in drylands. In the Chihuahuan Desert, large areas of grasslands dominated by perennial grass species have transitioned over the last 150 years to ...
M. Moreno-de las Heras, R. Díaz-Sierra, L. Turnbull, J. Wainwright   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shrub encroachment and vertebrate diversity: A global meta-analysis

, 2017
Aim: Across the planet, grass-dominated biomes are experiencing shrub encroachment driven by atmospheric CO2 enrichment and land-use change. By altering resource structure and availability, shrub encroachment may have important impacts on vertebrate ...
Boone, Wesley W., Soto-Shoender, Jose, Wesley W. Boone, Richard A. Stanton, Fletcher, Robert J., Jose Soto-Shoender, Robert A. McCleery, Niels Blaum, Stanton, Richard A., McCleery, Robert A., Blaum, Niels (PD Dr.), Robert J. Fletcher   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Linking community structure and climate vulnerability in desert plant assemblages of southern California

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Desert plant assemblages in southern California provide an opportunity to link patterns of community structure with climate‐driven vulnerability in a rapidly changing environment. California sustains an exceptionally diverse flora of approximately 4300 plant species, with 31% identified as endemic.
Hector Zumbado‐Ulate, Luis E. Barrios, Danelle A. Baronia, G. Darrel Jenerette, Lynn C. Sweet   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Success of coastal sage scrub restoration is influenced by local adaptations of shrub species

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Restoring plant communities is increasingly challenging with climate change. While practitioners have traditionally used local seed sources, many are recommending assisted migration, possibly from more extreme environments such as inland rather than coastal environments, for restoration.
Moises R. Perea‐Vega, Megan E. Lulow, Julie E. Coffey, Amy K. Henry, Katharina T. Schmidt, Priscilla M. Ta, Kailen A. Mooney, Sarah Kimball   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Shelter is a Dignity’: Rental Racism, Stress and Housing (In)justice

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's private rental sector is in crisis, and culturally and racially minoritised renters face compounded harms through both covert and everyday direct forms of rental racism. Drawing on five community‐based focus groups in Melbourne (n = 37), the paper explores how racism manifests across the rental pathway and how it structures the ...
Erika Martino, Ilan Wiesel, Ang Li, Rebecca Bentley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shrub avoidance by an open-adapted ground squirrel in a shrub-encroached environment

PLOS ONE
Habitat loss and degradation are leading drivers of the widespread decline in wildlife populations, and understanding how wildlife perceive and navigate their environment is useful for predicting responses to future landscape changes. Small mammals play an important role in their environments, however, many species are threatened by rapid environmental
Alexandra D. Burnett, John L. Koprowski
openaire   +4 more sources

Shrub encroachment decreases soil inorganic carbon stocks in Mongolian grasslands

, 2019
1. Widespread shrub encroachment in global drylands may increase plant biomass and change soil organic carbon stocks of grassland ecosystems. However, the response of soil inorganic carbon (SIC), which is a major component of dryland carbon pools, to ...
Yang, Yuanhe, Zhu, Yankun, Li, He, Chen, Leiyi, Shen, Haihua, Fang, Jingyun, Zhang, Pujin, Zhou, Luhong, Hu, Huifeng, Zhao, Xia, Liu, Shangshi   +10 more
core   +1 more source