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Semi-arid rangelands, comprising more than 40% of the Earth's land surface, provide critical ecosystem services. Worldwide, these ecosystems are exper...
Read moreShrub encroachment is reducing the carrying capacity of arid grasslands in southern Africa for cattle. Although shrub-encroachment is known to occur a...
Read moreUnderstanding variability in ecosystem response to grazing is essential for improving management. Recent efforts have focused on the role of plant fun...
Read moreNet ecosystem gas exchange (NEE), a balance between gross ecosystem primary productivity (GPP) and ecosystem respiration (ER), is an important indicat...
Read moreIn recent decades, Brazil has attracted international interest both for the intensity of its land conflicts and for the extent of its land governance ...
Read moreThe long-term effects of small-scale spatial heterogeneity of livestock (cattle) grazing on vegetation dynamics were studied with a grid-based model o...
Read morePatch structural complexity affects local species richness and population densities. Anthropogenic disturbance may alter complexity and heterogeneity,...
Read more1. To explore how rangeland grazing affects native plant diversity at local and regional scales, we measured the frequency of occurrence of plant spec...
Read moreVehicle tracks were made by up to 100 motorcycle and four-wheel drive passes in the Mojave Desert of California on a Typic Haplargid and a Typic Torri...
Read moreUncovering the plant-soil feedback mechanisms underlying the assembly of belowground microbial communities is essential for terrestrial biodiversity c...
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