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Fragmentation of heather and conversion to grass under heavy grazing is a widespread phenomenon. In the British uplands it is attributed in particular...
Read moreSustainable management of rangelands will become increasingly important as the climate changes, yet rangeland dynamics are still a challenge to drylan...
Read moreA study site comprising six 2.5 ha plots of heather (Calluna vulgaris) moorland which could be viewed from afar was created in NE Scotland. Each plot ...
Read moreThe success of large-scale cattle ranching in African savanna vegetation has often been limited by problems of bush encroachment and disease (in parti...
Read moreDegradation from overgrazing of global arid rangelands is of significant concern for this widespread terrestrial ecosystem, and the people who rely on...
Read moreThe functional structure of plant communities can be altered by grazing through two main mechanisms: species turnover (i.e. changes in species occurre...
Read moreCarbon cycling in grasslands can be impacted by livestock grazing, partially as an indirect result of herbivory-induced compositional shifts in the pl...
Read moreStudies were conducted to determine which plant species are commonly dispersed by the following vectors: soil carried on motor vehicles; topsoil; suga...
Read moreEvaluation of conservation incentive programme outcomes is needed to direct future investment, however, monitoring of large-scale programmes is relati...
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...
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