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Data on plant species foraged, foraging hours, bite rate, bite size and species DM removed per species per bite were collected in tussock grass-forb (...

It is well known that climate change alters abiotic factors (temperature and water availability) that directly affect ecosystem properties. However, l...

The functional structure of plant communities can be altered by grazing through two main mechanisms: species turnover (i.e. changes in species occurre...

During the last few years a variety of methods have been applied in Switzerland to preserve and enhance biological diversity in agricultural systems. ...

The dung seed bank (i.e. vegetation renewal) and greenhouse gas (GHG, e.g. carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O), which contribu...

The soil seed bank represents valuable rebuilding capital that may rescue an ecosystem from state transition once vegetation has crossed an apparent t...

Several recent studies have considered the relative effects of local vs. landscape factors on diversity of several animal taxa in grasslands. However,...

Reassembling ecological communities and rebuilding habitats through active restoration treatments require curating the selection of plant species to u...

Permanent grassland (PG) provides multiple ecosystem services. However, there is increasing concern regarding the decreased multifunctionality of PGs,...

In many places in Europe, trees are currently far below their theoretical altitudinal limit because of past land use. However, under the current crisi...