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Vegetation structure and net primary production (NPP) are fundamental properties of ecosystems. Understanding how restoration practices following dist...
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 moreGreat efforts have been made to control soil erosion by restoring plant communities in degraded ecosystems world-wide. However, soil erosion has not b...
Read moreIn the context of global change, the effects of livestock grazing and nitrogen (N) deposition on ecosystem structure and function of grasslands are no...
Read morePlant species composition and species response to grazing are fundamental to the management of grazing lands. Reliable prediction of grazing responses...
Read moreThe degree to which large herbivores select and forage within recently burned areas is a key driver of vegetation heterogeneity in rangeland ecosystem...
Read moreTo test the hypothesis that ectoparasitic phytophagous nematodes are a major consumer of primary production in arid grasslands, carbofuran was applied...
Read moreTemporal changes in semi-arid ecosystems can include transitions between alternative stable states, involving thresholds and multiple domains of attra...
Read moreSoil nitrogen immobilization by carbon amendment is a management technique used for conservation purposes to increase the competitive ability of late-...
Read moreThis special section includes six papers entitled: (1) Price of prosperity: economic development and biological conservation in China; (2) Grazers on ...
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