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Moderately prolonged dry intervals between precipitation events promote production in Leymus chinensis in a semi-arid grassland of Northeast China
BackgroundClimate change is predicted to lead to changes in the amount and distribution of precipitation during the growing seasonal. This...
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Coastal and Inland Salt Grassland
Not least, climate change and the associated rise in sea level have put coastal habitats on the agenda of international environmental policy. In...
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Precipitation Drives Soil Protist Diversity and Community Structure in Dry Grasslands
Protists are essential components of soil microbial communities, mediating nutrient cycling and ecosystem functions in terrestrial ecosystems....
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Nitrogen budget and critical load determination at a Sahelian grazed grassland site
Based on rare and original in situ measurements together with published data, we estimate a complete nitrogen (N) budget for a semi-arid Sahelian...
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Stable or unstable? Landscape diversity and ecosystem stability across scales in the forest–grassland ecotone in northern China
ContextForest–grassland ecotones, the transitional zones between forests and grasslands, often harbor high levels of biodiversity. According to the...
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Soil Abiotic Properties Shape Plant Functional Diversity Across Temperate Grassland Plant Communities
There is increasing awareness that plant community functional properties can be an important driver of ecosystem functioning. However, major...
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Seed germination and seedling growth response of Leymus chinensis to the allelopathic influence of grassland plants
Allelopathy has a profound impact on the germination and growth of plants, influencing the establishment of plant populations and sha** community...
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Explorations into the Physiology and Ecology of Grassland Plants and Ecosystems: One Agronomist’s Academic Journey
This review gives an account of one agronomists’ and his teams’ contribution to the understanding of some aspects of the physiology and ecology of...
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Herbivore Dung Promotes Plant Litter Decomposition Rate in a Semi-arid Grassland Ecosystem
The decomposition of plant litter and animal dung is the key processes of nutrient cycling and has been studied in a wide range of grassland...
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Determining the role of richness and evenness in alpine grassland productivity across climatic and edaphic gradients
Spatial heterogeneity of climatic and edaphic gradients can substantially affect the grassland productivity function. However, few studies have...
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Annual methane uptake of an artificial grassland under different grazing strategies
Increased grazing has led to the degradation of natural grasslands, which can be mitigated by implementing artificial grasslands. Continuous and...
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Assessing multiple limiting factors of seasonal biomass production and N content in a grassland with a year-round production
There is little evidence on the extent that multiple factors simultaneously limit ecosystem function of grasslands with year-round production. Here...
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Multi-cutting and sheep excrement influence plant growth and soil nitrogen mineralization in sown grassland
PurposeMulti-cutting and livestock excrement application are two key agricultural practices affecting nutrient cycling in the plant-soil system of...
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Leaf quality and macrofauna are more important than the presence of trees and shrubs in riparian vegetation for leaf litter breakdown in subtropical highland grassland soil systems
Leaf litter breakdown is a critical process in ecosystems, influencing food webs and biogeochemical cycles, particularly in inorganic soils such as...
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Can we have it all? The role of grassland conservation in supporting forage production and plant diversity
ContextA key global challenge is to meet both the growing demand for food and feed while maintaining biodiversity’s supporting functions. Protected...
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Montane grassland resources drive gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) nesting behaviors in the Ebo forest, Littoral Region, Cameroon
Great apes show strong attachment to their nesting sites, which provide them with substantial survival elements. Their nesting behaviors are...
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Grassland afforestation with Eucalyptus affect Collembola communities and soil functions in southern Brazil
Afforestation of subtropical grasslands increased during the last decade and their impacts on soil biota and functions are not well known. Here we...
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Precipitation and land use alter soil respiration in an Inner Mongolian grassland
PurposeGrasslands are facing the threat of climate change and intensive land use. Soil respiration (R s ) in grassland ecosystems can be potentially...
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Use of dwarf shrubland–grassland mosaics by a nomadic predatory bird: the Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
The constituent habitat use by remotely tracked tagged Short-eared Owls Asio flammeus on moorland and other dwarf shrubland–grassland mosaics was...
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Land use intensification alters the relative contributions of plant functional diversity and soil properties on grassland productivity
Understanding the mechanisms of grassland productivity variation is critical for global carbon cycling and climate change mitigation. Heretofore, it...
