Grassland Ecosystem
The Shola (Tropical Montane Forest) Grassland Ecosystem Mosaic of Peninsular India: A Review
... Since Thomas and Palmer [15] have provided a compre- hensive review of current research on grasslands in the shola-grassland ecosystem mosaic, we will restrict this section to reviewing work on the shola ...
8
Nonlinear instability and sensitivity of a theoretical grassland ecosystem to finite-amplitude perturbations
... the grassland ecosystem to finite-amplitude perturbations are ...ble grassland (desert) states can be nonlinearly unstable with finite-amplitude initial perturbations, which represent the hu- man ...
15
Arbuscular mycorrhizal community composition associated with two plant species in a grassland ecosystem
... seminatural grassland ecosystems the AM fungal diversity is particularly ...a grassland ecosystem. In the Sourhope grassland ecosystem field experiment, the ...
10
Nonlinearly combined impacts of initial perturbation from human activities and parameter perturbation from climate change on the grassland ecosystem
... a grassland ecosystem using a theoretical grassland ...land ecosystem are different under disparate intensities of hu- man ...of grassland ecosystem in light of high intensity of ...
11
The 18O ecohydrology of a grassland ecosystem – predictions and observations
... of grassland, the largest terrestrial biome after for- est, are sparse ...temperate grassland ecosystem over multiple years have not been reported so ...
20
In order to explore the grassland ecosystem productivity and landscape ecological patterns of main pastoral grasslands in China, it provides a theoretical basis for the efficient implementation of ecological engineering and rational management of grassland resources in the region. This
... China's grassland ecosystem has undergone significant ...alpine grassland on the Tibetan ...of grassland dynamics to humans and climate change in these regions is important to understand ...
28
Long Term Effect of Major Disturbances on the Northern Mixed Grassland Ecosystem—A Review
... grasslands ecosystem [129], evaluating vegetation’s response to a variety of disturbances such as grazing, fire and exotic species invasion in the protected grasslands park ...on grassland study, and for ...
20
What evidence is available on the drivers of grassland ecosystem stability across a range of outcome measurements: a systematic map protocol
... the ecosystem services concept which has resulted in important advancements in biodiversity conservation across land management ...the ecosystem services approach because of its focus only on certain ...
10
A research program for and the process of building and testing grassland ecosystem models.
... Simulation Conference. Simulation Councils, Inc., La Jolla, Calif. US/IBP Grassland Biome Tech. Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins. Comprehensive network site description[r] ...
9
Nematode density and biomass in an annual grassland ecosystem.
... A preliminary study in the shrub-steppe area of south-central Washington (Smolik and Rogers 1976) revealed large numbers of soil-dwelling nematodes but no consisten[r] ...
5
Invasive Plants Rapidly Reshape Soil Properties in a Grassland Ecosystem
... To better understand how invaders reshape the belowground environment, we conducted three independent studies. First, we surveyed spatially replicated field plots to determine whether forb and grass invaders are ...
13
Net aerial primary production of an Andropogon Paspalum grassland ecosystem.
... Objectives of this research were to: (1) correlate change in selected environmental parameters with changes in net aerial primary production, and (2) express the [r] ...
6
Spatially explicit statistical modeling of random and systematic land cover transitions in the main grassland plain of Nech Sar National Park, Ethiopia
... and grassland, respectively, suggesting that woodland de- forestation that have taken place in the park created chance for regeneration of grass ...for grassland (about 89% of its total area), but the net ...
20
Impacts of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems on Conservation Policy and Practice
... overall ecosystem status, the Ecosystem Area Index is derived from trends in ecosystem area (criterion A), and the Ecosystem Health Index is derived from trends in ecological function ...
6
Habitat associations of epigeal spiders in upland calcareous grassland landscapes: the importance for conservation
... Calcareous grassland, considered among the most species rich and diverse habitats for many species groups in Europe, underwent wide scale loss and degradation following post 1950s agricultural intensification and ...
36
Spatio-temporal drivers of soil and ecosystem carbon fluxes at field scale in an upland grassland in Germany
... 640 Figure 3: Correlations between loadings and principal components based on measurements performed on sites with management strategy X Table 641 S-1, Supplementary data; after DOY 185 [r] ...
40
Gross primary production responses to warming, elevated CO2, and irrigation:quantifying the drivers of ecosystem physiology in a semiarid grassland
... Terrestrial Ecosystem Science program (#DE-SC0006973) and the Western Regional Center of the National Institute for Climatic Change Research, and by the National Science Foundation ...
43
Creating productive diverse grassland for multi-ecosystem services: an example of agri-environment schemes policies driven by science in United Kingdom
... Plant species were selected on the basis of their multifunctional characteristics including their ability to establish in fertile soils, agronomic value, potential for soil restructuring and numbers of associated insects ...
5
LITTER BIOMASS OF A GRASSLAND COMMUNITY OF RAIRANGPUR IN THE DISTRICT OF MAYURBHANJ, ODISHA
... experimental grassland community of Rairangpur in the district of Mayurbhanj, Odisha did not show similarity with other grassland communities of various ...
5
Demographic drivers of biomass carbon recovery in degraded perennial tussock grassland, with and without domestic grazing
... grazed grassland compared with exclosure plots in Yellowstone Reserve, ...short-tussock grassland in New Zealand compared with plots grazed by sheep and ...
12