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- Library Collection RecordIncreasing plant species diversity in grasslands may improve productivity and stability of yields. In a field experiment, we investigated the herbage dry-matter (DM) yield and crude protein content…Publication Date 2014
- plant production
- grasslands
- Dry Matter Yield
- legumes
- management
- fertiliser
- soil fertility
- multispecies mixtures
- cutting
- grazing
- grass-clover
- Trifolium pratense
- Trifolium repens
- Jutland
- Denmark
- Library Collection RecordDespite a good understanding on how dispersal in space structures plant communities in fragmented landscapes, we know little about dispersal in time. Empirical evidence on temporal dispersal - the…Publication Date 2013
- grasslands
- seed banks
- soils
- ecosystem ecology
- biodiversity
- Diversity partitioning
- Historical ecology
- seed bank
- Semi-natural grassland
- species diversity
- Storage effect
- Lake Mälaren
- central Sweden
- Library Collection Record1. Life table response experiment (LTRE) analyses have been widely used to examine the sources of differences in the long-term deterministic growth rate (r = log ?) of stage-structured populations…Publication Date 2010
- Anthyllis vulneraria
- climate change
- life table response experiment (LTRE)
- population growth
- stochastic elasticities
- vegetation dynamics
- fertility
- plant production
- soil depth
- grasslands
- Library Collection Record1. Models of local stable coexistence require negative feedbacks, i.e. intraspecific interactions must be more negative than interspecific interactions. However, most competition experiments, often…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- community ecology
- seeds
- ecosystem ecology
- Coexistence
- competition
- competitive hierarchy
- facilitation
- germination
- intraspecific vs. interspecific interactions
- plant-soil feedbacks
- Michigan
- USA
- Library Collection RecordMany exotic species have been introduced or have escaped into grasslands where they form "novel ecosystems" of species with no evolutionary history of interaction. Novel ecosystems are…Publication Date 2011
- novel ecosystems
- Alien invasive species
- phenology
- niche partitioning
- Equalizing and stabilizing effects
- plant diversity
- tallgrass prairie
- altered precipitation
- global change
- Eragrostis curvula
- Panicum coloratum
- Sorghum halapense
- Sporobolus compositus
- Panicum virgatum
- Sorghastrum nutans
- grasslands
- restoration ecology
- ecosystem ecology
- species diversity
- rainfall
- Texas
- USA
- Library Collection RecordBackground: The invasion by Pinus elliottii is one of the most serious threats to the remaining native cerrado vegetation in São Paulo State, Brazil, causing biodiversity losses yet to be evaluated…Publication Date 2011
- plant ecology
- Alien invasive species
- grasslands
- biodiversity
- degradation
- ecosystem ecology
- savannah
- Brazil
- South America
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding changes in biodiversity in agricultural landscapes in relation to land-use type and intensity is a major issue in current ecological research. In this context nutrient enrichment has…Publication Date 2011
- Biodiversity exploratories
- fertilization
- grazing
- land use
- mowing
- nitrogen
- nutrient limitation
- phosphorus
- productivity
- agriculture
- pastures
- grasslands
- plant production
- soil nutrients
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordAgricultural intensification negatively affects farmland biodiversity, and thereby, ecosystem services such as predation of weed seeds. Landscape complexity (large and diverse areas of semi-natural…Publication Date 2011
- Carabids
- ecosystem services
- plant-animal interactions
- Post-dispersal seed predation
- Slugs
- small mammals
- commercial agriculture
- seeds
- biodiversity
- invertebrates
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordGrazing lands in warm-temperate and subtropical North America have become less diverse. Pastures are typically grass monocultures, while rangelands are generally managed for the grass components.…Publication Date 2011
- grazing
- forage quality
- grasslands
- pastures
- rangelands
- restoration ecology
- warm-season legumes
- pasture diversity
- North America
- Library Collection RecordQuestion: Can managing disturbance regimes alone or in combination with seeding native species serve to shift the balance from exotic towards native species? Location: Central coast of California,…Publication Date 2011
- clipping
- Coastal Prairie
- Danthonia californica
- exotic species
- grazing
- mowing
- Plant guilds
- grasslands
- disturbance
- restoration ecology
- releves
- California
- USA
- Library Collection RecordLarge-scale (circa 500 ha) restoration of species-rich dry grasslands was conducted using a high-diversity regional seed mixture in the White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area and Biosphere…Publication Date 2013
- grassland restoration
- regional seed mixture
- species diversity
- target species
- vegetation
- restoration ecology
- grasslands
- seeds
- vegetation dynamics
- mowing
- White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area and Biosphere Reserve
- Czech Republic
- Central Europe
- Library Collection RecordOver the past two decades, the issue of rural women in developing countries has evolved from relative obscurity to a primary concern among the growing community of researchers and policy makers who…Publication Date 2011
- Socio- economic factors
- women participation
- productive projects
- rural women
- Poverty
- Iran
- economics
- livestock
- Iran
- Library Collection RecordSavannas are ecosystems characterized by the coexistence of woody species (trees and bushes) and grasses. Given that savanna characteristics are mainly formed from competition, herbivory, fire,…Publication Date 2009
- Spatially explicit
- soil moisture
- Cyclical transition
- Arid
- Mesic
- spatial autocorrelation
- shrub invasion
- Vegetation cycles
- Tree
- Bush
- grasslands
- savanna
- modelling
- vegetation dynamics
- animal impact
- fire ecology
- Soil Condition
- rainfall
- Library Collection RecordDespite the widespread recognition that disturbance by livestock affects multiple indices of landscape health, few studies have examined their effects on both biotic and abiotic processes. We…Publication Date 2011
- disturbance
- grazing gradient
- landscape function
- overgrazing
- plant diversity
- reptiles
- grazing
- livestock
- soils
- ecosystem ecology
- rangelands
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordBackground: Plants occupying wide altitudinal gradients may be adapted to their altitude of origin. Upward expansion of lowland populations in response to climate change might therefore facilitate…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- temperature
- grasslands
- altitude
- global warming
- Library Collection RecordArbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have numerous effects on temperate grassland ecosystems, but prairie restorations are frequently located in sites with depauperate AMF communities. In this…Publication Date 2013
- arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- dark septate endophytes
- little bluestem
- sand prairie
- smooth brome
- restoration ecology
- soils
- fungi
- grasslands
- land use
- La Crosse
- Wisconsin
- USA
- Library Collection RecordQuestion How is the magnitude and seasonality of carbon uptake affected by the replacement of native grasslands by eucalyptus plantations? Location RÃo de la Plata Grasslands in Argentina and…Publication Date 2013
- ANPP
- land-use change
- MODIS
- NDVI
- RÃo de la Plata Grasslands
- tree plantations
- grasslands
- restoration ecology
- carbon sequestration
- rainfall
- plant production
- land use
- global warming
- management
- Argentina
- Uruguay
- Library Collection RecordBackground: In European mountains, where semi-natural grasslands have high cultural and nature conservation value, land-use legacies from past ploughing are associated with distinct floristic…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- conservation ecology
- disturbance
- vegetation dynamics
- species richness
- pasture management
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordThe success of ecological restoration is often judged by the number and abundance of species, especially rare ones that have established since restoration. However, the effects of habitat improvement…Publication Date 2013
- assignment tests
- dispersal
- first-generation migrants
- habitat fragmentation
- Lychnis flos-cuculi
- pollen flow
- restoration ecology
- biodiversity
- grasslands
- molecular genetics
- Switzerland
- Library Collection RecordQuestions What are the main drivers of variation in beta-diversity for Bromus erectus semi-natural dry grasslands of habitat 6210(*) at different scales? How should environmental variables and…Publication Date 2013
- biogeography
- Calcareous dry grasslands
- Conservation prioritization
- Habitat 6210(*)
- Habitats Directive
- Multiple regression on distance matrices
- Variation partitioning
- grasslands
- species diversity
- rainfall
- ecosystem ecology
- management
- Central Italy
- Library Collection RecordEnvironmental stress is the main cause of the decline of species diversity in low-productive fen meadows in the Netherlands. Attempts to restore species diverse fen meadows e.g. by sod cutting…Publication Date 2013
- fen meadows
- N-immobilization
- N-mineralization
- Soil acidification
- species diversity
- grasslands
- restoration ecology
- degradation
- soil nutrients
- Netherlands
- Library Collection Record1. Variation in species pools can affect plant diversity, but it remains unclear whether the magnitude of the response varies because of resource availability, community invasibility or other…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- species richness
- seeds
- water use
- Plant Productivity
- colonization
- diversity
- productivity
- seed addition
- species sorting
- species traits
- Michigan
- USA
- Library Collection RecordNon-native plant species often colonize retired agricultural lands, creating monocultures with low species diversity that provide poor wildlife habitat. We assessed whether sowing a mix of 29 locally…Publication Date 2013
- Bermudagrass
- habitat
- native plants
- old world bluestems
- post agricultural
- sowing
- species diversity
- restoration ecology
- seeds
- alien invasive plants
- grasslands
- Lower Rio Grande Valley
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordMany mechanisms have been suggested to explain the coexistence of woody species and grasses in savannas. However, evidence from field studies and simulation models has been mixed. Patch dynamics is a…Publication Date 2009
- Cyclical succession
- Spatiotemporal scales
- competition
- simulation models
- shrub encroachment
- Mosaic cycles
- Woody Species
- shrubs
- grasses
- savanna
- grasslands
- vegetation dynamics
- ecology
- modelling
- rainfall
- Library Collection RecordGrassland biomass is suitable in numerous ways for producing energy. It is well established as feedstock for biogas production. The aim of this review is to summarize current knowledge on suitability…Publication Date 2009
- grasslands
- bioenergy
- Anaerobic digestion
- Biogas
- management
- greenhouse gases
- Economic Aspects
- climate change
- Germany
- Austria
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordChanges in livestock production systems have led to land-use changes and abandonment, especially of semi-natural grassland in agriculturally less favoured regions. The generation of energy from…Publication Date 2014
- species richness
- plant functional groups
- digestibility
- diversity
- bioenergy
- Fibre
- functional groups
- Methane
- grasslands
- Thuringia
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordQuestions Intensification of livestock production has led to the increasing input of agrochemicals, mostly herbicides, in natural and semi-natural grasslands. Glyphosate application shifts vegetation…Publication Date 2013
- conservation
- disturbance
- diversity
- Flooding Pampa grassland
- Floristic Composition
- Herbicide
- livestock
- grasslands
- herbicides
- glyphosphate
- seed banks
- biodiversity
- Argentina
- Library Collection RecordQuestions: Can prescribed fire restore C4 perennial grasses in grassland ecosystems that have become dominated by fire-resistant C3 shrubs (Prosopis glandulosa) and C3 grasses? Do fires in different…Publication Date 2010
- burning
- fire ecology
- Herbaceous composition
- mesquite
- prescribed fires
- savanna
- species diversity
- woody plant
- restoration ecology
- fire ecology
- management
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- C4 grasses
- Texas
- USA
- Library Collection Record1. Recent theoretical studies suggest that the stability of ecosystem processes is not governed by diversity per se, but by multitrophic interactions in complex communities. However, experimental…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- plant production
- invertebrates
- above- and below-ground interrelationships
- biodiversity loss
- biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship
- earthworms
- herbivore insects
- Jena Experiment
- plant-soil (below-ground) interactions
- variability
- Thuringia
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordRestoration priorities are typically established without quantitative information on how to overcome the thresholds that preclude successful restoration of desirable ecosystem properties and services…Publication Date 2013
- fire intensity
- fire physics
- fire trap
- grassland
- juniper
- positive feedback
- regime shifts
- resilience
- restoration ecology
- state and transition model
- restoration ecology
- fire ecology
- modelling
- management
- indigenous encroaching species
- grasslands
- United States
- Library Collection RecordQuestion Diversification of grassland management is recommended as a tool for conservation of different taxonomic groups living in those habitats. How resistant and resilient are species-rich…Publication Date 2013
- Abandonment
- BÃlé Karpaty Mts
- Bromus erectus
- Calamagrostis epigejos
- Molinia arundinacea
- mowing
- plant cover
- species richness
- Wooded grasslands
- management
- grasslands
- mowing
- restoration ecology
- Phytosociology
- species richness
- Czech Republic
- Library Collection RecordQuestion Does a reduction in size class of soil biota aggravate the impacts of soil compaction on plant communities? Location Controlled mesocosm study with a European ruderal plant community exposed…Publication Date 2013
- arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- global change
- invasive plant
- nematodes
- Plant functional group
- stress
- soils
- management
- restoration ecology
- grasslands
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordThe impact of soil erosion on the nutrient dynamics in alpine grassland soils is still an essential problem. Selecting a grass-covered hillslope in eastern Tibet Plateau, the cesium-137 (137Cs)…Publication Date 2013
- soils
- erosion
- organic carbon
- grasslands
- soil nutirents
- ecosystem ecology
- nutrient dynamics
- Tibet
- Library Collection Record1.?The occurrence and intensity of climate extremes, such as extremely warm years, are expected to continue to increase with increasing tropospheric radiative forcing caused by anthropogenic…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- prairie
- climate change
- global wrming
- greenhouse gases
- plant production
- species richness
- ecosystem ecology
- C4 grasses
- -ground net primary productivity - ANPP
- anomalously warm year
- EcoCELL whole-ecosystem controlled-environment gas exchange facility
- grassland ecosystem
- interannual climate variability
- lagged responses
- plant biodiversity
- Plant functional group
- plant species diversity
- plant-climate interactions
- Oklahoma
- USA
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to clarify whether the changes in percent cover of plant functional types (i.e., life forms and growth forms) along a grazing gradient reflect the livestock number,…Publication Date 2009
- grazing intensity
- plant functional type
- rangeland ecology
- semi-arid
- grazing
- livestock
- management
- sheep
- grasslands
- plant anatomy
- plant autecology
- vegetation dynamics
- Mongolia
- China
- Library Collection Record1. Studying the effects of climate or weather extremes such as drought and heat waves on biodiversity and ecosystem functions is one of the most important facets of climate change research. In…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- drought
- biodiversity
- Ecosystem function
- primary production
- grasslands
- biodiversity
- plant physiology
- soil micro-organisms
- below-ground
- competition
- Decomposition
- invasion
- leaf chemistry
- microbial
- phenology
- plant-climate interactions
- precipitation change
- productivity
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordThe objectives of this study were to clarify the effect of chemical fertilizer and manure application on methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from intensively managed grassland on Andosols…Publication Date 2013
- fertilizer
- grasslands
- Methane
- greenhouse gases
- nitrous oxide
- agriculture
- manure
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The advance of exotic tree and shrub species is one of the main threats to conservation of the last relicts of natural grassland in South America; however, control actions in the region are…Publication Date 2009
- control
- Invasive alien species
- Pinus halepensis
- restoration
- grasslands
- South American
- Library Collection RecordAlthough plant litter identity has long been recognized as one of the important drivers of terrestrial ecosystem processes, our understanding on this issue is limited. We incubated leaf litter of…Publication Date 2011
- ecosystem ecology
- soils
- grasslands
- Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis
- litter decomposition
- phospholipid fatty acid
- soil bacteria
- soil fungi
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordDespite their low relative abundance, subordinate plant species may have larger impacts on ecosystem functioning than expected, but their role in plant communities remains poorly understood. The aim…Publication Date 2013
- arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- bacteria
- biomass production
- litter decomposition
- plant-soil feedbacks
- soil respiration
- ecosystem ecology
- grasslands
- species diversity
- soils
- invertebrates
- Jura Mountains
- Switzerland
- Library Collection Record1. Understanding the processes by which species sort themselves into communities remains a central puzzle for attempts to maintain biodiversity. It remains unclear whether any single assembly process…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- plant production
- ecosystem ecology
- disturbance
- Coexistence
- Complementarity
- fertilization
- functional trait
- Meadow
- mowing
- null model
- plant population and community dynamics
- productivity
- removal
- South Bohemia
- Czech Republic
- Library Collection RecordThe soil moisture regime may affect dormancy of seeds and their sensitivity to signals that promote germination. We studied the effect of moisture regime on the sensitivity to light of dormant Bromus…Publication Date 2009
- seeds
- germination
- plant autecology
- grasslands
- soil moisture
- Library Collection RecordAllelopathy has traditionally been viewed as a phytotoxic disruption of recipient plant metabolism, and allelopathic effects are generally strongest on species lacking historic exposure to particular…Publication Date 2014
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- allelopathy
- autotoxicity
- Centaurea maculosa
- competition avoidance strategy
- historic interactions
- intraspecific recognition
- novel weapons hypothesis
- plant population and community dynamics
- spatiotemporal biodiversity
- sympatric species recognition
- germination
- United States
- Argentina
- Library Collection RecordFifteen native and common exotic herbaceous species from four functional groups (C4 grass, C3 grass, chamaephyte and hemicryptophyte) occurring within remnant and revegetated grassland and grassy…Publication Date 2014
- arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- ecological restoration
- grasslands
- grassy woodlands
- revegetation
- restoration ecology
- seeds
- Victoria
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordGrazing with livestock is a common feature of nature and rangeland management. Although both aim at different, seemingly opposing goals, i.e. maintenance of biodiversity values versus maximization of…Publication Date 2010
- grazing capacity
- model
- Nature conservation management
- forage
- livestock
- forage quality
- conservation
- management
- biodiversity
- animal production
- grazing
- grasslands
- soils
- erosion
- animal nutrition
- Forage Quantity
- modelling
- Library Collection RecordThe exclusion of regular fire and the introduction of livestock grazing have altered native grassland composition on Victoria's volcanic plains, commonly resulting in spear-grass and wallaby-…Publication Date 2014
- natural temperate grassland of the Victorian volcanic plains
- stable states
- transition
- fire ecology
- restoration ecology
- grazing
- grasslands
- indigenous encroaching species
- Victoria
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAccurate descriptions of developmental stages in perennial forage grasses are important for management decisions during the growing season. It would be advantageous to have a scale and index…Publication Date 2011
- management
- commercial agriculture
- fodder quality
- grasslands
- pastures
- Phenological Development
- perennial forage grasses
- Timothy
- meadow fescue
- maturity
- decimal code
- phasic development
- morphology
- forage quality
- whole crop cereals
- Sweden
- Library Collection RecordQuestions What is the best way to identify plant indicators for monitoring the responses of semi-natural grassland communities to various management practices (i.e. burning, burning and mowing,…Publication Date 2013
- burning
- Dispersal mode
- disturbance
- Flowering season
- Functional composition
- grazing
- Indicator species analysis
- mowing
- Non-metric multidimensional scaling
- plant functional groups
- plant height
- moonitoring
- management
- grasslands
- fire ecology
- plant production
- Mt. Aso
- Kumamoto Prefecture
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Whether or not niche conservatism is common is widely debated. Despite this uncertainty, closely related species are often assumed to be ecologically similar. This principle has led to the…Publication Date 2013
- Phylogenetic community ecology
- phylogenetic signal
- Phylogenetic niche conservatism
- Belowground ecology
- grazing
- mycorrhizae
- conservation
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- soils
- Kinsella
- Alberta
- Canada
- Library Collection RecordHerbicides have been applied extensively on rangelands to reduce forbs that were considered undesirable, which has been assumed to lead to an increase in grass production and ultimately to an…Publication Date 2009
- biodiversity
- conservation
- average daily gain
- Cattle Performance
- Great Plains
- competition
- invasive species
- mixed prairie
- plant species composition
- vegetation dynamics
- weed control
- Weeds
- herbicides
- grasslands
- plant production
- animal production
- Oklahoma
- USA