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- Library Collection RecordChilean needle grass [Nassella neesiana (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth; CNG] is a perennial spear grass that has invaded pastures in south-eastern Australia and can lead to a substantial reduction of…Publication Date 2014
- management
- grazing
- sheep
- grazing management
- pasture management
- sheep
- Weeds
- Alien invasive species
- grasslands
- animal production
- Herbicide
- soils
- seeds
- Austrailia
- Library Collection RecordMutualism between plants and animals demonstrates that grazing has positive impacts on plant growth. Animal saliva plays an important role in plant–herbivore interactions, and various salivary…Publication Date 2014
- grazing
- management
- plant removal
- plant-herbivore interactions
- compensation
- Leymus chinensis
- sheep
- epidermal growth factor
- thiamine
- late-growing season
- China
- Library Collection RecordThe interaction, both above and belowground, between tree saplings and the surrounding grass sward is dependent on solar radiation, temperature, rainfall, soil depth, tree species and sward…Publication Date 2014
- vegetation dynamics
- encroachment
- management
- Aboveground competition
- belowground competition
- Bush encroachment
- savanna
- soil depth
- Ukulinga Research Farm
- Pietermaritzburg
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordNon-native species with growth forms that are different from the native flora may alter the physical structure of the area they invade, thereby changing the resources available to resident species.…Publication Date 2014
- grassland
- Alien invasive species
- vegetation dynamics
- California grassland
- community-weighted trait mean
- functional traits
- leaf litter
- non-native species impact
- physical structure
- thatch
- California
- Library Collection RecordQuestions Does epizoochorous dispersal via sheep lead to the establishment of populations of sandy grassland species on newly created, managed restoration sites on sandy bare soil? Do epizoochorously…Publication Date 2014
- Festuco-Brometea
- Functional connectivity
- habitat fragmentation
- Koelerio-Corynephoretea
- Post-dispersal fate
- seed dispersal
- seed rain
- sheep grazing
- Spatial Analysis by Distance Indices (SADIE)
- soil seed bank
- seed bank
- sheep
- grazing
- releves
- restoration ecology
- grassland
- Upper Rhine Valley
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of correcting indigestible neutral detergent fibre (iNDF) for the loss of lignin in predictions of silage organic matter digestibility (OMD).…Publication Date 2014
- silage
- plant nutritive value
- forage quality
- cattle
- sheep
- management
- faecal samples
- grass
- indigestible neutral detergent fibre
- in vivo digestibility
- lignin
- red clover
- Jokioinen
- Finland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Long-term palaeoecological records are needed to test ecological hypotheses involving time, as short-term observations are of insufficient duration to capture natural variability. In this…Publication Date 2013
- Long-term ecology
- Non-analogue communities
- community stability
- Climate–vegetation disequilibrium
- Origin of biodiversity
- biodiversity conservation
- palaeobotany
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- climate change
- human impact
- conservation
- fire
- pollen
- Venezuelan Gran Sabana region
- northern South America
- Library Collection RecordVariation in functional community composition is expected to influence the extent of exotic species invasions. Yet, whether resident functional groups control invasion through their relative biomass…Publication Date 2013
- biodiversity
- biotic resistance
- invasion ecology
- mass ratio hypothesis
- phenological niches
- rank abundance
- removal experiment
- subadditive effect
- grasslands
- Alien invasive species
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- management
- Flooding Pampa grassland
- Argentina
- 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 RecordPlant-soil feedbacks is becoming an important concept for explaining vegetation dynamics, the invasiveness of introduced exotic species in new habitats and how terrestrial ecosystems respond to…Publication Date 2013
- vegetation dynamics
- plant-soil interactions
- Alien invasive species
- community dynamics
- succesion
- climate change
- biodiversity
- restoration
- ecosystem services
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- Library Collection RecordNon-random spatial patterns are a common feature of plant communities. However, the mechanisms leading to their formation remain unknown. The clonal dispersal ability of a species, that is, the…Publication Date 2013
- clonal plants
- competitive neighbourhood characteristics
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- O-ring statistics
- phalanx vs. guerilla strategy
- spatial structure
- species interaction
- grassland
- vegetation dynamics
- ecosystem ecology
- France
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Several multi-year biodiversity experiments have shown positive species richness-productivity relationships which strengthen over time, but the mechanisms which control productivity are not…Publication Date 2013
- biomass production
- Community mean traits
- environmental filtering
- functional diversity
- niche differentiation
- Species identity
- biodiversity
- grasslands
- community analysis
- vegetation dynamics
- species richness
- plant production
- ecosystem ecology
- Thuringia
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Woody plant encroachment is a common consequence of disturbance in savannas. Grazers and browsers interfere with sapling establishment dynamics by direct consumption of plant tissue,…Publication Date 2013
- Acacia
- browsing
- grazing
- mesic savanna
- tree sapling biomass
- woody plant encroachment
- indigenous encroaching species
- savanna
- soil nutrients
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordRecent interest in the importance of short-term, transient responses in population dynamics has prompted the development of many new methods for describing transient responses in population models.…Publication Date 2013
- amplification
- attenuation
- matrix population models
- plant population and community dynamics
- transient bounds
- vegetation dynamics
- community analysis
- Phytosociology
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding the variation in hereditary symbiont frequency among host populations is a prerequisite to predict symbiont fixation processes. However, the mechanisms driving this variation remain…Publication Date 2013
- environmental heterogeneity
- Epichloë festucae
- fitness differential
- mutualism
- plant population and community dynamics
- symbiont fixation
- vertical transmission
- vegetation dynamics
- grassland
- ecosystem ecology
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordHerbivores influence the structure and composition of terrestrial plant communities. However, responses of plant communities to herbivory are variable and depend on environmental conditions,…Publication Date 2013
- abiotic gradients
- community structure
- exclosure experiment
- herbivory
- livestock-wildlife interactions
- plant species richness
- plant-herbivore interactions
- wildlife decline
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- soils
- rainfall
- biodiversity
- East Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe outcome of plant-plant interactions depends on environmental (e.g. grazing and climatic conditions) and species-specific attributes (e.g. life strategy and dispersal mode of the species involved…Publication Date 2012
- competition
- diversity
- facilitation
- Open woodland
- Stress-gradient hypothesis
- species richness
- drylands
- grazing
- rainfall
- Species Specificity
- community analysis
- vegetation dynamics
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThresholds and transitions between vegetation states are accepted components of models of rangeland dynamics. By definition, transitions represent changes from one state to another that are enduring…Publication Date 2012
- alternative states
- range monitoring
- state and transition
- vegetation dynamics
- rangelands
- management
- grasslands
- policies
- Library Collection RecordQuestions How does horse or sheep grazing affect species richness, diversity and functional composition of plant communities in sub-Mediterranean grasslands? What are the implications of grazing…Publication Date 2012
- Dominant species control
- Functional plant traits
- Grazing avoidance
- grazing management
- grazing tolerance
- Plant diversity conservation
- grazing
- sheep
- horses
- grasslands
- management
- species richness
- diversity
- Italy
- Library Collection RecordTo gain insight into the ecological processes driving community reassembly in disturbed ecosystems, we assessed the phylogenetic dispersion of early- and late-successional tree species occurring in…Publication Date 2012
- community assembly
- Costa Rica
- life-history stages of plants
- mortality
- phylogenetic structure
- recruitment
- succession
- vegetation dynamics
- Costa Rica
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of exotic species invasions on biodiversity vary with spatial scale, and documentation of local-scale changes in biodiversity following invasion is generally lacking. Coupling long-term…Publication Date 2012
- grasslands
- community assembly
- competition
- exotic species
- invasion
- livestock grazing
- propagule limitation
- recruitment limitation
- Alien invasive species
- biodiversity
- community ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- monitoring
- California
- USA
- 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 RecordAbstract Protected areas such as national parks are often assumed to be the best way to conserve plant diversity and maintain ecosystem composition and structure. To evaluate this assertion, we…Publication Date 2011
- conservation
- management
- restoration ecology
- management
- grasslands
- data analysis
- biodiversity
- land use
- vegetation dynamics
- grazing
- species richness
- national parks
- Tunisia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordQuestions: Does vegetation structure display any stability over the grazing season and in two successive years, and is there any correlation between the stability of these spatial patterns and local…Publication Date 2011
- Boolean process
- cattle
- functional diversity
- patch stability
- Semi-variograms
- Spatially explicit model
- stocking rate
- grazing
- cattle
- grassland
- modelling
- releves
- vegetation dynamics
- management
- Massif Central
- France
- Library Collection RecordPlant secondary compounds (PSC) are increasingly recognized as important in animal health, welfare and nutrition, yet little is known about possible complementarities among forages that contain PSC.…Publication Date 2011
- sheep
- forage quality
- diet selection
- plant secondary compounds
- diverse diets
- plant diversity
- Forages
- Lewiston
- Utah
- USA
- Library Collection RecordSeasonal dynamics in the vegetation and rumen microbial nitrogen (MBN) production and nutritional status of grazing sheep were investigated in a semiarid rangeland in eastern Rajasthan, India, to…Publication Date 2011
- rangeland
- vegetation dynamics
- grazing
- management
- resource
- nutrition
- Semiarid rangeland
- sheep
- weather discomforts
- Rajasthan
- India
- Library Collection RecordThis study investigated the long-term effects on sward composition and animal performance of applying different fertilizer regimes to upland permanent pasture. The experiment, which was carried out…Publication Date 2011
- pasture
- management
- grazing
- animal production
- fertilizer
- Extensification
- sheep
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- liveweight gain
- Wales
- Great Britain
- Library Collection RecordWe review the relevance and use of stable isotopes for the study of plant community succession. Stable isotope measurements provide information on the origin of resources acquired by plants, the…Publication Date 2011
- ecosystem ecology
- plant community
- succession
- isotypes
- soil nutrients
- soil organic matter
- vegetation dynamics
- biodiversity
- species richness
- fire ecology
- Library Collection RecordBackground: The presence of plants is crucial in securing steep slopes against soil erosion. Inappropriate land use in mountains often leads to vegetation loss and thus soil degradation. Aims: Here…Publication Date 2011
- soil erosion
- restoration ecology
- degradation
- vegetation dynamics
- species diversity
- drought
- keystone species
- Georgia
- USA
- Library Collection RecordOvergrazing and mismanagement of rangelands, climate change, drought and [`]salinisation of lands are threatening the sustainability of production systems and the fertility of cropping lands…Publication Date 2010
- Atriplex nummularia L.
- Fodder potential
- sheep
- goats
- Australia
- West Asia
- North Africa
- Library Collection Record1. Projection matrices have become the dominant modelling approach in plant demography because they (i) are relatively easy to formulate, (ii) compile complex data in a structured and analytically…Publication Date 2010
- vegetation dynamics
- modelling
- demographic buffering
- integral projection model
- plant demography
- population dynamics
- projection matrix
- stochastic elasticity
- stochastic life table response experiment (SLTRE)
- transient dynamics
- 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. Climate change will cause changes in average temperature and precipitation as well as increased fluctuations around the mean, yet few studies have considered the impacts of altered climate…Publication Date 2010
- vegetation dynamics
- temperature
- rainfall
- vegetation dynamics
- ecosystem ecology
- climate change
- elasticity
- Life History
- matrix models
- mixed-grass prairie
- short-lived perennial
- stochastic demography
- Kansas
- USA
- Library Collection RecordMany researchers have used time-series analysis of remotely sensed images to gain understanding of the dynamics of loss of vegetation cover in drylands. However, complex interactions between…Publication Date 2010
- Loss of vegetation
- Mixed-effects
- NDVI
- remote sensing
- modelling
- NDVI values
- vegetation dynamics
- climate
- rainfall
- soils
- land use
- Somalia
- Ethiopia
- Africa
- Library Collection Record1. We discuss a simple implicit-space model for the competition of trees and grasses in an idealized savanna environment. The model represents patch occupancy dynamics within the habitat and…Publication Date 2010
- modelling
- grasses
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- demographic structure
- fire
- multiple stable states
- savanna
- stable and unstable species coexistence
- stochastic disturbance
- tree seedlings
- Library Collection Record1. Up to 73% of the world s rangelands are degraded, and increasing demand for meat in developing countries and a growing human population are likely to exert even greater pressures on rangelands in…Publication Date 2010
- restoration ecology
- stocking rates
- grazing
- rangelands
- rainfall
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- South Africa
- Library Collection Record1. The coexistence of leguminous trees and C4 grasses in many African savannas forces competition between these two distinct plant life-forms. The nature of tree - grass coexistence and the…Publication Date 2010
- vegetation dynamics
- soil nitrogen
- fertilizer
- C4 grasses
- African Acacia
- competition
- grass
- nitrogen fixation
- nodule
- Phosphate
- savanna
- Africa
- Library Collection Record1. Grazing lawns are short grassland areas where intense grazing maintains grass in an early growth stage. These areas represent a source of high-quality forage for herbivores. However, as herbivores…Publication Date 2010
- grazing
- grasslands
- management
- plant production
- savanna
- vegetation dynamics
- climatic variability
- continuous stocking
- grazing systems
- intensively managed grasslands
- large herbivores
- primary production
- rainfall
- white rhino
- South Africa
- Library Collection Record1. Through their effects on plant communities, herbivores can exert strong direct and indirect effects on savanna ecosystems and have the potential to create and maintain savanna landscape…Publication Date 2010
- grazing
- savanna
- herbivores
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- cattle
- game
- cattle - wildlife interactions
- ecological legacies
- facilitation
- foraging behaviour
- landscape heterogeneity
- pastoralism
- plant - herbivore interactions
- rangeland
- succession
- Africa
- Library Collection Record1. Chronosequences and associated space-for-time substitutions are an important and often necessary tool for studying temporal dynamics of plant communities and soil development across multiple time-…Publication Date 2010
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- soils
- biodiversity
- species richness
- chronosequences
- disturbance
- plant communities
- retrogression
- soil biological communities
- Soil Development
- succession
- temporal change
- Library Collection RecordFour plant functional types (PFTs) were used to compare the vegetation structure of an alien-invaded Acacia nilotica savanna with one of negligible invasions. Heights, canopy covers and species…Publication Date 2010
- alien plants
- canopy cover
- composition
- physiognomy
- plant functional types
- plant height
- species richness
- savanna
- Alien invasive species
- vegetation dynamics
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordCommunal rangelands have a wide range of vegetation communities that sustain livestock. Limited information exists on forage availability and quality in communal areas and how it influences Nguni…Publication Date 2010
- biomass
- bite size
- foraging behaviour
- Nguni
- communal farming
- livestock
- sheep
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe relative benefit of different grazing management practices for maintaining grassland biodiversity integrity was assessed. Practices considered were grazing system, stocking rate, animal type,…Publication Date 2010
- analytic heirarchy process
- plant diversity
- stocking rate
- veld condition assessment
- grazing
- management
- biodiversity
- fire
- cattle
- sheep
- Impact assessment
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordSeed ecology may play a role in the widespread increase of Acacia karroo in savanna and grassland. Accordingly, fecundity, predation, mortality by fire, dispersal by livestock, and seed longevity…Publication Date 2010
- dispersal
- fire
- seed bank
- seed lngevity
- seed predation
- seed production
- ecology
- savanna
- grassland
- livestock
- insects
- germination
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- management
- Eastern Cape
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe issue of sustainability and productivity of open communal rangelands compared to fenced rangelands is often subject to controversy. This study investigated differences in soil and grass layer…Publication Date 2010
- game
- livestock
- Lowveld
- overgrazing
- stocking rates
- grazing
- sustainability
- management
- Soil Condition
- commercial agriculture
- communal farming
- rangelands
- vegetation dynamics
- plant production
- soil fertility
- Swaziland
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPlant facilitation (positive plant-plant interactions) strongly influences biodiversity, structure, and dynamics in plant communities, and the topic has received considerable attention among…Publication Date 2010
- Arid and semi-arid rangelands
- Habitat modification
- Resource balance hypothesis
- wind erosion
- rainfall
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- erosion
- vegetation dynamics
- biodiversity
- grazing
- Mongolia
- China
- Library Collection RecordThe Knersvlakte in the Succulent Karoo Biome (South Africa) is known for its high plant diversity and endemism. In the course of establishing a conservation area there, we assessed baseline data for…Publication Date 2010
- Aizoaceae
- biodiversity
- herbivory
- Namaqualand
- rangeland management
- Systematic conservation planning
- conservation
- management
- grazing
- sheep
- goats
- South Africa
- Library Collection Record1. An unresolved question in plant ecology is how the balance between positive and negative interactions changes with environmental conditions. Recently, the debate has been expanded by Brooker…Publication Date 2010
- vegetation dynamics
- ecosystem ecology
- competition
- environmental gradients
- facilitation
- indices
- plant interactions
- Library Collection Record1. Our aim was to explore plant - soil feedback in mixed grassland communities and its significance for plant productivity and community composition relative to abiotic factors of soil type and…Publication Date 2010
- grassland
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- community ecology
- plant production
- Soil Condition
- soil fertility
- management
- above-ground biomass
- functional groups
- mesocosm
- mesotrophic grassland
- plant community dynamics
- plant - soil feedback
- soil conditioning
- Northumberland
- UK
- Library Collection RecordNinety-four sites worldwide have sufficient resolution and dating to document the impact of millennial-scale climate variability on vegetation and fire regimes during the last glacial period.…Publication Date 2010
- palaeobotany
- climate change
- vegetation dynamics