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Rothwell, Richard, and Graham Hillman. "Streeter Basin Grassland Experiment." Forestry Chronicle 92, no. 01 (2016): 47–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc2016-014.

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Streeter Creek Basin Experiment began as a paired basin experiment studying the effects of woody vegetation removal and rangeland improvements on streamflow. However, complex groundwater systems and inter-basin transfer of subsurface flow negated the paired basin design. The new objective of the research was to determine if tree removal on the upper slopes would impact the contact springs lower in the basin. Snow accumulation was measured in clear-cut patches and the timing of flows and water yield from springs were monitored.

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Crème, Alexandra, Cornelia Rumpel, Sparkle L. Malone, et al. "Monitoring Grassland Management Effects on Soil Organic Carbon—A Matter of Scale." Agronomy 10, no. 12 (2020): 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10122016.

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Introduction of temporary grasslands into cropping cycles could be a sustainable management practice leading to increased soil organic carbon (SOC) to contribute to climate change adaption and mitigation. To investigate the impact of temporary grassland management practices on SOC storage of croplands, we used a spatially resolved sampling approach combined with geostatistical analyses across an agricultural experiment. The experiment included blocks (0.4- to 3-ha blocks) of continuous grassland, continuous cropping and temporary grasslands with different durations and N-fertilizations on a 23

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Zhang, Hui, Juan Fan, Di Gao, Yulin Liu, and Huishi Du. "Effect of Decreasing the Interception of Solar Illuminance by Vegetation on Ground Temperature in Degraded Grasslands." Sustainability 14, no. 8 (2022): 4488. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14084488.

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Reduced vegetation cover caused by grassland degradation results in the interception of solar illuminance significantly decreasing, then leading to an increase in ground temperature, which has a significant impact on biological growth and regional climate. Based on the field experiment, we explore the interception of solar illuminance by grasslands with three degrees of degradation and its effect on the soil temperature. Solar illuminance at various heights and times was measured to obtain the interception by vegetation, which included reduction by physical shielding and consumption by the pla

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Zhao, Jiantao, Jiamin Cao, Zhaobi Che, Yaya Guo, Chunhui Ma, and Qianbing Zhang. "Contribution of Sheep Grazing to Plant Diversity in Natural Grasslands." Diversity 14, no. 6 (2022): 446. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d14060446.

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Global climate change and overgrazing have led to the degradation of natural grasslands and seriously threaten the diversity of grassland plant species, as plant species richness is very sensitive to natural grassland degradation. Therefore, we conducted a sheep grazing experiment in Zinniquan pasture on the northern slope of Xinjiang Tianshan Mountains to test the effects of grazing on plant species diversity in natural grasslands through the spatial and temporal characteristics of the foraging behavior of grazing sheep and the plant species composition on the grazing trajectories. Data on sh

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Bareth, G., U. Lussem, J. Menne, J. Hollberg, and J. Schellberg. "POTENTIAL OF NON-CALIBRATED UAV-BASED RGB IMAGERY FOR FORAGE MONITORING: CASE STUDY AT THE RENGEN LONG-TERM GRASSLAND EXPERIMENT (RGE), GERMANY." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-2/W13 (June 4, 2019): 203–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w13-203-2019.

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Forage monitoring in grassland is an important task to support management decisions. Spatial data on (i) yield,(ii) quality, and (iii) floristic composition are of interest. The spatio-temporal variability in grasslands is significant and requires fast and low-cost methods for data delivery. Therefore, the overarching aim of this contribution is the investigation of low-cost and non-calibrated UAV-derived RGB imagery for forage monitoring. Study area is the Rengen Grassland Experiment (RGE) in Germany which is a long-term field experiment since 1

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Möhrle, Kathrin, Hugo E. Reyes-Aldana, Johannes Kollmann, and Leonardo H. Teixeira. "Suppression of an Invasive Native Plant Species by Designed Grassland Communities." Plants 10, no. 4 (2021): 775. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10040775.

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Grassland biodiversity is declining due to climatic change, land-use intensification, and establishment of invasive plant species. Excluding or suppressing invasive species is a challenge for grassland management. An example is Jacobaea aquatica, an invasive native plant in wet grasslands of Central Europe, that is causing problems to farmers by being poisonous, overabundant, and fast spreading. This study aimed at testing designed grassland communities in a greenhouse experiment, to determine key drivers of initial J. aquatica suppression, thus dismissing the use of pesticides. We used two ba

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Fensham, Roderick J., Donald W. Butler, Boris Laffineur, Harry J. MacDermott, John W. Morgan, and Jennifer L. Silcock. "Subtropical native grasslands may not require fire, mowing or grazing to maintain native-plant diversity." Australian Journal of Botany 65, no. 2 (2017): 95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt16170.

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The rarity of native grasslands in agricultural districts heightens the requirement for optimal management to maintain diversity. Previous studies have suggested that disturbance is required to maintain species diversity in temperate Australian grasslands, but grasslands in semiarid environments do not have the same disturbance requirement. The current study examines the short-term responses to disturbance of subtropical grassland of the Darling Downs, south-eastern Queensland. We also compare temperate and subtropical grasslands in terms of biomass and rainfall. A field experiment was establi

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Štýbnarová, Marie, Aleš Dufek, and Rémy Delagarde. "Impact of Organic Fertilisation and Subsequent Grassland Abandonment on Floristic Composition." Agriculture (Pol'nohospodárstvo) 63, no. 1 (2017): 3–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/agri-2017-0001.

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Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in floristic composition of permanent grasslands after the cessation of their regular utilisation and organic fertilisation. A long-term small plot trial was established in 2004 in locality Rapotín. During 2004-2012, the experiment was fertilised with compost and slurry, both with the range of stocking rates 0.9, 1.4 and 2.0 livestock units (LU)/ha (corresponding to 54, 84, and 120 kg N/ha). The plots were cut 2-4 times per year depending on given dose of fertiliser. During 2013‒2016, the regular management was ceased and the grasslands we

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Zistl-Schlingmann, Marcus, Steve Kwatcho Kengdo, Ralf Kiese, and Michael Dannenmann. "Management Intensity Controls Nitrogen-Use-Efficiency and Flows in Grasslands—A 15N Tracing Experiment." Agronomy 10, no. 4 (2020): 606. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10040606.

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The consequences of land use intensification and climate warming on productivity, fates of fertilizer nitrogen (N) and the overall soil N balance of montane grasslands remain poorly understood. Here, we report findings of a 15N slurry-tracing experiment on large grassland plant–soil lysimeters exposed to different management intensities (extensive vs. intensive) and climates (control; translocation: +2 °C, reduced precipitation). Surface-applied cattle slurry was enriched with both 15NH4+ and 15N-urea in order to trace its fate in the plant–soil system. Recovery of 15N tracer in plants was low

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Dzwonko, Zbigniew, and Stefania Loster. "Changes in plant species composition in abandoned and restored limestone grassiands - the effects of tree and shrub cutting." Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 77, no. 1 (2011): 67–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.5586/asbp.2008.010.

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Abandoned semi-natural limestone grasslands are often overgrown by shrubs and trees. Little is know if and to what extant xerothermic limestone grasslands can be restored by tree cutting. This was tested in a 12-year experiment after the clearing of a 35-year-old secondary pine wood developed on unmanaged grassland in the close proximity of not overgrown old grassland. After 12 years, there were no significant differences in the number of field layer species on the plots in the old and restored grasslands. But over this period the number of meadow species increased in all sites, while the numb

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Vaida, Ioana, Ioan Rotar, Florin Păcurar, et al. "Impact on the Abandonment of Semi-Natural Grasslands from Apuseni Mountains." Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Agriculture 73, no. 2 (2016): 323. http://dx.doi.org/10.15835/buasvmcn-agr:12417.

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According to The European Communion in Europe there are large areas of abandoned grasslands (Osterburg and colab., 2010). The abandonment of grasslands entails substantial changes to the vegetation cover. Usually, after a period of time, semi-natural grasslands start to develop forestlike features. In Romania despite the existence of a subsidiary system large areas with semi-natural grasslands are abandoned. The objective of this paper was to analyze the effect of abandonment on the structure of vegetation cover. The experiment consists in 3 experimental variants (1 mowed annually, 1 abandoned

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Holúbek, Ivan, Peter Hric, Peter Kovár, and Andrea Boháčiková. "Financing of grassland habitats in the Slovak Republic in 2010–2016." Acta Regionalia et Environmentalica 15, no. 1 (2018): 22–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/aree-2018-0005.

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Abstract The grasslands in the Slovak Republic are divided into 7 categories that have different way and conditions of management to protect and maintain them. From the area of 1,239,777 hectares of habitats in SR and payments per hectare, we calculated the amount of financial support that represents 130,265,701 € for the A-G habitats in 2010-2016. Based on the data about potential use of grassland habitats in livestock feeding (mountain meadows and alluvial meadows), the production potential of C 3.12 t.ha-1biotope E 4.25 t.ha-1of dry matter was calculated, as a result of 5-years long experim

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Chang, Jiechao, Kang Li, Jiayao Xie, et al. "Integrating Native Plant Mixtures and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculation Increases the Productivity of Degraded Grassland." Agronomy 13, no. 1 (2022): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13010007.

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Intense human activities break the grassland–livestock balance and accelerate grassland degradation. We evaluated the use of native dominant species combined with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in order to recover grassland and restrain grassland degradation. We conducted a full factorial greenhouse experiment to evaluate the interaction effects of native species of distinct traits grass Lolium perenne (L) and legume Trifolium repens (T) with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation on grass productivity and soil properties across non-degraded, lightly degraded, and severely degraded

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Hejcman, M., J. Schellberg, and V. Pavlů. "Competitive ability of Rhinanthus minor L. in relation to productivityin the Rengen Grassland Experiment." Plant, Soil and Environment 57, No. 2 (2011): 45–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/197/2010-pse.

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Rhinanthus minor (yellow-rattle) can be used for restoration of species-rich grasslands but is vulnerable to competitive exclusion from high total aboveground biomass production of vascular plants. We asked (1) whether there is a threshold limit for total annual aboveground biomass production of vascular plants above which R. minor cannot establish viable population in grasslands and (2) how is cover of R. minor in grassland related to standing biomass of bryophytes. Data were collected in the Rengen Grassland Experiment (RGE) established in Germany in 1941 with following fertilizer treatments

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Lussem, U., J. Hollberg, J. Menne, J. Schellberg, and G. Bareth. "USING CALIBRATED RGB IMAGERY FROM LOW-COST UAVS FOR GRASSLAND MONITORING: CASE STUDY AT THE RENGEN GRASSLAND EXPERIMENT (RGE), GERMANY." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-2/W6 (August 23, 2017): 229–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w6-229-2017.

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Monitoring the spectral response of intensively managed grassland throughout the growing season allows optimizing fertilizer inputs by monitoring plant growth. For example, site-specific fertilizer application as part of precision agriculture (PA) management requires information within short time. But, this requires field-based measurements with hyper- or multispectral sensors, which may not be feasible on a day to day farming practice. Exploiting the information of RGB images from consumer grade cameras mounted on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) can offer cost-efficient as well as near-real ti

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Niedbała, Gniewko, Barbara Wróbel, Magdalena Piekutowska, et al. "Application of Artificial Neural Networks Sensitivity Analysis for the Pre-Identification of Highly Significant Factors Influencing the Yield and Digestibility of Grassland Sward in the Climatic Conditions of Central Poland." Agronomy 12, no. 5 (2022): 1133. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12051133.

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Progressive climate changes are the most important challenges for modern agriculture. Permanent grassland represents around 70% of all agricultural land. In comparison with other agroecosystems, grasslands are more sensitive to climate change. The aim of this study was to create deterministic models based on artificial neural networks to identify highly significant factors influencing the yield and digestibility of grassland sward in the climatic conditions of central Poland. The models were based on data from a grassland experiment conducted between 2014 and 2016. Phytophenological data (harv

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Qu, Yan, Deping Wang, Sanling Jin, Zhirong Zheng, Zhaoyan Diao, and Yuping Rong. "Flooding Length Mediates Fencing and Grazing Effects on Soil Respiration in Meadow Steppe." Plants 13, no. 5 (2024): 666. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants13050666.

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Grassland management affects soil respiration (Rs, consists of heterotrophic respiration and autotrophic respiration) through soil micro-ecological processes, such as hydrothermal, plant root, organic carbon decomposition and microbial activity. Flooding, an irregular phenomenon in grasslands, may strongly regulate the response of soil respiration and its components to grassland management, but the regulatory mechanism remains unclear. We conducted a 3-year experiment by grassland management (fencing and grazing) and flooding conditions (no flooding (NF), short-term flooding (STF) and long-ter

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Wang, Shu, Runfang Feng, Jikui Ma, et al. "Changes in Biomass Production, Plant Diversity, and Their Relationship During the Early Establishment of Artificial Alpine Grasslands with Different Species Combinations." Diversity 17, no. 5 (2025): 341. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17050341.

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The establishment of artificial grasslands is a highly effective strategy for the rapid restoration of degraded grasslands. To investigate the dynamics of biomass production and plant diversity—two critical objectives of grassland restoration—and their relationship during the early stages of artificial grassland establishment, we conducted an experiment in Menyuan County, located in the northeastern region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The experiment involved sowing different combinations of species (one, three, six, and nine species). Using data collected over three years (2021–2023), we foun

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Jiang, Li, Wala Du, and Shan Yu. "Estimation of Heat Released from Fire Based on Combustible Load in Inner Mongolian Grasslands." Land 11, no. 11 (2022): 2099. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11112099.

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The grasslands of Inner Mongolia are prone to wildfires, which can endanger the grassland ecosystem, as well as people’s lives and property. The amount of heat released by grassland fires must be determined for the quantitative evaluation of grassland fires. On the basis of a field survey of combustible load and an indoor heat release experiment, together with the acquisition of NDVI and fire area data, this study evaluated the amount of combustible load, plant heat release, potential heat release, and fire-caused heat release in Inner Mongolia grasslands. The following results were obtained:

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Nawrath, Adam, Jakub Elbl, Antonín Kintl, Jaroslav Záhora, and Jiří Skládanka. "The efficiency of nutrient utilization by permanent grassland in the Kameničky locality." Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 61, no. 6 (2013): 1799–806. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun201361061799.

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This work presents the analysis of the effect of grassland management on leaching of mineral nitrogen from rhizosphere and plant biomass production in area of our interest. The determined values show the influence of fertilization and species composition of permanent grassland on leaching of mineral nitrogen and biomass production. The values were determined during field and laboratory experiments. The highest availability of Nmin in the field experiment was detected in the variant N90+PK; the lowest availability of Nmin was recorded in the PK variant. The difference was statistically signific

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Douwe Van Der Ploeg, Jan, Piet Verschuren, Frank Verhoeven, and José Pepels. "Dealing with novelties: a grassland experiment reconsidered." Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 8, no. 3 (2006): 199–218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15239080600915568.

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Breil, Marcus, Edouard L. Davin, and Diana Rechid. "What determines the sign of the evapotranspiration response to afforestation in European summer?" Biogeosciences 18, no. 4 (2021): 1499–510. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1499-2021.

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Abstract. Uncertainties in the evapotranspiration response to afforestation constitute a major source of disagreement between model-based studies of the potential climate benefits of forests. Forests typically have higher evapotranspiration rates than grasslands in the tropics, but whether this is also the case in the midlatitudes is still debated. To explore this question and the underlying physical processes behind these varying evapotranspiration rates of forests and grasslands in more detail, a regional model study with idealized afforestation scenarios was performed for Europe. In the fir

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Tripolskaja, Liudmila, Asta Kazlauskaite-Jadzevice, Almantas Razukas, and Eugenija Baksiene. "Perennial Grasses on Stony Sandy Loam Arenosol: Summary of Results of Long-Term Experiment in Northern Europe Region (1995–2024)." Plants 14, no. 2 (2025): 166. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14020166.

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Grasses can sustain soil functions despite nutrient depletion, which can have serious consequences for soil processes and ecosystem services. This paper summarizes the results of the long-term experiment (1995–2024) carried out in Arenosol within a temperate climate zone, focusing on the productivity of natural and managed grasslands; their succession changes over time, and so do the effects on soil chemical properties, and soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration. The results indicated that two land uses—abandoned land (AL) and grassland fertilized with mineral fertilizers (MGf)—can be effecti

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Bekker, R. M., M. J. M. Oomes, and J. P. Bakker. "The impact of groundwater level on soil seed bank survival." Seed Science Research 8, no. 3 (1998): 399–404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0960258500004323.

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AbstractSeed longevity of plant species is an important topic in restoration management, and little is known about the effects of environmental conditions on seed survival and longevity under natural conditions. Therefore, the effect of groundwater level on the survival of seeds in the soil seed bank of a natural grassland community was investigated. Large soil cores, mesocosms, were sampled from a grassland site and transferred to two basins under a glass roof. The mesocosms were subjected to different groundwater-level treatments (high and low, respectively 5 and 30 cm below the soil surface

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Mühlbachová, G., J. Száková, and P. Tlustoš. "The heavy metal availability in long-term polluted soils as affected by EDTA and alfalfa meal treatments." Plant, Soil and Environment 58, No. 12 (2012): 551–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/524/2012-pse.

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A 38-day incubation experiment was carried out in order to evaluate the response of plant-available portions of heavy metals in long-term contaminated arable and grassland soils on addition of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) meal. Soils with different soil management (arable and grassland) from the vicinity of a lead smelter were used in the experiment. Readily available heavy metal fractions of Cd, Pb, Zn and Cu increased in the presence of EDTA at the beginning of experiment. The increase of heavy metal availability was higher in the arable soil with l

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Guanghua, Jing, Li Wei, Yu Kailiang, Ratajczak Zak, Kallenbach Robert L, and Cheng Jimin. "Effects of fertilization, burning, and grazing on plant community in the long-term fenced grasslands." Plant, Soil and Environment 63, No. 4 (2017): 171–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/64/2017-pse.

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Fencing is the common management practice to restore degraded grasslands. However, long-term fencing decreases grassland productivity and species diversity. The study was therefore conducted as a three-year (2011–2013) experiment with a randomized complete block in a grassland fenced for 20 years in the Loess Plateau of China, and the effects of fertilization, burning and grazing on aboveground biomass, species and functional group composition, species and some functional group diversity were analysed. Our results showed that the functional group of perennial bunchgrasses dominated the grassla

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Badgery, Warwick B., David Kemp, Zhang Yingjun, et al. "Optimising grazing for livestock production and environmental benefits in Chinese grasslands." Rangeland Journal 42, no. 5 (2020): 347. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rj20049.

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Overgrazing has extensively degraded Chinese grasslands. A reduction in stocking rate of 30–50% below the district averages is required to increase the profitability of livestock production and protect vital ecosystem services such as mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHG). Grazing experiments located in the desert steppe, typical steppe and alpine meadow verified the influence of stocking rate and grazing management on livestock production, grassland composition and associated ecosystem services. The desert steppe experiment found lower stocking rates of ~150 SE (where SE is sheep equivalent, w

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Zhang, Yanxia, Jiechao Chang, Jiayao Xie, et al. "The Impact of Root-Invasive Fungi on Dominant and Invasive Plant Species in Degraded Grassland at Nanshan Pasture." Agronomy 13, no. 7 (2023): 1666. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13071666.

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Overgrazing leads to the degradation of grazing lands, which seriously threatens the stability of grassland ecosystems. Root-invading fungi, as one of the main influencing factors, can cause plant diseases in grasslands, reduce the proportion of dominant plant species, increase the proportion of invasive poisonous weeds, and further aggravate degradation. In order to predict and improve the effects of root-invading fungi on grassland degradation, we conducted an in situ soil indoor control experiment using soils collected from non-degraded, moderately degraded, and severely degraded areas of N

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Lv, Xinxin, Mingxue Zhang, and Dongqing Li. "Eliciting Herders’ Willingness to Accept Grassland Conservation: A Choice Experiment Design in Pastoral Regions of China." Land 11, no. 9 (2022): 1463. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11091463.

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Top-down grassland conservation policies are widely used to protect grassland ecosystems from degradation in developing counties. However, an inability to meet local herders’ preferences when implementing such ecological policies may weaken their outcomes. Using a choice experiment design, this paper evaluated herders’ willingness to accept (WTA) different possible implementations of a grazing ban policy, which is an ongoing but inflexible grassland protection policy in China. The results showed that herders were more likely to accept a grazing ban policy that targets private benefits rather t

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Garden, D. L., N. J. S. Ellis, M. A. Rab, et al. "Fertiliser and grazing effects on production and botanical composition ofnative grasslands in south-east Australia." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 43, no. 8 (2003): 843. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea02216.

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The effects of application of superphosphate and grazing on production and botanical composition of native grasslands were investigated at 3 locations in the high rainfall zone of south-east Australia. These studies were conducted as part of the Sustainable Grazing Systems Key Program, which investigated various aspects of grassland productivity and sustainability between 1996 and 2001. Grasslands in this study either had high contents of Themeda australis or Austrodanthonia spp., or were based on a degraded Austrodanthonia spp. grassland with a high content of annual and weedy species. All si

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Matthews, John A., and J. P. Bakker. "Grassland Research and Experiment Geared to Restoration Management." Journal of Biogeography 17, no. 3 (1990): 333. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2845129.

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Van Jaarsveld, Albert S., J. Willem H. Ferguson, and George J. Bredenkamp. "The Groenvaly grassland fragmentation experiment: design and initiation." Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 68, no. 1-2 (1998): 139–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0167-8809(97)00156-4.

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Ingerpuu, Nele, Jaan Liira, and Meelis Pärtel. "Vascular Plants Facilitated Bryophytes in a Grassland Experiment." Plant Ecology 180, no. 1 (2005): 69–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-005-2508-0.

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Zhang, Yuzhuo, Tianyi Wang, Yong You, et al. "YOLO-Sp: A Novel Transformer-Based Deep Learning Model for Achnatherum splendens Detection." Agriculture 13, no. 6 (2023): 1197. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13061197.

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The growth of Achnatherum splendens (A. splendens) inhibits the growth of dominant grassland herbaceous species, resulting in a loss of grassland biomass and a worsening of the grassland ecological environment. Therefore, it is crucial to identify the dynamic development of A. splendens adequately. This study intended to offer a transformer-based A. splendens detection model named YOLO-Sp through ground-based visible spectrum proximal sensing images. YOLO-Sp achieved 98.4% and 95.4% AP values in object detection and image segmentation for A. splendens, respectively, outperforming previous SOTA

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Baur, Bruno, Hans-Peter Rusterholz, and Brigitte Braschler. "The Grassland Fragmentation Experiment in the Swiss Jura Mountains: A Synthesis." Diversity 15, no. 2 (2023): 130. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15020130.

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We synthesize findings from a 7-year fragmentation experiment in species-rich, nutrient-poor, dry calcareous grasslands in the north-western Jura mountains, Switzerland. We used a standardized approach with 48 fragments (0.25–20.25 m2) and corresponding control plots in three sites. The 5-m-wide isolation area around the fragments was maintained by frequent mowing. Fragments experienced various ecological changes, e.g., plant biomass increased along fragment edges. We examined fragmentation effects on species richness and composition, abundance, genetic diversity, functional diversity, species

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Weigelt, Alexandra, Elisabeth Marquard, Vicky M. Temperton, et al. "The Jena Experiment: six years of data from a grassland biodiversity experiment." Ecology 91, no. 3 (2010): 930–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/09-0863.1.

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Varga, Krisztina, and István Csízi. "Degradation degree evolution under different grassland management." Gyepgazdálkodási Közlemények 21, no. 1 (2023): 35–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.55725/gygk/2023/21/1/12275.

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The objective of this manuscript is to clarify the changes in vegetation structure of an extensively managed grassland association under different land use practices. In the grasslands of the Hungarian Great Plain, the westernmost part of the Eurasian steppe, the largely decreasing grazing livestock numbers and the almost disappearing pastoral grazing make the topic very topical. We analysed the last 4 years of the study period 2009-2020 and found that the lowest degradation rates were measured in the meadow utilisation management, with values ranging from 0.277-0.463 in the 11th year of the e

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Wu, Jianping, Xuyin Gong, Xixi Yao, and David P. Casper. "Plant communities responding to grazing pressure by sheep in an Alpine meadow." Translational Animal Science 4, no. 2 (2020): 1174–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tas/txaa075.

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Abstract The Chinese grassland ecosystem is an important national asset that not only impacts climate regulation, soil and water conservation, wind protection, and soil carbon and nitrogen fixation but is also an important contributor to maintaining grassland biodiversity while supporting livestock production. Grasslands are a key component contributing to the productivity of grazing animals but also provide basic food production via livestock grazing for herder survival. Grazing is the most basic means of grassland utilization but is considered one of the more important disturbance factors co

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Jordan, Nicholas R., Laura Aldrich-Wolfe, Sheri C. Huerd, Diane L. Larson, and Gary Muehlbauer. "Soil–Occupancy Effects of Invasive and Native Grassland Plant Species on Composition and Diversity of Mycorrhizal Associations." Invasive Plant Science and Management 5, no. 4 (2012): 494–505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1614/ipsm-d-12-00014.1.

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AbstractDiversified grasslands that contain native plant species can produce biofuels, support sustainable grazing systems, and produce other ecosystem services. However, ecosystem service production can be disrupted by invasion of exotic perennial plants, and these plants can have soil-microbial “legacies” that may interfere with establishment and maintenance of diversified grasslands even after effective management of the invasive species. The nature of such legacies is not well understood, but may involve suppression of mutualisms between native species and soil microbes. In this study, we

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Zhang, L., Q. Wang, H. J. Laanbroek, C. Wang, D. Guo, and L. Li. "Effects of mowing on N<sub>2</sub>O emission from a temperate grassland in Inner Mongolia, Northern China." Biogeosciences Discussions 10, no. 12 (2013): 19219–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-10-19219-2013.

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Abstract. Grazing and mowing are two common practices for grassland management. Mowing is now recommended as an alternative to traditional grazing for grassland conservation in Inner Mongolia, northern China. Many studies have revealed that both mowing and grazing may alter ecosystem properties in various ways. However, little attention has been paid to the effect of mowing on trace gas emissions, especially on N2O flux. In this study, we conducted an experiment to investigate the effects of mowing on N2O fluxes from a semiarid grassland in Inner Mongolia. The mowing experiment, which started

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Gao, Tian Ming, and Rui Qiang Zhang. "Degradation Mechanism and Applicability of Irrigation Recovery Technique on Xilamuren Grassland, Inner Mongolia." Advanced Materials Research 518-523 (May 2012): 5016–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.518-523.5016.

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Due to the drought climate and over grazing, the grassland degrades severely recently, which not only influences local environment, but also threatens ecology safety of northern areas. Urgently control of degraded grassland and prevent advanced deterioration are needed. Recently, irrigation plays vital role on the recovery of degraded grassland in northern pastoral areas. Different amount irrigation experiment (adequate and moderate irrigation) was carried out from 2007 to 2009 on Xilamuren Grassland, Inner Mongolia. The experiment plots vegetation quantitative characteristics were investigate

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Lussem, Ulrike, Jürgen Schellberg, and Georg Bareth. "Monitoring Forage Mass with Low-Cost UAV Data: Case Study at the Rengen Grassland Experiment." PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science 88, no. 5 (2020): 407–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41064-020-00117-w.

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Abstract Monitoring and predicting above ground biomass yield of grasslands are of key importance for grassland management. Established manual methods such as clipping or rising plate meter measurements provide accurate estimates of forage yield, but are time consuming and labor intensive, and do not provide spatially continuous data as required for precision agriculture applications. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to investigate the potential of sward height metrics derived from low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle-based image data to predict forage yield. The study was conducted

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Hu, Yunpeng, Maidinuer Abulaizi, Yuxin Tian, et al. "Effects of Biochar on Soil Organic Carbon Stability in Degraded Alpine Grasslands—A Study on Arid Regions in Central Asia." Land 14, no. 5 (2025): 1018. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14051018.

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Numerous studies have reported the importance of soil organic carbon (SOC) in grassland ecosystems and its response to soil degradation, but the effect of biochar application on SOC pools in degraded alpine grasslands remains unclear. Here, we set up nine biochar addition treatments with a combination of three different biochar particle sizes (0~0.25 mm, 0.25~1 mm, and 1~2 mm) and three different biochar additions (1%, 2%, and 4%), and conducted a short-term observational experiment over a 7-month period in the non-degraded (ND), lightly degraded (LD), and severely degraded (SD) zones of alpin

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Liu, Pengfei, Hongyuan Huo, Li Guo, Pei Leng, and Long He. "Temperature/Emissivity Separation of Typical Grassland of Northwestern China Based on Hyper-CAM and Its Potential for Grassland Drought Monitoring." Remote Sensing 14, no. 19 (2022): 4809. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14194809.

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Research on grassland monitoring based on temperature/emissivity separation based on hyperspectral thermal infrared (HTIR) remote sensing is rare. Based on the longwave TIR instrument (Hyper-CAM), this study designed two experiments to collect HTIR datasets, separate the temperature and emissivity of different vegetation of grassland, and analyze the relationship between the emissivity of vegetation and soil moisture content. First, we collected the HTIR remotely sensed dataset of different kinds of vegetation and used the temperature/emissivity separation algorithm to separate the temperature

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Thulin, Carl-Gustaf, Yufei Chen, and Pablo Garrido. "Semi-Feral Horse Grazing Benefits the Grassland Diversity of Flowering Plants Including a Pollinator-Promoting Indicator Species." Animals 15, no. 6 (2025): 862. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15060862.

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European grasslands and their biodiversity are declining rapidly due to land use changes, which highlight the need to develop effective restoration strategies. This study investigates the impact of reintroducing the Swedish national horse breed (the Gotland Russ) on grassland plant diversity and evenness in abandoned agricultural landscapes in Southeast Sweden. Twelve horses were introduced into three 10–13-hectare enclosure replicates (four horses per enclosure) in a three-year (2014–2016) rewilding experiment. Plant species richness, evenness, and diversity were investigated in both grazed a

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Rixen, Christian, Christine Huovinen, Kai Huovinen, Veronika Stöckli, and Bernhard Schmid. "A plant diversity×water chemistry experiment in subalpine grassland." Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 10, no. 1 (2008): 51–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2007.09.003.

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Moorsel, Sofia J., Marc W. Schmid, Niels C. A. M. Wagemaker, Thomas Gurp, Bernhard Schmid, and Philippine Vergeer. "Evidence for rapid evolution in a grassland biodiversity experiment." Molecular Ecology 28, no. 17 (2019): 4097–117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.15191.

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Tilman, D. "Diversity and Productivity in a Long-Term Grassland Experiment." Science 294, no. 5543 (2001): 843–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1060391.

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Morgan, J. W. "Relationship between fire frequency and nitrogen limitation on foliage production in a native grassland community in Victoria, Australia." Rangeland Journal 29, no. 1 (2007): 101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rj06046.

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The relationship between fire frequency (annual v. infrequent) and nitrogen (N) limitation to foliage production in a temperate native grassland community in western Victoria, Australia, was assessed over one growing season using a simple ammonium nitrate addition experiment. Fire history affected the magnitude of the vegetation responses to N addition. At the community level, mean live biomass in infrequently-burned grasslands declined by 20 ± 8% in response to N addition. In contrast, mean biomass increased by 60 ± 15% in annually-burned grasslands in response to N addition. Both grasses and

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Harzé, Mélanie, Grégory Mahy, and Arnaud Monty. "Drought stress inducing intraspecific variability in Potentilla tabernaemontani (Rosaceae), a calcareous grassland species." Plant Ecology and Evolution 151, no. 1 (2018): 153–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2018.1347.

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Background and aims – Calcareous grasslands are among the most species-rich habitats in Western Europe. Populations of plant species characterizing these ecosystems are naturally submitted to high variability in environmental conditions at the very local scale, resulting in pronounced variation in functional traits. Individuals located on xeric parts of calcareous grasslands are characterized by plant traits that potentially ensure more successful performance under stressful conditions. In the context of increased frequency of summer heat waves based on climate change, our aim was to determine

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