The BIODESERT survey: assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands
<p>Grazing by domestic livestock is both the main land use across drylands worldwide and a major desertification and global change driver. The ecological consequences of this key human activity have been studied for decades, and there is a wealth of information on its impacts on biodiversity a...
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| author | F. T. Maestre F. T. Maestre D. J. Eldridge N. Gross Y. Le Bagousse-Pinguet H. Saiz B. Gozalo V. Ochoa J. J. Gaitán J. J. Gaitán J. J. Gaitán |
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| description | <p>Grazing by domestic livestock is both the main land use across
drylands worldwide and a major desertification and global change driver. The
ecological consequences of this key human activity have been studied for
decades, and there is a wealth of information on its impacts on biodiversity
and ecosystem processes. However, most field assessments of the ecological
impacts of grazing on drylands conducted to date have been carried out at
local or regional scales and have focused on single ecosystem attributes
(e.g., plant productivity) or particular taxa (mainly aboveground, e.g.,
plants). Here we introduce the BIODESERT survey, the first systematic field
survey devoted to evaluating the joint impacts of grazing by domestic
livestock and climate on the structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems
worldwide. This collaborative global survey was carried out between 2016 and
2019 and has involved the collection of field data and plant, biocrust, and soil
samples from a total of 326 45 m <span class="inline-formula">×</span> 45 m plots from 98 sites located in 25
countries from 6 continents. Here we describe the major characteristics
and the field protocols used in this survey. We also introduce the
organizational aspects followed, as these can be helpful to everyone wishing
to establish a global collaborative network of researchers. The BIODESERT
survey provides baseline data to assess the current status of dryland
rangelands worldwide and the impacts of grazing on these key ecosystems, and it
constitutes a good example of the power of collaborative research networks
to study the ecology of our planet using much-needed field data.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b894bdada03447e184d02942524cce0a2022-12-22T04:36:20ZengCopernicus PublicationsWeb Ecology2193-30811399-11832022-11-0122759610.5194/we-22-75-2022The BIODESERT survey: assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylandsF. T. Maestre0F. T. Maestre1D. J. Eldridge2N. Gross3Y. Le Bagousse-Pinguet4H. Saiz5B. Gozalo6V. Ochoa7J. J. Gaitán8J. J. Gaitán9J. J. Gaitán10Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio “Ramón Margalef”, Universidad de Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, SpainDepartamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, SpainCentre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, AustraliaINRAE, VetAgro Sup, Unité Mixte de Recherche Ecosystème Prairial, Université Clermont Auvergne, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, FranceAix Marseille Univ., CNRS, Avignon Université, IRD, IMBE, Technopôle Arbois-Méditerranée, Bât. Villemin – BP 80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, CEDEX 04, FranceDepartamento de Ciencias Agrarias y del Medio Natural, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Zaragoza, Huesca, SpainInstituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio “Ramón Margalef”, Universidad de Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, SpainInstituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio “Ramón Margalef”, Universidad de Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, SpainInstituto de Suelos-CNIA, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Hurlingham 1686, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDepartamento de Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Luján, Luján 6700, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina<p>Grazing by domestic livestock is both the main land use across drylands worldwide and a major desertification and global change driver. The ecological consequences of this key human activity have been studied for decades, and there is a wealth of information on its impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem processes. However, most field assessments of the ecological impacts of grazing on drylands conducted to date have been carried out at local or regional scales and have focused on single ecosystem attributes (e.g., plant productivity) or particular taxa (mainly aboveground, e.g., plants). Here we introduce the BIODESERT survey, the first systematic field survey devoted to evaluating the joint impacts of grazing by domestic livestock and climate on the structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems worldwide. This collaborative global survey was carried out between 2016 and 2019 and has involved the collection of field data and plant, biocrust, and soil samples from a total of 326 45 m <span class="inline-formula">×</span> 45 m plots from 98 sites located in 25 countries from 6 continents. Here we describe the major characteristics and the field protocols used in this survey. We also introduce the organizational aspects followed, as these can be helpful to everyone wishing to establish a global collaborative network of researchers. The BIODESERT survey provides baseline data to assess the current status of dryland rangelands worldwide and the impacts of grazing on these key ecosystems, and it constitutes a good example of the power of collaborative research networks to study the ecology of our planet using much-needed field data.</p>https://we.copernicus.org/articles/22/75/2022/we-22-75-2022.pdf |
| spellingShingle | F. T. Maestre F. T. Maestre D. J. Eldridge N. Gross Y. Le Bagousse-Pinguet H. Saiz B. Gozalo V. Ochoa J. J. Gaitán J. J. Gaitán J. J. Gaitán The BIODESERT survey: assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands Web Ecology |
| title | The BIODESERT survey: assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands |
| title_full | The BIODESERT survey: assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands |
| title_fullStr | The BIODESERT survey: assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands |
| title_full_unstemmed | The BIODESERT survey: assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands |
| title_short | The BIODESERT survey: assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands |
| title_sort | biodesert survey assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands |
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