Leaf plasticity contributes to plant anti-herbivore defenses and indicates selective foraging : implications for sustainable grazing by Li, Xiliang, Png, Kenny Guochen, Li, Yuanheng, Jimoh, Saheed Olaide, Ding, Yong, Li, Fang, Sun, Shixian

“…These findings show that grazing-induced leaf plasticity represents a key nexus between ecological mechanisms and grassland management.…”
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Sandbox alive : a media-enhanced sandbox based on a projector-camera system by Teo, Wen Qiang.

“…Snow-capped mountains could appear at higher area of the sand, while the rest shows up as grassland. Occasionally, one could even observe a volcano eruption. …”
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Flood risk mapping during the extreme February 2021 flood in the Juruá River, western Brazilian Amazonia, state of Acre by Mantovani, José, Alcântara, Enner, Marengo, José A., Londe, Luciana, Park, Edward, Cunha, Ana Paula, Tomasella, Javier

“…Our findings illustrate that the flood impacts are distributed across urban (27%), agricultural (55%), and forest/grassland (17%) landscapes. Historical records and literature reviews also underscore a recurring pattern of extreme floods in the municipality, notably during February’s La Niña events. …”
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Long-term oxytetracycline exposure potentially alters brain thyroid hormone and serotonin homeostasis in zebrafish by Li, Jiawei, Dong, Ting, Keerthisinghe, Tharushi Prabha, Chen, Hao, Li, Ming, Chu, Wenqing, Yang, Jingfeng, Hu, Zongfu, Snyder, Shane Allen, Dong, Wu, Fang, Mingliang

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Increased burned area in the Pantanal over the past two decades by Correa, Danielle Blazys, Alcântara, Enner, Libonati, Renata, Massi, Klécia Gili, Park, Edward

“…Large fire patches are more frequent in forest and grasslands; in contrast, croplands exhibit small patches. …”
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Trends in the direction of global plant invasion biology research over the past two decades by Chiu, Jing Hua, Chong, Kwek Yan, Lum, Shawn Kaihekulani Yamauchi, Wardle, David A.

“…Our analysis found that invasive plant research was consistently biased toward temperate grassland and forest ecosystems particularly within the Americas, Europe, and Australia, and toward smaller, herbaceous invasive plant species (i.e., forbs, grasses, and shrubs), with an increase in interest in invasive nitrogen-fixing legumes over time. …”
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Above and belowground community strategies respond to different global change drivers by Adair, Karen L., Lindgreen, Stinus, Poole, Anthony M., Young, Laura M., Bernard-Verdier, Maud, Wardle, David A., Tylianakis, Jason M.

“…To determine whether these communities respond similarly to environmental changes, we measured taxonomic and trait-based responses of plant and soil microbial communities to four years of experimental warming and nitrogen deposition in a temperate grassland. Plant diversity responded strongly to N addition, whereas soil microbial communities responded primarily to warming, likely via an associated decrease in soil moisture. …”
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Geophysical and anthropogenic drivers for global and regional fire emission trends from 2001 to 2019 by Wu, Sifeng, Smith, Stuart William, Lee, Janice Ser Huay

“…On the other hand, further decrease for fire emissions in African savanna/grasslands is limited by the already shrunk vegetation. …”
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Spatial and temporal variability of ammonia and other inorganic aerosol species by Chen, X., Day, D. E., Gebhart, K. A., Carrico, C. M., Schwandner, F. M., Benedict, K. B., Schichtel, B. A., Collett, J. L.

“…There was considerable spatial variability in average ammonia concentrations, with May–August averages ranging from 3 μg m−3 in rural grasslands to 4–11 μg m−3 at suburban-urban sites to almost 30 μg m−3 in an area of intensive livestock feeding and farming operations. …”
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FragSAD : a database of diversity and species abundance distributions from habitat fragments by Chase, Jonathan M., Liebergesell, Mario, Sagouis, Alban, May, Felix, Blowes, Shane A., Berg, Åke, Bernard, Enrico, Brosi, Berry J., Cadotte, Marc W., Cayuela, Luis, Chiarello, Adriano G., Cosson, Jean-Francois, Cresswell, Will, Dami, Filibus Danjuma, Dauber, Jens, Dickman, Chris R., Didham, Raphael K., Edwards, David P., Farneda, Fábio Z., Gavish, Yoni, Gonçalves-Souza, Thiago, Guadagnin, Demetrio Luis, Henry, Mickaël, López-Baucells, Adrià, Kappes, Heike, Mac Nally, Ralph, Manu, Shiiwua, Martensen, Alexandre Camargo, McCollin, Duncan, Meyer, Christoph F. J., Neckel-Oliveira, Selvino, Nogueira, André, Pons, Jean-Marc, Raheem, Dinarzarde C., Ramos, Flavio Nunes, Rocha, Ricardo, Sam, Katerina, Slade, Eleanor M., Stireman, John O., Struebig, Matthew J., Vasconcelos, Heraldo, Ziv, Yaron

“…Less than one-half (41) of studies came from tropical forests of Central and South America, but there were many studies from temperate forests and grasslands from all continents except Antarctica. Fifty-four of the studies were on invertebrates (mostly insects), but there were several studies on plants (15), birds (16), mammals (19), and reptiles and amphibians (13). …”
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Understanding drivers of changing fire activities: from the perspective of causality by Wu, Sifeng

“…And the forest-savanna transition model showed the synergetic effects between the two drivers that can make the transitioning process from forest to savannas and grasslands in a shorter time and to a more degraded state. …”
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