Seminatural Grasslands: An Emblematic Challenge for Nature Conservation in Protected Areas by Daniela Gigante, Simone Angelucci, Federica Bonini, Federico Caruso, Valter Di Cecco, Domizia Donnini, Luciano Morbidini, Mariano Pauselli, Bernardo Valenti, Andrea Tassi, Marco Vizzari, Luciano Di Martino

“…Seminatural grasslands are among the most threatened habitats in Europe and worldwide, mainly due to changes in/abandonment of their traditional extensive use by grazing animals. …”
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Experimental impacts of grazing on grassland biodiversity and function are explained by aridity by Minna Zhang, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Guangyin Li, Forest Isbell, Yue Wang, Yann Hautier, Yao Wang, Yingli Xiao, Jinting Cai, Xiaobin Pan, Ling Wang

“…Here, we report results from a network of 10 experimental sites from paired grazed and ungrazed grasslands across an aridity gradient, including some of the largest remaining native grasslands on the planet. …”
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Demography of Female Greater Prairie-Chickens in Unfragmented Grasslands in Kansas by Jacqueline K. Augustine, Brett K. Sandercock

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A diversity world record in a grassland at Oaxaca, Mexico by Carlos Martorell, Verónica Zepeda, Alejandra Martínez-Blancas, Diego García-Meza, Fernando Pedraza

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The Impact of the Renovation of Grassland on the Development of Segetal Weeds in Organic Farming by Eliza Gaweł, Mieczysław Grzelak, Bogusława Waliszewska, Magdalena Janyszek-Sołtysiak

Subjects: “…grassland renovation…”
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Seed mucilage in temperate grassland species is unrelated to moisture requirements by Laura M. Ladwig, Jessica R. Lucas

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Is the Abandonment of Organic Grassland a Threat to Alpine Insect Diversity? by Raja Imran Hussain, Daniela Ablinger, Walter Starz, Jürgen Kurt Friedel, Thomas Frank

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ON THE JOINT EXPLOITATION OF OPTICAL AND SAR SATELLITE IMAGERY FOR GRASSLAND MONITORING by A. Garioud, A. Garioud, S. Valero, S. Giordano, C. Mallet

“…They have proved to be particularly relevant for monitoring large areas with high temporal dynamics and related to significant ecosystem services. Grasslands are such crucial surfaces, both in terms of economic and environmental issues and the automatic and frequent monitoring of their agricultural practices is required for many purposes. …”
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Functional group richness increases multifunctionality in intensively managed grasslands by Laura Argens, Caroline Brophy, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Sebastian Meyer

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Resource-mediated indirect effects of grassland management on arthropod diversity. by Nadja K Simons, Martin M Gossner, Thomas M Lewinsohn, Steffen Boch, Markus Lange, Jörg Müller, Esther Pašalić, Stephanie A Socher, Manfred Türke, Markus Fischer, Wolfgang W Weisser

“…Intensive land use is a driving force for biodiversity decline in many ecosystems. In semi-natural grasslands, land-use activities such as mowing, grazing and fertilization affect the diversity of plants and arthropods, but the combined effects of different drivers and the chain of effects are largely unknown. …”
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Study on Diversity of Poisonous Weeds in Grassland of the Ili Region in Xinjiang by Sen Wang, Wenliang Cheng, Haiyan Tan, Baoliang Guo, Xiaoqiang Han, Cailan Wu, Desong Yang

Subjects: “…grassland…”
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Population fluctuations and synchrony of grassland butterflies in relation to species traits. by Markus Franzén, Sven G Nilsson, Victor Johansson, Thomas Ranius

“…All butterfly species associated with grasslands were surveyed over five successive years at 19 grassland sites in a forest-dominated landscape (50 km(2)) in southern Sweden. …”
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Global degradation trends of grassland and their driving factors since 2000 by Ziyu Yan, Zhihai Gao, Bin Sun, Xiangyuan Ding, Ting Gao, Yifu Li

Subjects: “…grassland degradation trends…”
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Cascading effects of drought in Xilin Gol temperate grassland, China by Jingzhao Ma, Jingmin Gao

“…The results show that the warm and dry trend in Xilin Gol grassland was obvious in the past 30 years. The seasonal propagation of different drought was prominent, with stronger spread relationships in summer. …”
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Characterization of soils on consolidated limestone and its relations to grassland vegetation by Bogosavljević Jelena, Đorđević Aleksandar, Šilc Urban, Dajić-Stevanović Zora, Aćić Svetlana, Radmanović Svjetlana

“…Under similar physical and chemical conditions of the soil, the grassland vegetation exhibits differences in floristic composition.…”
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Satellite-based estimation of soil organic carbon in Portuguese grasslands by Tiago G. Morais, Marjan Jongen, Camila Tufik, Nuno R. Rodrigues, Ivo Gama, João Serrano, Maria C. Gonçalves, Raquel Mano, Tiago Domingos, Ricardo F. M. Teixeira

“…Introduction: Soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration is one of the main ecosystem services provided by well-managed grasslands. In the Mediterranean region, sown biodiverse pastures (SBP) rich in legumes are a nature-based, innovative, and economically competitive livestock production system. …”
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Grassland Management Affects Vegetation Structure, Bats and Their Beetle Prey by Max Anderson, Lisa Norton, Fiona Mathews

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Mechanisms, monitoring and modeling of shrub encroachment into grassland: a review by Xin Cao, Yu Liu, Xihong Cui, Jin Chen, Xuehong Chen

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Mapping Plant Functional Groups in Subalpine Grassland of the Greater Caucasus by Anja Magiera, Hannes Feilhauer, Rainer Waldhardt, Martin Wiesmair, Annette Otte

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Sustainable Grazing by Cattle and Sheep for Semi-Natural Grasslands in Sweden by Anders Glimskär, Jan Hultgren, Matthew Hiron, Rebecka Westin, Eddie A. M. Bokkers, Linda J. Keeling

“…Despite their importance for biodiversity and other ecosystem services, many semi-natural grasslands deteriorate or have even disappeared due to insufficient grazing and neglect. …”
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