Effects of Agricultural Cropping Systems on Soil Water Capacity: The Case in Cross-Border Altai by Andrey Bondarovich, Patrick Illiger, Gerd Schmidt, Elena Ponkina, Aliya Nugumanova, Almasbek Maulit, Maxim Sutula

“…Temperate grasslands are called the breadbaskets of the world. …”
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Diurnal Variation Characteristics of Summer Precipitation over the Northern Slope of the Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, Northwest China: Basic Features and Responses to the Inhomoge... by Zulipina Kadier, Zhiyi Li, Abuduwaili Abulikemu, Kefeng Zhu, Aerzuna Abulimiti, Dawei An, Abidan Abuduaini

“…In addition, different land surface categories exhibit distinct patterns of diurnal precipitation variation, i.e., the forests, grasslands, and water bodies exhibit their peak PA in the period from early morning to noon, while the impervious surfaces, croplands, and barren lands exhibit their peak PA in the period from afternoon to nighttime.…”
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The role of topographic and soil factors on woody plant encroachment in mountainous rangelands: A mini literature review by Masibonge Gxasheka, Christian Sabelo Gajana, Phesheya Dlamini

“…In spite of these benefits, mountain grasslands are undergoing extensive land-cover change as a result of woody plant encroachment. …”
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Evaluation of IMERG and ERA5 precipitation products over the Mongolian Plateau by Ying Xin, Yaping Yang, Xiaona Chen, Xiafang Yue, Yangxiaoyue Liu, Cong Yin

“…Besides, products performed best in agricultural lands and forests along the northern and south-eastern edges, followed by urban areas and grasslands closer to the center, and worst in the sparse vegetation and bare areas of the south-west. …”
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Using Remote Sensing Vegetation Indices for the Discrimination and Monitoring of Agricultural Crops: A Critical Review by Roxana Vidican, Anamaria Mălinaș, Ovidiu Ranta, Cristina Moldovan, Ovidiu Marian, Alexandru Ghețe, Ciprian Radu Ghișe, Flavia Popovici, Giorgiana M. Cătunescu

“…Thus, the objective of this review is to conduct a critical analysis of the existing state of the art on the effective use of VIs for the discrimination and monitoring of several important agricultural crops (wheat, corn, sunflower, soybean, rape, potatoes, and forage crops), grasslands and meadows. This data could be highly useful for all the stakeholders involved in agricultural activities. …”
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Allocating payments for ecosystem services under future multiple scenarios in the Yellow River Basin, China by Ying Liu, Bo Qu, Enhui Jiang, Lingang Hao, Yongwei Zhu, Yongcai Jing

“…The results showed that (1) The most significant land-use changes during 2010–2020 were impervious, forests, grasslands, and croplands, where the impervious increased by 22.47 % (4642 km2) and the forest increased by 9 % (7623 km2). (2) The total ESV in the YRB will be highest under EC scenario in 2030, at 729.16 billion CNY, and Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu and Shandong will have the highest ESV under EC scenario. (3) The funds will reach lowest under EC scenario, at 13.35 billion CNY, while reach highest under CC scenario, at 13.58 billion CNY. (4) In any scenario, Qinghai and Gansu province will get the highest PES funds among nine provinces, and financial investment in the Qinghai Province needs to be increased. …”
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Topography modifies the effect of land‐use change on soil respiration: A meta‐analysis by Yanjun Zhang, Junliang Zou, Shuina Dang, Bruce Osborne, Yuanyuan Ren, Xueliang Ju

“…We synthesized 69 recently published papers from China to explore the influence of topography‐related changes in land use on soil respiration where croplands were converted into orchards (abbreviated as C‐O), grasslands (abbreviated as C‐G), or woodlands (abbreviated as C‐W). …”
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Portable thermal scanners to detect and monitor small endotherms: A comparative assessment of available equipment to guide practitioners by Finella M. E. Dawlings, Claire Mackay, Morgan Humphrey, William F. Mitchell, Karina J. Sorrell, Sonia Sanchez, Benjamin M. Viola, Rohan H. Clarke

“…Random arrays of artificially heated small bird models (representing small, cryptic endotherms) were established along transects in native grasslands that support a range of small threatened endotherms, including the Critically Endangered Plains‐wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus). …”
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Mapping past land cover on Poitiers in 1993 at very high resolution using GEOBIA approach and open data by Elie Morin, Ny Tolotra Razafimbelo, Jean-Louis Yengué, Yvonnick Guinard, Frédéric Grandjean, Nicolas Bech

“…The goal was to identify croplands, grasslands, coniferous and deciduous forests, urban areas, water bodies, and shadows. …”
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Understanding indigenous people's traditional Chinese medicinal plants harvesting preferences to guide sustainable management by Jingjing Zhao, Linyu Fan, Sifan Hu, Poha, Jiayangji, Anita Kar Yan Wan, Yan Zeng, Yongchuan Yang, Beilu Duan, Tien Ming Lee

“…Overall, our results shed light on the importance of understanding the drivers of harvesting preferences and the heterogeneity of harvesting practices among indigenous people and their cultural and sustainability leanings, providing crucial insights for future sustainable use and management of wild and economically important medicinal plants in the grasslands of Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau and other regions. …”
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Assessment of Changes in Key Ecosystem Factors and Water Conservation with Remote Sensing in the Zoige by Peng Hou, Jun Zhai, Dian-Dian Jin, Yan Zhou, Yan Chen, Hai-Feng Gao

“…We observed that the ecological effects of nature reserves are more direct and rapid, and the amount of water conservation within the nature reserve is about 1 × 10⁴ m³/km² higher than that of the surrounding grasslands. Satellite remote-sensing images can not only capture the multiscale change information of ecological indicators, such as vegetation and water, in a timely manner, but can also help us to identify the effectiveness of conservation measures by distinguishing and analyzing the causes of these changes.…”
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Geographic distribution of non-clinical Theileria parva infection among indigenous cattle populations in contrasting agro-ecological zones of Uganda: implications for control strat... by Fredrick Kabi, Charles Masembe, Vincent Muwanika, Halid Kirunda, Riccardo Negrini

“…A gradual increase of non-clinical T. parva infection was observed ranging from 17% (95% CI: 0.03 – 0.23) to 43% (95% CI: 0.3 – 0.55) in the North Eastern Savannah Grasslands (NESG) to the Western Highland Ranges (WHR) respectively. …”
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Long‐term cattle grazing shifts the ecological state of forest soils by Willem Proesmans, Christopher Andrews, Alan Gray, Rob Griffiths, Aidan Keith, Uffe N. Nielsen, David Spurgeon, Richard Pywell, Bridget Emmett, Adam J. Vanbergen

“…While most research has been performed on grasslands, the effect of large managed ungulates on forest ecosystems has largely been neglected. …”
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Bridging the gap between movement data and connectivity analysis using the Time-Explicit Habitat Selection (TEHS) model by Denis Valle, Nina Attias, Joshua A. Cullen, Mevin B. Hooten, Aline Giroux, Luiz Gustavo R. Oliveira-Santos, Arnaud L. J. Desbiez, Robert J. Fletcher

“…Giant anteaters moved faster over wetlands while moving much slower over forests and savannas, in comparison to grasslands. We also found that wetlands were consistently avoided whereas forest and savannas tended to be selected. …”
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Mapping Croplands in the Granary of the Tibetan Plateau Using All Available Landsat Imagery, A Phenology-Based Approach, and Google Earth Engine by Yuanyuan Di, Geli Zhang, Nanshan You, Tong Yang, Qiang Zhang, Ruoqi Liu, Russell B. Doughty, Yangjian Zhang

“…The Tibetan Plateau (TP), known as “The Roof of World”, has expansive alpine grasslands and is a hotspot for climate change studies. …”
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Growth of the wild potato Solanum commersonii (Solanaceae) among grass tussocks under different defoliation intensities by Osvaldo R. Vignolio, Verónica N. Ispizúa, Eugenia Garavano, Natalia L. Murillo

“… Solanum commersonii is a wild potato, valuable as a socioeconomic resource for a breeding program of feeding crops. In grasslands, this species grows associated to Paspalum quadrifarium, a forage grass managed under grazing conditions. …”
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Genetic effects of long-term captive breeding on the endangered pygmy hog by Deepanwita Purohit, Shivakumara Manu, Muthuvarmadam Subramanian Ram, Shradha Sharma, Harika Chinchilam Patnaik, Parag Jyoti Deka, Goutam Narayan, Govindhaswamy Umapathy

“…Pygmy hog (Porcula salvania) is an endangered species with a small population inhabiting the tall sub-Himalayan grasslands of Assam, India. A conservation breeding program of pygmy hog from six founders has produced a multi-generational captive population destined for reintroduction into the wild. …”
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Studies on the embryonic development and larval infection potential of the stomach bot flies, Gasterophilus pecorum by Yu Zhang, Ke Zhang, Meng Wang, Xiaojia Wu, Jiawei Liu, Hongjun Chu, Dong Zhang, Kai Li, Heqing Huang

“…This study examines G. pecorum's development and infection patterns in embryonic and larval stages, crucial for understanding horse botfly disease in desert grasslands. For the incubation of G. pecorum fertilized eggs, we established the six distinct temperature gradients: 16 °C, 20 °C, 24 °C, 28 °C, 30 °C, and 32 °C. …”
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Identification of Associations between SSR Markers and Quantitative Traits of Maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) by Jan Bocianowski, Kamila Nowosad, Barbara Wróbel, Piotr Szulc

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When savannas recover from overgrazing, ecohydrological connectivity collapses by Shishir Basant, Bradford P Wilcox, Pedro M Leite, Cristine L Morgan

“…Grasslands and savannas across the globe have undergone a dramatic transition over the past century. …”
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