Biodiversity is a crucial part of nature's precious assets that provide many human needs and
insures against environmental disasters. Scientists have not yet reached a consensus on the …

Understanding the responses of vegetation characteristics and soil properties to grazing in
different precipitation regimes is useful for the management of rangelands, especially in the …

Background and aims–Although an understanding of the effects of fire severity on diversity
components of the soil seed bank (SSB) and aboveground vegetation (AGV) is important to …

The biodiversity-productivity relationship is critical for better predicting ecosystem responses
to climate change and human disturbance. However, it remains unclear about the effects of …

Abstract Knowledge of plant species distribution and abundance at different landscape
scales and management‐induced degradation is essential for the conservation, planning …

Grazing is a crucial anthropogenic disturbance on grasslands. However, it is unknown how
livestock grazing affects the relationship between biodiversity and productivity of alpine …

Monitoring and evaluating changes of the various characteristics of ecosystems after
disturbances are essential to protect the services provided by each ecosystem. In the …

Questions (a) Do patterns of species diversity and composition differ between plots exposed
to high vs. low grazing intensity?(b) Do these differences vary among three regions with …

The relationships between different aspects of diversity (taxonomic, structural and functional)
and the aboveground biomass (AGB) as a major component of global carbon balance have …

Cushion plants can affect wind speed and sediment movement patterns that probably modify
the water and sediment redistribution along slopes and increase the accumulation of seeds …