Impacts of large herbivores on terrestrial ecosystems

RM Pringle, JO Abraham, TM Anderson, TC Coverdale… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Large herbivores play unique ecological roles and are disproportionately imperiled by
human activity. As many wild populations dwindle towards extinction, and as interest grows …

Herbivores in Arctic ecosystems: Effects of climate change and implications for carbon and nutrient cycling

AM Koltz, L Gough, JR McLaren - … of the New York Academy of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Arctic terrestrial herbivores influence tundra carbon and nutrient dynamics through their
consumption of resources, waste production, and habitat‐modifying behaviors. The strength …

Precipitation increase counteracts warming effects on plant and soil C: N: P stoichiometry in an alpine meadow

L Shi, Z Lin, X Wei, C Peng, Z Yao, B Han… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Temperature and precipitation are expected to increase in the forthcoming decades in the
northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, with uncertain effects of their interaction on plant and …

Plant α‐and β‐diversity, and soil microbial stoichiometry co‐regulate the alterations in ecosystem multifunctionality in response to grazing and N addition in a typical …

L Li, M Wang, XZ He, Z Wang, X Zhang… - Land Degradation & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite their significance, how interactions of plant diversity at multiple spatial scales and
soil microbial stoichiometry alter a series of ecosystem functions (multifunctionality, EMF) in …

GPS tracking to monitor the spatiotemporal dynamics of cattle behavior and their relationship with feces distribution

JA Hassan-Vásquez, F Maroto-Molina… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The environmental impact of livestock production is an important concern
of modern societies. In the case of grazing cattle, the accumulation of feces in some areas …

放牧对全球草地生态系统碳氮磷化学计量特征影响的Meta 分析.

刘玉祯, 刘文亭, 杨晓霞, 李彩弟… - Yingyong Shengtai …, 2022 - search.ebscohost.com
摘要为明确全球尺度下放牧管理措施对草地生态系统碳(C), 氮(N), 磷(P) 化学计量特征的影响,
提高草地生态系统管理水平, 本研究选取国内外83 篇中英文文献进行Meta 分析 …

Concurrent and legacy effects of sheep trampling on soil organic carbon stocks in a typical steppe, China

L Li, XZ He, J Zhang, R Bryant, A Hu, F Hou - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Grazing plays a key role in ecosystem biogeochemistry, particularly soil carbon (C) pools.
The non-trophic interactions between herbivores and soil processes through herbivore …

Different effects of grazing and nitrogen addition on ecosystem multifunctionality are driven by changes in plant resource stoichiometry in a typical steppe

L Li, XZ He, X Zhang, J Hu, M Wang, Z Wang, F Hou - Plant and Soil, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Herbivore grazing and nitrogen (N) input may alter the multiple ecosystem
functions (ie, multifunctionality, hereafter) associated with carbon (C), N, and phosphorus (P) …

Grazing and precipitation addition reduces the temporal stability of aboveground biomass in a typical steppe of Chinese Loess Plateau

X Huang, M He, L Li, Z Wang, L Shi, X Zhao… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Few studies on the effects of human activities and global climate change on temporal
stability have considered either grazing or precipitation addition (PA). How community …

Response of microbial communities to the changes in grazing intensity and season in a typical steppe

M Usman, L Li, M Wang, Z Wang, A Hu, L Shi… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Livestock grazing is an influencing factor playing a key role in shaping the plant community,
microbial community, and soil properties in grassland ecosystems. Northern China's Loess …