Large herbivores play unique ecological roles and are disproportionately imperiled by
human activity. As many wild populations dwindle towards extinction, and as interest grows …

Anthropogenic disturbance has generated a significant loss of biodiversity worldwide and
grazing by domestic herbivores is a contributing disturbance. Although the effects of grazing …

Aboveground-Belowground Linkages provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive
synthesis of recent advances in our understanding of the roles that interactions between …

Crops and livestock play a synergistic role in global food production and farmer livelihoods.
Increasingly, however, crops and livestock are produced in isolation, particularly in farms …

Grazing lawns are a distinct grassland community type, characterised by short‐stature and
with their persistence and spread promoted by grazing. In Africa, they reveal a long co …

Grasslands in northern China and the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau are particularly important to
both ecosystem functioning and pastoral livelihoods. Although there are numerous …

Background and aims Fine root decomposition contributes significantly to element cycling in
terrestrial ecosystems. However, studies on root decomposition rates and on the factors that …

Large mammalian herbivores manifest a strong top‐down control on ecosystems that can
transform entire landscapes, but their impacts have not been reviewed in the context of …

The facilitating effect of the exudation of carbon (C) compounds from roots on rhizospheric
processes has been shown in controlled experiments; however, it still remains unclear how …

Ecologists increasingly recognize the ability of certain species to influence ecological
processes by engineering the physical environment, but efforts to develop a predictive …