Aims Deposition of urine and dung is a key mechanism by which herbivores influence the
nutrient cycling of terrestrial ecosystems. Yet, little is known about the roles of urine, dung …

Aims Viable seeds in herbivore dung constitute the dung seed bank, and the contribution of
livestock dung to this seed bank in grazing pastures is often overlooked. Grazing season …

摘要探讨季节性放牧下土壤种子库的特性对荒漠草原合理利用具有重要作用.
以宁夏荒漠草原为对象, 通过封育(FY), 传统时间轮牧(FG), 延迟开始轮牧(YG) …

The soil seed bank is a key factor in understanding the dynamics between below-and above-
ground vegetation in rangelands. However, although the alpine steppe has been used to …

Grazing is the main way of utilizing understory vegetation in the tropics. However, the effects
of grazing on vegetation diversity and soil functions in coconut plantations remain unclear …

The global increase in drought frequency and intensity in large areas has potentially
important effects on soil seed banks (SSBs). However, a systematic evaluation of the impact …

Grazing is an effective way to manage understory weeds. However, how grazing affects the
communities of weeds and the soil seed banks in tropical coconut plantations remains …

Grazing is widely used in more than one-forth of global terrestrial ecosystems, with three
quarters are distributed on complex topography. Grazing and topography have both resulted …

Endozoochorous dispersal of seeds by livestock has long attracted the attention of
grassland scientists, but little is known about seed dispersal via Tan sheep dung on the dry …

Abstract Space for time substitution has been widely used in the study of succession in
abandoned croplands worldwide but it is often accompanied by time heterogeneity …