A review of similarity between seed bank and standing vegetation across ecosystems

KN Hopfensperger - Oikos, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between above and belowground species composition has been
researched in forests, grasslands, and wetlands to understand what mechanisms control …

The paradox of keystone species persecuted as pests: a call for the conservation of abundant small mammals in their native range

M Delibes-Mateos, AT Smith, CN Slobodchikoff… - Biological …, 2011 - Elsevier
Small mammals, such as European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus), plateau pikas
(Ochotona curzoniae) and prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.), traditionally have been perceived …

[图书][B] Conservation of the black-tailed prairie dog: saving North America's western grasslands

J Hoogland - 2013 - books.google.com
The prairie dog is a colonial, keystone species of the grassland ecosystem of western North
America. Myriad animals regularly visit colony-sites to feed on the grass there, to use the …

Composition of soil seed banks in southern California coastal sage scrub and adjacent exotic grassland

RD Cox, EB Allen - Plant Ecology, 2008 - Springer
Soil seed banks are important to many plant communities and are recognized as an
important component of management plans. Understanding seed bank composition and …

The LTAR Integrated Grazing Land Common Experiment at the Texas Gulf

MC Schantz, DR Smith, D Harmel, DJ Goodwin… - 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Extreme weather and climate events have become more frequent and directly affect the
ecological structure and function of integrated grazing lands. While the Great Plains have …

[图书][B] Exotic brome-grasses in arid and semiarid ecosystems of the western US

MJ Germino, JC Chambers, CS Brown - 2015 - Springer
The Springer Series on Environmental Management is concerned with humanity's
stewardship of the environment, our use of natural resources, and the ways in which we can …

Incorporating biodiversity into rangeland health: plant species richness and diversity in Great Plains grasslands

AJ Symstad, JL Jonas - Rangeland Ecology & Management, 2011 - Elsevier
Indicators of rangeland health generally do not include a measure of biodiversity. Increasing
attention to maintaining biodiversity in rangelands suggests that this omission should be …

The role of selenium in protecting plants against prairie dog herbivory: implications for the evolution of selenium hyperaccumulation

CF Quinn, JL Freeman, ML Galeas, EM Klamper… - Oecologia, 2008 - Springer
Some plants can hyperaccumulate the element selenium (Se) up to 10,000 mg Se kg− 1 dry
weight. Hyperaccumulation has been hypothesized to defend against herbivory. In …

土壤种子库研究综述——植被系统中的作用及功能

尚占环, 徐鹏彬, 任国华, 龙瑞军 - 草业学报, 2009 - cyxb.magtech.com.cn
土壤种子库的功能对植被系统的存在, 发展和变化具有重要意义. 土壤种子库拥有重要记忆功能,
通过研究其记忆能力可以反映植被发展历史, 特别是在追源植被演化过程中具有重要指示作用 …

Facing into the blizzard: Resiliency and mortality of native and domestic North American ungulates to extreme weather events

JM Martin - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Unseasonably early blizzards in the northern Great Plains of the US
threaten large mammal populations unacclimated for winter conditions. This region …