Mitigating climate change while safeguarding biodiversity and livelihoods is a major
challenge. However, rampant afforestation threatens biodiversity and livelihoods, with …

Environmental DNA is increasingly being used to reconstruct past and present biodiversity
including from freshwater ecosystems. Macrophytes are especially good environmental …

Maintaining the resilience and functionality of savannas is key to sustaining the ecosystem
services they provide. This maintenance is largely dependent on the resilience of savannas …

Ecosystem response to climate change is complex. In order to forecast ecosystem dynamics,
we need high-quality data on changes in past species abundance that can inform process …

Shrub encroachment became widespread in grass-dominated ecosystem regions. However,
there is still limited attention on the changes in plant-soil system C: N: P stoichiometry and …

Little is currently known about preservation of plant DNA in lake sediments. Most prior
information originates from laboratory experiments while systematic field‐based studies are …

Grassland-shrubland state transition causes profound effects on soil nutrients and
microorganisms, yet little is known about how these soil characteristics are influenced by …

Over the last two millennia, European Alpine ecosystems have experienced major changes
in response to the important, yet fluctuating, impact of human activities. This study aims to …

Rangeland degradation, with the loss of perennial grasses and shrub encroachment,
negatively affects livestock production and reduces the drought resilience of commercial …

African grassy biomes evolved together with fire and have a long history of human
manipulation of fire, yet few rangeland studies acknowledge the role of prehistoric fire in …