Conservation is often operationalized as a minimization of human intervention in nature.
However, many social-ecological systems depend on human interventions to maintain …

Land managers are grappling with massive changes in vegetation structure, particularly in
protected areas formerly subjected to fire and grazing. The objective of this review was to …

The spatial variation of soil erosion is essential for farming system management and
resilience development, specifically in the high climate hazard vulnerable tropical countries …

Assessment of habitat heterogeneity and plant species richness at the landscape scale is
often based on intensive and extensive fieldwork at great cost of time and money. We …

A primary goal of restoration ecology is to understand the factors that generate variability in
species diversity and composition among restorations. Plant communities may assemble …

Forbs constitute over 80% of the species richness of mesic grassland but their response to
grazing is largely unknown. The influence of grazing on the forb composition, richness and …

Livestock overgrazing and climate change have been identified as the primary causes of
grassland degeneration and biodiversity decline, yet the underlying mechanism remains …

Declines in species richness due to fertilization are typically rapid and associated with
increases in aboveground production. However, in a long-term experiment examining the …

Tibetan alpine grasslands are viewed to be sensitive to climate change and grazing
disturbance. But it is not well understood how and to what extent grazing exclusion affects …

Tallgrass prairie is a disturbance‐dependent ecosystem that has suffered steep declines in
the midwestern United States. The necessity of disturbance, typically fire or grazing …