An overview of permanent grassland grazing management practices and the impacts on principal soil quality indicators

F Milazzo, RM Francksen, M Abdalla, S Ravetto Enri… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Grasslands are at risk of degradation due to unsustainable management practices and
climate change. Here, we review the principal soil quality indicators (SQIs) to evaluate the …

Grazing lowers soil multifunctionality but boosts soil microbial network complexity and stability in a subtropical grassland of China

L Ding, L Tian, J Li, Y Zhang, M Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Long-term grazing profoundly affects grassland ecosystems, whereas how the
soil microbiome and multiple soil ecosystem functions alter in response to two-decades of …

Grazing-driven shifts in soil bacterial community structure and function in a typical steppe are mediated by additional N inputs

L Li, XZ He, M Wang, L Huang, Z Wang, X Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Herbivore grazing and nitrogen (N) fertilization affect soil microbial diversity and community
composition both in direct and indirect pathways (eg, via alterations in soil microenvironment …

Shrub expansion raises both aboveground and underground multifunctionality on a subtropical plateau grassland: coupling multitrophic community assembly to …

L Ding, H Chen, M Wang, P Wang - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Shrubs have expanded into grasslands globally. However, the relative
importance of aboveground and underground diversity and the relative importance of …

Moderate grazing promotes arthropod species diversity in an alpine meadow

H Guan, S Zhang, Y Huangpu, H Yan, KJ Niklas… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Plant species diversity has been substantially studied in relation to
livestock grazing intensity. However, the effect of grazing on arthropod species diversity has …

[PDF][PDF] Moderate Grazing Promotes Arthropod Species Diversity in an Alpine Meadow. Biology 2023, 12, 778

H Guan, S Zhang, Y Huangpu, H Yan, KJ Niklas… - 2023 - academia.edu
Livestock grazing is an important tool used in grassland land management practices.
Studies have substantially addressed the effect of grazing on plant species diversity …