Dry grasslands are species rich and ecologically valuable habitats that have experienced a
massive decline in Switzerland during the last century due to agricultural intensification and …

Spatial monitoring of grassland management is crucial for ecosystem assessment and the
establishment of sustainable agriculture. Switzerland is covered by large areas of small …

Grasslands are important terrestrial ecosystems and key sources of primary productivity for
livestock on Earth. It is very important to clarify the trend of the balance between grassland …

The quantification of grassland above-ground biomass (AGB) and grazing intensity (GI) and
their distribution in space is of great significance to grassland management and eco …

Desert grassland is an essential component of the northern grasslands of China,
representing an ecosystem that transitions from grassland to desert. However, it is a fragile …

The problem of grassland degradation induced by livestock production at the expense of
local grasses has become a serious ecological problem worldwide. To maintain livestock …

Satellite remote sensing technology has been successfully used to monitor grassland
productivity, especially for estimating the green component of biomass using popular indices …

Estimates of regional net primary productivity (NPP) are useful in modeling regional and
global carbon cycles, especially in karst areas. This work developed a new method to study …

Determining vegetation variation and its influential factors in a desert steppe under the
impacts of climate change and human activities is crucial and meaningful for improving the …

Grazing intensity (GI) is difficult to measure accurately because of the diversity of grazing
livestock, their mobility in the grazing space and the uncertainty of grazing times. Thus, GI …