Grazing‐induced biodiversity loss impairs grassland ecosystem stability at multiple scales

M Liang, C Liang, Y Hautier, KR Wilcox… - Ecology Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Livestock grazing is a major driver sha** grassland biodiversity, functioning and stability.
Whether grazing impacts on grassland ecosystems are scale‐dependent remains unclear …

Grazing intensity alters soil microbial diversity and network complexity in alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

L **g, TD Mipam, Y Ai, A Jiang, T Gan, S Zhang… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Livestock grazing can alter biodiversity and ecosystem functions. However, how long-term
and continuous grazing intensity affect belowground biodiversity remains unclear, especially …

Precipitation and soil nutrients determine the spatial variability of grassland productivity at large scales in China

X Wang, R Wang, J Gao - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Changes in net primary productivity (NPP) to global change have been studied, yet the
relative impacts of global change on grassland productivity at large scales remain poorly …

Grazing and climate change have site‐dependent interactive effects on vegetation in Asian montane rangelands

M Kohli, TN Mijiddorj, KR Suryawanshi… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate over Asian montane rangelands is changing faster than the global average, posing
serious threats to the future of the region's livestock‐based economies and cultures. Effects …

Shifts in plant composition mediate grazing effects on carbon cycling in grasslands

M Liang, NG Smith, J Chen, Y Wu, Z Guo… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon cycling in grasslands can be impacted by livestock grazing, partially as an indirect
result of herbivory‐induced compositional shifts in the plant community. However, the …

Introduced goats reduce diversity and biomass of herbs in Caatinga dry forest

T Menezes, R Carmo, R Wirth, IR Leal… - Land Degradation & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Herbivores are considered important drivers of vegetation shifts in rangelands worldwide. In
the Brazilian Caatinga years in 16 paired exclosure versus free‐access plots. Exclosure of …

[HTML][HTML] Canopy structure: An intermediate factor regulating grassland diversity-function relationships under human disturbances

X Zhao, Y Feng, K Xu, M Cao, S Hu, Q Yang, X Liu… - Fundamental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Grasslands are one of the largest coupled human-nature terrestrial ecosystems on Earth,
and severe anthropogenic-induced grassland ecosystem function declines have been …

Belowground diversity drives multifunctionality in grazing pastures on the eastern Tibetan Plateau

TD Mipam, L **g, A Jiang, S Zhang, W Yi… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Livestock grazing can alter ecosystem structure, functions, and services across diverse
biomes, with grazing intensity being a key factor affecting grassland function. Although the …

Rainfall pulses mediate long‐term plant community compositional dynamics in a semi‐arid rangeland

M Liang, X Feng, ES Gornish - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Semi‐arid rangelands, comprising more than 40% of the Earth's land surface, provide critical
ecosystem services. Worldwide, these ecosystems are experiencing rapid degradation due …

Long‐term livestock exclusion increases plant richness and reproductive capacity in arid woodlands

AIT Tulloch, A Healy, J Silcock, GM Wardle… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herbivore exclusion is implemented globally to recover ecosystems from grazing by
introduced and native herbivores, but evidence for large‐scale biodiversity benefits is …