Despite growing recognition of the conservation values of grassy biomes, our understanding
of how to maintain and restore biodiverse tropical grasslands (including savannas and open …

The global importance of grasslands is indicated by their extent; they comprise some 26% of
total land area and 80% of agriculturally productive land. The majority of grasslands are …

Reports of positive or neutral effects of grazing on plant species richness have prompted
calls for livestock grazing to be used as a tool for managing land for conservation. Grazing …

Ecological models predict that the effects of mammalian herbivore exclusion on plant
diversity depend on resource availability and plant exposure to ungulate grazing over …

Grazing is one of the most widespread forms of intensive management on Earth and is
linked to reductions in soil health. However, little is known about the relative influence of …

Questions Does the magnitude of grazing‐induced changes in species composition vary
with habitat productivity? How does the sign and magnitude of grazing effects on species …

There is an urgent need to improve the evaluation of conservation interventions. This
requires specifying an objective and a frame of reference from which to measure …

Globally, soils store two to three times as much carbon as currently resides in the
atmosphere, and it is critical to understand how soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and …

In the Palaearctic steppe zone, overgrazing was identified as one of the key drivers of
declining grassland biodiversity, which underlines the necessity of the functional evaluation …

Since European settlement, there has been a dramatic increase in the density, cover and
distribution of woody plants in former grassland and open woodland. There is a widespread …