The last decade has seen considerable progress in scientific research on vegetation
ecosystem services. While much research has focused on forests and wetlands, grasslands …

Farmers and ranchers depend on annual forage production for grassland livestock
enterprises. Many regression and machine learning (ML) prediction models have been …

A series of policies have been implicated in the Qilian Mountain National Park (QLMNP) to
combat climate change (CC). Distinguishing the impacts of CC and human activities (HA) on …

Different methods have been proposed in population dynamics to estimate carrying capacity
(K). This study estimates K for Iran, using three novel methods by integrating land and water …

Mountainous regions are changing rapidly across the world due to both land-use change
and climate change. Given the importance of mountainous regions for ecosystem services …

Livestock systems contribution to environmental change is controversial. Pasture-based
systems are considered a sustainable alternative due to their adaptation to the use of local …

Remote sensing of specific climatic and biogeographical parameters is an effective means
of evaluating the large-scale desertification status of drylands affected by negative human …

Although the role of livestock in future food systems is debated, animal proteins are unlikely
to completely disappear from our diet. Grasslands are a key source of primary productivity …

Population growth and rapid economic development have led to serious and widespread
negative ecological impacts, so the world is faced with the task of ecological recovery …

In arid and semi-arid climate zones, understanding the spatial patterns and biogeographical
mechanisms of net primary production (NPP) and precipitation use efficiency (PUE) is …