Grassland management affects delivery of regulating and supporting ecosystem services

LE Sollenberger, MM Kohmann, JCB Dubeux Jr… - Crop …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem services (ES) are the direct and indirect contributions of ecosystems to human
well‐being. Grassland ecosystems cover> 40% of Earth's ice‐free terrestrial surface, and …

Designing diverse agricultural pastures for improving ruminant production systems

RA Distel, JI Arroquy, S Lagrange… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Pasture-based production systems represent a significant sustainable supplier of animal
source foods worldwide. For such systems, mounting evidence highlights the importance of …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of weather and management practices on greenhouse gas flux dynamics on an agricultural grassland in Southern Finland

L Heimsch, J Vira, I Fer, H Vekuri, JP Tuovinen… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2024 - Elsevier
Agricultural management and meteorological conditions have a great impact on grassland
dynamics, and regenerative and holistic practices especially have significant potential for …

Forage yield trend of alfalfa cultivars in the Canadian prairies and its relation to environmental factors and harvest management

L Ren, JA Bennett, B Coulman, J Liu… - Grass and forage …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is one of the most important forage crops in the world. The
objectives of this study were to assess alfalfa yield improvement in the Canadian prairies …

Warm-climate, legume-grass forage mixtures versus grass-only swards: An ecosystem services comparison

LE Sollenberger, JCB Dubeux - Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Integrating warm-climate forage legumes into grass monocultures has received significant
research attention during the past 70 years, but widespread adoption by end users has been …

Monitoring agroecosystem productivity and phenology at a national scale: A metric assessment framework

DM Browning, ES Russell, GE Ponce-Campos… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Effective measurement of seasonal variations in the timing and amount of production is
critical to managing spatially heterogeneous agroecosystems in a changing climate …

Resilience, stability, and productivity of alfalfa cultivars in rainfed regions of North America

VD Picasso, MD Casler, D Undersander - Crop Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Resilient, stable, and productive forage systems are needed to endure increasingly frequent
climatic extremes. Resilience is the ability of a forage system to withstand a climatic crisis …

Spatial and temporal variability of future ecosystem services in an agricultural landscape

J Qiu, SR Carpenter, EG Booth, M Motew… - Landscape Ecology, 2020 - Springer
Context Sustaining ecosystem services requires enhanced understanding of their spatial–
temporal dynamics and responses to drivers. To date, the majority of research has focused …

Farmers' perceptions of permanent grasslands and their intentions to adapt to climate change influence their resilience strategy

L Allart, F Joly, V Oostvogels, C Mosnier… - … Agriculture and Food …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Climate change will increase average temperatures and the frequency and intensity of
summertime droughts; those shifts will in turn affect forage production in grassland-based …

Effect of season, habitat type and anthropogenic pressure on the bird diversity in the vineyards agroecosystems in the region of Fes‐Meknes

A Belkhiri, M Sadki, A Maliki, T Moubchir… - African Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Agroecosystems are becoming more developed in Morocco, which requires conducting
research about their importance to indigenous avifauna. We studied the influence of …