[HTML][HTML] Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) as an invader and threat to biodiversity in arid environments: a review

VM Marshall, MM Lewis, B Ostendorf - Journal of Arid Environments, 2012 - Elsevier
Popular pastoral species, Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) is receiving long overdue attention
as an invasive weed that poses serious threats to biodiversity conservation worldwide. Most …

草-环境系统植物碳氮磷生态化学计量学及其对环境因子的响应研究进展

杨惠敏, 王冬梅 - 草业学报, 2011 - cyxb.magtech.com.cn
生态化学计量学(ecological stoichiometry) 是研究生物系统能量和化学元素(主要如C, N 和P 等)
**衡的科学, 为研究元素在生物地球化学循环和生态过程中的计量关系和规律提供了一种综合 …

Forage quality of savannas—Simultaneously map** foliar protein and polyphenols for trees and grass using hyperspectral imagery

AK Skidmore, JG Ferwerda, O Mutanga… - Remote sensing of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Savanna covers about two-thirds of Africa, with forage quantity and quality being important
factors determining the distribution and density of wildlife and domestic stock. Testing …

Plant functional traits mediate the response magnitude of plant-litter-soil microbial C: N: P stoichiometry to nitrogen addition in a desert steppe

Z Song, X Zuo, X Zhao, J Qiao, H Ya, X Li, P Yue… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Global nitrogen deposition is significantly altering the carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and
phosphorus (P) stoichiometry in terrestrial ecosystems, yet how N deposition simultaneously …

Ecological impacts of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.) invasion in central Australia–does field evidence support a fire-invasion feedback?

G Miller, M Friedel, P Adam… - The Rangeland Journal, 2010 - CSIRO Publishing
Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.) has invaded extensive areas of arid and semi-arid
Australia following its introduction as a pasture species and for erosion control. It has been …

Savanna burning and the assessment of long-term fire experiments with particular reference to Zimbabwe

PA Furley, RM Rees, CM Ryan… - Progress in Physical …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Long-term fire experiments in savannnas are rare, given the difficulties and demands of
operation. Controlled fire experiments date from colonial times in West Africa, although the …

Short-term prescribed fire-induced changes in soil microbial communities and nutrients in native rangelands of Florida

D Rai, ML Silveira, SL Strauss, JL Meyer… - Applied Soil …, 2023 - Elsevier
Prescribed burning is widely used land management strategy to reduce the risks of wildfire
and to achieve a wide range of ecological, economic, and societal benefits. However, it can …

[HTML][HTML] Responses of soybean dry matter production, phosphorus accumulation, and seed yield to sowing time under relay intercrop** with maize

S Ahmed, MA Raza, T Zhou, S Hussain, MHB Khalid… - Agronomy, 2018 - mdpi.com
Soybean production under maize–soybean relay-intercrop** system (MSICS) is
vulnerable to shading. A study was initiated to investigate the effects of three sowing-times …

Impacts of fire and invasive species on desert soil ecology

EB Allen, RJ Steers, SJ Dickens - Rangeland Ecology & Management, 2011 - Elsevier
A review of literature shows that both fire and invasive species may cause changes in
biological, chemical, and physical properties of desert soils. Although soil may recover from …