Addressing unexpected events and uncertainty represents one of the grand challenges of
the Anthropocene, yet ecosystem management is constrained by existing policy and laws …

In the Great Plains of the central United States, water resources for human and aquatic life
rely primarily on surface runoff and local recharge from rangelands that are under rapid …

Woody encroachment is a global driver of grassland loss and management to counteract
encroachment represents one of the most expensive conservation practices implemented in …

Worldwide, tree or shrub dominated woodlands have encroached into herbaceous
dominated grasslands. While very few studies have evaluated the impact of Eastern …

A key pursuit in contemporary ecology is to differentiate regime shifts that are truly
irreversible from those that are hysteretic. Many ecological regime shifts have been labeled …

Wildfire activity has surged in North America's temperate grassland biome. Like many
biomes, this system has undergone drastic land-use change over the last century; however …

Context Woody encroachment is the process whereby grasslands transition to a woody-
dominated state. This process is a global driver of grassland decline and is ultimately the …

Human alteration of fire regimes is a hallmark of the Anthropocene; yet few studies have fully
explored the implications of utilizing high-intensity fires in grasslands and savannas to …

Woody plant encroachment into grasslands ecosystems causes significantly ecological
destruction and economic losses. Effective and efficient management largely benefits from …

Woody plant encroachment in grasslands represents one of the greatest challenges for
global biodiversity conservation. Furthermore, this is a social-ecological problem, where …