This revised and updated edition focuses on constrained ordination (RDA, CCA), variation
partitioning and the use of permutation tests of statistical hypotheses about multivariate data …

Land managers are grappling with massive changes in vegetation structure, particularly in
protected areas formerly subjected to fire and grazing. The objective of this review was to …

Overgrazing is considered one of the key disturbance factors that results in alpine grassland
degradation in Tibet. Grazing exclusion by fencing has been widely used as an approach to …

Land‐use intensification has caused dramatic declines in grassland biodiversity, and in
Europe this decline has not yet been halted. Therefore, a major challenge in ecological …

There are strong opposing views among conservationists about whether we have to
intervene to safeguard our natural heritage or not. In the Western European tradition, human …

Enclosure is one of the useful measures to protect and restore degraded grasslands, and it
is widely used around the world. The vegetation characteristics of grasslands directly reflect …

Land-use change has been identified as the most important factor responsible for the recent
loss of biodiversity. One major problem is the abandonment of management, especially in …

To decrease the detrimental consequences of overgrazing on the sustainability of grassland
ecosystems, many countries have developed policies on grazing exclusions. However …

It is generally assumed that functional richness, diversity and evenness are complementary
and, taken together, describe different facets of the distribution of species and their …

ABSTRACT Subtropical Campos Sulinos grasslands, in South Brazil, are among the most
biodiverse grasslands of the world. As climatic conditions lead to high productivity …