CONTEXT Agricultural intensification contributes to global food security and well-being by
supplying the food demand of a growing human population. However, ongoing land-use …

Highlights•The sustainable grazing management should focus on the biodiversity
conservation and the maintenance of ecosystem multifunctionality.•Grazing effects on …

Worldwide reforestation has been recommended as a landscape restoration strategy to
mitigate climate change in areas where the climate can sustain forest. This approach may …

The desert steppe is a large component of the semi-arid grassland ecosystem in northern
China, and provides significant resources for livestock production. However, overgrazing is …

Biodiversity drives ecosystem functioning across grassland ecosystems. However, few
studies have examined how grazing intensity affects ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) via …

Aim Biodiversity drives the delivery of multiple ecosystem functions related to carbon and
nutrient cycling (ecosystem multifunctionality, EMF), and biodiversity and ecosystem …

Decreasing reliance on fertiliser Nitrogen (N) is key to enhancing the sustainability of
pasture-based agricultural systems. This study assesses the effect of sward type on annual …

Context Livestock grazing, a common method of grassland utilization, has profound effects
on the plant biomass and biodiversity of grassland ecosystems. However, the overall …

In the Palaearctic steppe zone, overgrazing was identified as one of the key drivers of
declining grassland biodiversity, which underlines the necessity of the functional evaluation …

Disturbance by biomass removal is a crucial mechanism maintaining the diversity of
Palaearctic grasslands, which are unique biodiversity hotspots. The century-long traditional …