rangeland shrubs may provide mechanical facilitation on their understory plants, by protecting themagainst the livestock grazing. however, such a facilitation effect may vary depending on the rangelandutilization rate. in a field research, mechanical facilitation of rangeland shrubs was compared in ahighly grazed, a moderately grazed and an enclosure site; in an arid rangeland, kakhak, gonabad,...

Herbivory and fire are natural interacting forces contributing to the maintenance of rangeland ecosystems. Wildfires in the sagebrush dominated ecosystems of the Great Basin are becoming larger and more frequent, and may dramatically alter plant communities and habitat. This synthesis describes what is currently known about the cumulative impacts of historic livestock grazing patterns and short...

Riparian areas link streams with their terrestrial catchments and decrease water pollution by trapping sediments from upland sources before they reach streams or lakes. Livestock grazing in riparian areas is a controversial practice. If not properly managed, cattle can cause degradation to both the riparian zone and adjacent water body. Vegetative, soil microtopographical, microchannel and hydr...

Livestock grazing can compromise the biotic integrity and health of wetlands, especially in remotes areas like Patagonia, which provide habitat for several endemic terrestrial and aquatic species. Understanding the effects of these land use practices on invertebrate communities can help prevent the deterioration of wetlands and provide insights for restoration. In this contribution, we assessed...

Shrubs tended to increase their abundance as climatic aridity and grazing intensity increased in the Inner Mongolian grassland. Increasing shrub was believed be due enhanced reproduction. However, effects of on sexual reproduction shrubs grassland remain largely unclear. In this study, we conducted field experiments with Caragana microphylla examine variation aspects (seed production, seed vigo...

(1) Estimation of grazing livestock intake is the basis for studying animal–plant relationships and nutritional status has important implications grassland composition productivity. (2) We used saturated alkanes method to determine feed vegetation nutrient digestibility at different intensities in months. (3) found that C31 had highest concentration both pasture fecal output, average recovery w...

Research was conducted at the Sonora Research Station during a 4-year period (1984 to 1988) to measure differences in herbaceous vegetation response between two ‘I-pasture l-herd grazing systems. Grazing tactics were short duration (SDG-7 days graze, 42 days rest) and high intensity, low frequency (HILF-14days graze, 84 days rest). Stocking rate for the 2 treatments was 10.4 ha/auy. Total above...

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Composition and functioning of arctic soil fungal communities may alter rapidly due to the ongoing trends warmer temperatures, shifts in nutrient availability, shrub encroachment. In addition, also be intrinsically shaped by heavy grazing, which locally induce an ecosystem change that couples with increased temperature nutrients where encroachment is less likely occur than lightly grazed condit...