Livestock farming in Great Britain (GB) faces multiple pressures. Yet, grassland managed for livestock is the most extensive habitat GB and key to cultural landscapes their biodiversity soil health. This study analysed a nationally representative dataset of over 940 large (200 m2) Neutral (agriculturally semi-improved) (agriculturally) Improved Grassland plots from Countryside Survey (CS) asses...

The rural territories linked to European sheep systems still cover wide areas and provide multiple ecosystems services although the current situation of associated biodiversity is not fully understood. In this study foliage arthropods (including pollinators), vegetation height, number flowers plant species richness were evaluated in 9 grazed lands from 5 EU countries with different livestock ma...

Disturbance is a primary mechanism structuring ecological communities. However, human activity has the potential to alter the frequency and intensity of natural disturbance regimes, with subsequent effects on ecosystem processes. In Southern California, human development has led to increased fire frequency close to urban areas that can form a positive feedback with invasive plant spread. Unders...

Abstract The objective of current research is to investigate distribution patterns of vegetation types and its relation with environmental factors in southern margin of Haj Aligholi Kavir of Damghan. Three vegetation types including Halecnemum strobilaceum, Sedlitzia rosmarinus and Artemisia sieberi were studied in marginal arid regions and uplands of the study area. Firstly, geographic locat...

Prairie dogs can reduce the carrying capacity on rangelands by up to 50% through direct consumption of vegetation and clipping plants. Studies have shown that forage quality digestibility are greater prairie dog towns than off town; however, research is lacking quantifies rates nutrition intake cattle. In 2012−2016, a study was conducted in South Dakota evaluate livestock grazing behavior, diet...

This paper surveys various results concerning the problem of forbidden configurations (also known as trace in the language of set systems). Let F be a k × ` (0,1)-matrix (the forbidden configuration). We define a matrix to be simple if it is a (0,1)-matrix with no repeated columns. The matrix F need not be simple. We define forb(m,F ) as the maximum number of columns of any simple m-rowed matri...