Grassland Ecology

Latest research

1. Comparing parametric and nonparametric approaches for estimating forage availability using remote sensing and climatic datasets

   • Sajad Alimahmoodi Sarab
   • Farajollah Tarnian
   • Mahmood Najafi Zilaie

   in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

   Article 18 October 2025

   

2. Coupling grazing intensity with soil hydrogeology and geochemistry: A multidisciplinary approach to mitigate desertification in inner Mongolia

   • Xiaonan Hu
   • Hao Ye
   • Xiang Li

   in Environmental Earth Sciences

   Article 17 October 2025

   

3. Biogeographical patterns and ecological cascades of soil nutrients, plant nutrients, and population traits of Neotrinia splendens grasslands in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

   • Jiayue Liu
   • Shuaizhi Lu
   • Dongjie Hou

   in BMC Plant Biology

   Article Open access 17 October 2025

   

4. Informing Conservation Planning with Population Estimates and Divergent Landscape Associations of Tidal Marsh Birds

   • Rachel V. Anderson
   • Landon R. Jones
   • Mark S. Woodrey

   in Wetlands

   Article 16 October 2025

   

5. The need for adaptive management of high-yielding dairy cows in low-input mountain systems

   • Dominique Pomiès
   • Anne Farruggia
   • Isabelle Veissier

   in Dairy Science and Management

   Article Open access 16 October 2025

   

6. Dry cow pasture silage mineral concentrations and dry cow mineral requirements and supplementation practices on Irish dairy farms

   • Louise Horan
   • Rachel Reardon
   • Ainhoa Valldecabres

   in Irish Veterinary Journal

   Article Open access 15 October 2025

7. Potential bias of nitrogen deposition effects on nitrous oxide emissions from saline-alkaline grasslands

   • Guorong Xu
   • Shuaijun Wang
   • Guang Li

   in Plant and Soil

   Article 14 October 2025

   

8. Predicting livestock intake energy at different grazing strategies using agent-based modelling of livestock

   • Yu Yoshihara
   • Rentaro Horie
   • Masato Shinoda

   in Scientific Reports

   Article Open access 14 October 2025

   

9. Effects of Grazing Intensity and Non-local Delay on Vegetation Patterns in Semi-Arid Areas

   • Gaihui Guo
   • Tingting Wei
   • Haixia Li

   in Acta Applicandae Mathematicae

   Article 13 October 2025

   

10. Root architectural diversity underpins soil stabilisation in alpine grasslands: Trait-mediated mechanisms across rhizomatic, densely tufted, and sparsely tufted herbs

    • Junmei Gao
    • Lingshan Ni
    • Yu Liu

    in Plant and Soil

    Article 13 October 2025

    

11. No Decline in Plant Species Diversity Despite Noticeable Land Use Changes Over 58 Years (Carpathian Foothills, Romania)

    • Gheorghe Coldea
    • Dan Gafta
    • Adrian Ilie Stoica

    in Earth Systems and Environment

    Article Open access 11 October 2025

    

12. Integrated controls of soil and vegetation dynamics on soil organic and inorganic carbon covariation in grazed alpine wetlands

    • Yifan Li
    • Mingye Zhang
    • Kaishan Song

    in Plant and Soil

    Article 11 October 2025

    

13. Elevation-dependent effects of early snowmelt on species and functional diversity in Himalayan alpine plant communities

    • Manish K. Sharma
    • Amit Chawla

    in Climatic Change

    Article 10 October 2025

    

14. Chicory modulates the rumen environment in lambs with endoparasites

    • Daniel Petrič
    • Matej Leško
    • Zora Váradyová

    in Scientific Reports

    Article Open access 10 October 2025

    

15. Early-stage Eucalyptus-based silvopastures improve thermal comfort conditions for cattle grazing native grasslands during summer

    • P. N. Llanos
    • C. M. Gonzalez
    • C. Viñoles

    in Agroforestry Systems

    Article 10 October 2025

    

16. Analysis of the effects of seasonal rest grazing on the stability of soil organic carbon pools and its driving factors in alpine grasslands of Northern Xizang

    • Hong Yang
    • Zongjiu Sun
    • Youzhi Bai

    in Journal of Soils and Sediments

    Article 09 October 2025

    

17. Effects of Long-term Exposure to Ammonia from Animal Farms on the Dry and Dune Heath Vegetation: Lessons from a Gradient Study

    • Mathias Emil Kaae
    • Jesper Leth Bak
    • Christian Frølund Damgaard

    in Water, Air, & Soil Pollution

    Article Open access 09 October 2025

    

18. Future patterns of grassland fire occurrence in Inner Mongolia, China

    • Chang Chang
    • Yu Chang
    • Rencang Bu

    in Natural Hazards

    Article 09 October 2025

    

19. Long-term ecological studies must continue: insights from a dryland transition zone

    • V. Huong Le
    • Scott L. Collins
    • Rodrigo Vargas

    in Oecologia

    Article Open access 08 October 2025

    

20. Constant herbivory rates and plant–herbivore interactions along a resource availability gradient in South African fynbos

    • Alexander Neu
    • Huw Cooksley
    • Matthias Schleuning

    in Oecologia

    Article Open access 08 October 2025

    

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