GRASSLAND BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

GRASSLAND BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS: OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND? CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST THREATENED ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

SETTING THE SCENE

NATIVE TEMPERATE GRASSLAND

IDENTIFYING THE GAPS IN NATIVE TEMPERATE GRASSLAND CONSERVATION RESEARCH

CONSERVATION RESEARCH FOR NATIVE TEMPERATE GRASSLAND ―WHERE TO FROM HERE?

SYNTHESIS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: SOIL ORGANISM EFFECTS ON GRASSLAND PRODUCTION AND DIVERSITY

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

ANTAGONIST PATHWAYS

MUTUALIST PATHWAYS

LITERATURE SYNTHESIS

APPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 3: SEASONAL VARIATION OF SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN SEMI-NATURAL AND IMPROVED GRASSLANDS IN NORTHERN JAPAN

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 4: RESTORATION MANAGEMENT FOR SPATIALLY AND TEMPORALLY COMPLEX CALIFORNIAN GRASSLAND

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

CASE STUDY 1: SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION IN VALLEY GRASSLAND

CASE STUDY 2: USE OF THE TOOLKIT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VALLEY GRASSLAND

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 5: BIODIVERSITY RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT OF DEGRADED GRASSLAND IN SEMIARID AREAS: RESULTS FROM LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

METHODS

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

SYNTHESIS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 6: GRAZING AND SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR GRASSLAND STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

CONCLUSION AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

REFERENCES

Chapter 7: EFFECTS OF LAND-USE AND GLOBAL CHANGE ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND INTERACTIONS BETWEEN A DOMINANT AND A RARESEMI-DRY GRASSLAND SPECIES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MATERIAL AND METHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 8: GRASSLANDS IN SILVOPASTORAL MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

PLANT DIVERSITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY

IMPACT OF CATTLE ACTIVITY ON HERB LAYER

ROLE OF SUBORDINATE PLANT SPECIES

IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

ECOSYSTEM MODELLING

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 9: ALPINE GRASSLANDS: CHANGES OF PLANT SPECIES COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONAL TYPES AFTER RESTORATION AND SIMULATION OF CLIMATE CHANGES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

CHARACTERISTICS OF ALPINE ENVIRONMENTS

FUNCTIONAL TRAITS OF ALPINE PLANT SPECIES

FUNCTIONING AND DYNAMICS OF ALPINE GRASSLANDS

ALPINE GRASSLANDS UNDER CHANGES

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION ABOVE THE TIMBERLINE

PERSPECTIVES

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

APPENDIX 1

REFERENCES

Chapter 10: THE ROLE OF BRYOPHYTES IN CENTRAL EUROPEAN GRASSLANDS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

ECOLOGY OF GRASSLAND BRYOPHYTES

COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS

BRYOPHYTE VEGETATION IN GRASSLANDS

TRENDS, DRIVERS AND DYNAMICS

EFFECTS OF BRYOPHYTES ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING

RE-CREATING BRYOPHYTE HABITATS: ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

REFERENCES

INDEX