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Disturbance, productivity, and species diversity: empiricism vs. logic in ecological theory

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Quantitative assessment of the contributions of climate change and human activities on global grassland degradation

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Changes in plant community composition, not diversity, during a decade of nitrogen and phosphorus additions drive above-ground productivity in a tallgrass prairie

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Seasonal dynamics of vegetation over the past 100 years inferred from tree rings and climate in Hulunbei'er steppe, northern China

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Contrasting impacts of different-sized herbivores on species richness of Mediterranean annual pastures differing in primary productivity

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The intermediate disturbance hypothesis should be abandoned

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Increased rainfall variability reduces biomass and forage quality of temperate grassland largely independent of mowing frequency

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Short-term regrowth responses of four steppe grassland species to grazing intensity, water and nitrogen in Inner Mongolia

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African Wild Ungulates Compete with or Facilitate Cattle Depending on Season

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Differential responses of plant functional trait to grazing between two contrasting dominant C3 and C4 species in a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia, China

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Effects of grazing management system on plant community structure and functioning in a semiarid steppe: scaling from species to community

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Grassland responses to grazing: effects of grazing intensity and management system in an Inner Mongolian steppe ecosystem

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Rangeland degradation and restoration management in China

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