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Grazing vs. mowing: A meta-analysis of biodiversity benefits for grassland management

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Ecosystem structure, function, and composition in rangelands are negatively affected by livestock grazing

(2016) David J. Eldridge et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Do grazing intensity and herbivore type affect soil health? Insights from a semi-arid productivity gradient

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Impact of Fencing and Irrigation on Species Composition and Diversity of Desert Plant Communities in the United Arab Emirates

(2016) Ali El-Keblawy   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

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(2015) Pille Gerhold et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

An updated megaphylogeny of plants, a tool for generating plant phylogenies and an analysis of phylogenetic community structure

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An updated megaphylogeny of plants, a tool for generating plant phylogenies and an analysis of phylogenetic community structure

(2015) Hong Qian et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Community assembly, coexistence and the environmental filtering metaphor

(2014) Nathan J. B. Kraft et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Mapping and modelling trade-offs and synergies between grazing intensity and ecosystem services in rangelands using global-scale datasets and models

(2014) Katalin Petz et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

(2013) N. Pérez-Harguindeguy et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

PERMANOVA, ANOSIM, and the Mantel test in the face of heterogeneous dispersions: What null hypothesis are you testing?

(2013) Marti J. Anderson et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Evidence for scale- and disturbance-dependent trait assembly patterns in dry semi-natural grasslands

(2013) Francesco de Bello et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Contrasting effects of productivity and disturbance on plant functional diversity at local and metacommunity scales

(2013) Etienne Laliberté et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

(2013) Amy E. Zanne et al.   NATURE

Experimental evidence that evolutionarily diverse assemblages result in higher productivity

(2013) M. W. Cadotte   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Contribution of Rare Species to Community Phylogenetic Diversity across a Global Network of Forest Plots

(2012) Xiangcheng Mi et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

A new comprehensive database of alien plant species in Chile based on herbarium records

(2012) Nicol Fuentes et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

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(2012) Marc W. Cadotte et al.   ECOLOGY

Taxonomical and functional diversity turnover in Mediterranean grasslands: interactions between grazing, habitat type and rainfall

(2012) Carlos P. Carmona et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Shrub facilitation increases plant diversity along an arid scrubland-temperate rain forest boundary in South America

(2012) Maarten J. van Zonneveld et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Erratum: Corrigendum: Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

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(2012) David Mouillot et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Phylogenetically Poor Plant Communities Receive More Alien Species, Which More Easily Coexist with Natives

(2011) Pille Gerhold et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Functional and phylogenetic diversity as predictors of biodiversity–ecosystem-function relationships

(2011) Dan F. B. Flynn et al.   ECOLOGY

Ecological impacts of invasive alien plants: a meta-analysis of their effects on species, communities and ecosystems

(2011) Montserrat Vilà et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

How does grazing intensity affect different vegetation types in arid Succulent Karoo, South Africa? Implications for conservation management

(2010) Daniela H. Haarmeyer et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The Jungle of Methods for Evaluating Phenotypic and Phylogenetic Structure of Communities

(2010) Juli G. Pausas et al.   BIOSCIENCE

A distance-based framework for measuring functional diversity from multiple traits

(2010) Etienne Laliberté et al.   ECOLOGY

Opposing effects of competitive exclusion on the phylogenetic structure of communities

(2010) Margaret M. Mayfield et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Grazing response in the vegetation communities of the Kamiesberg, South Africa: Adopting a plant functional type approach

(2010) P.M.L. Anderson et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Plant Area Index and microclimate underneath shrub species from a Chilean semiarid community

(2010) Y. Tracol et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Pathways of Grazing Effects on Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen

(2010) Gervasio Piñeiro et al.   Rangeland Ecology & Management

A fence line in time demonstrates grazing-induced vegetation shifts and dynamics in the semiarid Succulent Karoo

(2009) Simon W. Todd et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Associations between species and groups of sites: indices and statistical inference

(2009) Miquel De Cáceres et al.   ECOLOGY

Explaining patterns of primary production from individual level traits

(2009) E. Leoni et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Phylogenetic niche conservatism, phylogenetic signal and the relationship between phylogenetic relatedness and ecological similarity among species

(2008) Jonathan B. Losos   ECOLOGY LETTERS