One of the most important areas in ecology is to elucidate the factors that drive succession in ecosystems and thus influence the diversity of species in natural vegetation. Significant mechanisms ...

Succession refers to a directional, predictable change in community structure over time (Grime 1979, Huston & Smith 1987). This change is due to shifts in the presence and relative abundance of ...

Diane E. Marco, , Soil Seed Banks on Argentine Seminatural Mountain Grasslands after Cessation of Grazing, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Aug., 2000), pp. 254-261 ... and ...

The deliberate burning of grasslands in Nepal to maintain tiger habitat poses a threat to another endangered species: the elusive and little-known hispid hare. The burning is meant to promote the ...

Part of the reason grasslands are so easily lost is because many people don’t recognize them as anything special, said Theo Witsell, an ecologist who cofounded the conservation initiative in 2018.

Semi-arid grassland near Cheyenne, Wyo., with close-ups of flowers of some of the plants that grow there. Matthew Sturchio, CC BY-ND. At Colorado State University, biology professor Alan Knapp and ...