This chapter describes some of the major terrestrial biomes in the world; tropical forests, savannas, deserts, temperate grasslands ... are dominated by a mix of grasses and small trees.

In North America’s spring, a bubbly song burbles up from some grassy meadows, the song of the breeding male bobolink. It is a “bubbling, jangling warble with short notes on widely different pitches; ...

Temperate grasslands have cold winters and warm summers with some rain. And, as their name suggests, grasses are the main plants found here. The saiga antelope is famous for its bulging nose ...

The grasses on the prairies tend to be short ... like little parachutes. Temperate grasslands are ideal for growing commercial cereal crops and much of the prairies is farmed for wheat and ...

Almost all of these grasses and flowers occur farther east ... Union for the Conservation of Nature declared temperate grasslands to be the least protected and most endangered ecosystems on ...

The session focuses on the role of grasslands in climate smart ruminant nutrition. The session covers grazed grass, conserved feeding and silage as well as grasses in equine nutrition and novel ...