"Provides a thorough exploration of a habitat found across the globe in the deep interior of continents and emphasizes the necessity of conservation and preservation of these areas threatened by humans and the elements"--Page 4 of cover.
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Grasslands around the world are a resource of great economic importance, as the origin of most of the world's milk and wool and much of the meat. The growing world population and global warming have put increased pressure on the world's grasslands. Ross Humphreys has played a le…
Grasslands around the world are the origin of most of the world's milk and wool and much of the meat. The growing world population and the threat of global warming have put increased pressure on the world's grasslands. Ross Humphreys has played a leading role in the development …
Grasslands around the world are the origin of most of the world's milk and wool and much of the meat. The growing world population and the threat of global warming have put increased pressure on the world's grasslands. Ross Humphreys has played a leading role in the development …
The recent history of the Earth’s biosphere -- the Anthropocene -- is characterized by human activity. Increasingly, industrialization, land use change, fossil fuel combustion, and other drivers have altered key biological processes that govern the composition and function of na…
In order to predict how terrestrial ecosystems will respond to global change, there is growing recognition that we need to better understand linkages between plant and soil processes. Previously the factors and processes with potential to influence the terrestrial carbon (C) cyc…
Macromolecular structures, such as lignin and cellulose, are important components of soil organic carbon, the major terrestrial global carbon pool. The degradation of these macromolecules, including lignin and cellulose, in plant-derived soil organic matter, is important to the …
Children will learn about the many kinds of plants and animals that make their homes in prairies.
Field experiments were conducted to investigate the seed attributes, movements and fates of dispersal units, and seedling establishment of Chrysopogon aucheri and Cymbopogon jwarancusa in a representative grassland ecosystem in upland Balochistan, Pakistan. Cymbopogon jwarancusa…
The Allideghi Wildlife Reserve in the Amibara District of Afar Regional State, Ethiopia, has international significance for harboring endangered Grevy's Zebra and other wildlife dependent on grasslands. The reserve is increasingly used by pastoral people and their herds. Impacts…
