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The effects of grazing depend on productivity, and what else?
Author(s) -
Overbeck Gerhard E.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of vegetation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1654-1103
pISSN - 1100-9233
DOI - 10.1111/jvs.12137
Subject(s) - grazing , productivity , grassland , vegetation (pathology) , steppe , ecology , geography , physical geography , environmental science , agroforestry , biology , economics , medicine , pathology , macroeconomics
In this issue of the Journal of Vegetation Science , Lezama et al. confirm the hypothesis that the effects of grazing increase with productivity, based on data from steppes and prairies in Argentina and Uruguay. Their study can serve as a starting point for further studies addressing questions on the mechanisms behind vegetation dynamics in grassland, emphasizing the need for experimental studies over larger climatic gradients.