Carbon Exchange Rates in Grazed and Ungrazed Pastures of Wyoming

Long-term Accumulation of Soil Carbon and Nitrogen in Grazed Bermudagrass Pastures

Investigating Vegetation of Mowed and Grazed Areas in Tamdere Village Alpine Pastures in Turkey

Activities of transhumance ongoing have been mostly carried out in alpine pastures for centuries in Turkey. These pastures used unconsciously have faced to the danger of extinction. In order to implement improvement plans in the mentioned areas, qualitative and quantitative characteristics of pastures should be determined. This study was conducted in the mowed and grazed pastures in alpine zone...

Interannual variability in carbon dioxide fluxes and flux–climate relationships on grazed and ungrazed northern mixed-grass prairie

The annual carbon (C) budget of grasslands is highly dynamic, dependent on grazing history and on effects of interannual variability (IAV) in climate on carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes. Variability in climatic drivers may directly affect fluxes, but also may indirectly affect fluxes by altering the response of the biota to the environment, an effect termed ‘functional change’. We measured net ecosy...

Bird Communities in Grazed and Ungrazed Oak-Pine Woodlands at the San Joaquin Experimental Range1

Ten years of spot-mapping censuses in grazed and ungrazed plots at the San Joaquin Experimental Range, Madera Co., California, indicate likely changes in abundance of several bird species. Data do not, however, indicate that any species is in jeopardy as a result of grazing in the foothill woodlands. Brown-headed cowbirds are probably more abundant in the woodlands with cattle than without catt...

Soil Microbial Biomass Carbon and Nitrogen in Himalayan Rangeland of Eastern Nepal: A Comparison between Grazed and Non-grazed Rangelands

Soil microbial biomass plays an important role in nutrient transformation in terrestrial ecosystems. Microbial biomass is also an early indicator of changes in total soil organic carbon. Thus, the main objective of this study was to identify and quantify the present status of soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen with various management practices in Himalayan rangeland. To meet the aforeme...