We use aboveground plant biomass as a measure of annual productivity ... In spring of 1994, 168 plots, each 9 m x 9 m, were seeded to contain 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 grassland-savanna species. All plots ...

These animals are best adapted to vast expanses of grassland with scattered ... It’s a spectacular, deadly world in the savanna - where all the plants and animals have finely tuned their ...

Looking at which insects pollinate plants and with what success on grasslands of different age, from very recently recovered to continuously managed for at least 300 years, they turned to ski slopes ...

Now, plants are producers, meaning they form the base of nearly all the food webs on Earth. Take the savanna, for example— a transitional biome between forests and grasslands. Scattered trees ...

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It takes 75 years of continuous management for the plant diversity in recovered grasslands to finally reach levels comparable to ancient grasslands. However, that’s still not enough for the ...

But they are vibrant ecosystems, and some, like the African savanna, are home to the animal kingdom's most recognizable fauna.

Cattle, chickens and turkey are the main livestock reared in the grasslands. There are many food processing plants too. So when you’re driving Route 66 in your Ford Mustang, the wind blowing in ...