Populations of two annual clover species evolved in response to 13 years of grazing management and phosphate fertilizer application

Norman, Hayley C.; Cocks, P. S.; Galwey, Nicholas

doi:10.1111/gfs.12460

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“…This frequently leads to these becoming uncompetitive against neighbouring grasses and, over time, being lost from swards. Understanding these sward dynamics together with developing and testing new varieties of forage legumes more resilient to grazing is essential to developing seed mixtures and management protocols that deliver persistent mixed-species pastures ( Norman et al, 2020 ).…”

Section: What Is Being Grazed?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fraser¹,

Vallin²,

Roberts³

2022

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Section: What Is Being Grazed?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Animal board invited review: Grassland-based livestock farming and biodiversity

Fraser¹,

Vallin²,

Roberts³

2022

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Potencial productivo, morfometría, valor nutricional y reciclaje de nutrientes de poblaciones silvestres de Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene

Ledea-Rodríguez,

Troyo-Diéguez,

Armenta-Quintana

et al. 2024

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Los pastos halófitos constituyen una alternativa para la alimentación animal en ecosistemas semidesérticos y áridos, planteándose como objetivo del presente estudio evaluar la productividad, morfometría, valor nutricional y reciclaje de minerales de poblaciones silvestres de D. spicata en dos ecosistemas costeros en Baja California Sur, México. Los datos asociados al estudio se analizaron mediante un diseño experimental bifactorial no equilibrado, con el factor A representado por los Litorales Costeros con dos niveles, Costa del Océano Pacífico y Costa del Golfo de California y el factor B representado por la condición natural en que se encontraron las poblaciones de D. spicata, solo o asociado con otras especies vegetales, considerando tres repeticiones para cada nivel en cada factor de estudio. Las variables evaluadas fueron materia verde, seca y muerta, contenido de Na, Fe, Mn, Zn, Ca, Mg, K y Cu en tejido vegetales, composición química (proteína cruda, fibra detergente ácido, fibra detergente neutro, lignina ácido detergente, celulosa, hemicelulosa, N enlazado a la fibra detergente ácido y cenizas insolubles en detergente ácido) y valor nutritivo de D. spicata. En el suelo se determinó la textura. Los resultados mostraron que, D. spicata en ambos litorales crece y se desarrolla cerca de humedales, lagunas, región intermareal, pozas y charcas de marea, todos a nivel de costa, su composición química y valor nutritivo se asemejó al patrón bromatológico de las gramíneas tropicales. Concluyendo que, los aspectos morfométricos y productivos sugieren una aptitud forrajera con posibilidades de implementación de pastoreo, aunque con baja carga animal.

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The Combination of Plant Diversity and Soil Microbial Diversity Directly and Actively Drives the Multifunctionality of Grassland Ecosystems in the Middle Part of the Northern Slopes of the Tian Shan under Grazing Disturbance

Jiang

Zhang

et al. 2023

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It is well known that biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) guarantee the well-being of human society. Most studies have focused on the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function, and less is known about the individual and combined effects of above- and below-ground biodiversity on ecosystem multifunctionality under grazing disturbance. The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between plant and soil microbial (bacterial and fungal) diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality under grazing disturbance by using multiple methods to assess ecosystem multifunctionality. We conducted experiments in desert grasslands on the northern slopes of the Tian Shan Mountains and compared the relationship between ecosystem multifunctionality and biodiversity assessed by different methods under light grazing and heavy grazing. Our results showed that at the heavy grazing level, ecosystem multifunctionality calculated by the mean method and plant diversity, soil fungal diversity, soil bacterial diversity and soil fertility calculated by the single function method showed a significant decrease (p < 0.05), but grass productivity was significantly increased (p < 0.05). Among them, ecosystem multifunctionality, soil carbon storage function and soil fertility all showed significant positive correlations with plant diversity and soil microbial diversity (p < 0.05). We calculated that ecosystem multifunctionality also essentially showed positive correlation with plant diversity and soil microbial diversity using the multi-threshold method, and the effect curve was approximately a single-peaked curve, first increasing and then decreasing. Finally, we used plant diversity, soil fungal diversity and soil bacterial diversity under grazing disturbance as biotic factors and soil pH as an abiotic factor to construct structural equation models, and we found that grazing can have direct effects on ecosystem multifunctionality and indirect effects on ecosystem multifunctionality through above- and below-ground biodiversity. Our study emphasizes the importance of the combination of above- and below-ground biodiversity in maintaining the multifunctionality of desert grassland ecosystems on the northern slopes of the Tian Shan Mountains. A moderate reduction in grazing intensity can better conserve biodiversity and improve ecosystem multifunctionality, and it is a feasible strategy to maintain sustainable management of desert grasslands.

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Populations of two annual clover species evolved in response to 13 years of grazing management and phosphate fertilizer application

Cited by 3 publications

References 53 publications

Animal board invited review: Grassland-based livestock farming and biodiversity

Animal board invited review: Grassland-based livestock farming and biodiversity

Potencial productivo, morfometría, valor nutricional y reciclaje de nutrientes de poblaciones silvestres de Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene

The Combination of Plant Diversity and Soil Microbial Diversity Directly and Actively Drives the Multifunctionality of Grassland Ecosystems in the Middle Part of the Northern Slopes of the Tian Shan under Grazing Disturbance

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