Long-term ecological research in southern Brazil grasslands: Effects of grazing exclusion and deferred grazing on plant and arthropod communities.

Grazing exclusion may lead to biodiversity loss and homogenization of naturally heterogeneous and species-rich grassland ecosystems, and these effects may cascade to higher trophic levels and ecosystem properties. Although grazing exclusion has been studied elsewhere, the consequences of alleviating...

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Main Authors: Pedro M A Ferreira, Bianca O Andrade, Luciana R Podgaiski, Amanda C Dias, Valério D Pillar, Gerhard E Overbeck, Milton de S Mendonça, Ilsi I Boldrini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227706