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Grazing systems, ecosystem responses, and global change

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Asner, GP; Elmore, AJ; Olander, LP; Martin, RE; Harris, T
December 27, 2004

Managed grazing covers more than 25% of the global land surface and has a larger geographic extent than any other form of land use. Grazing systems persist under marginal bioclimatic and edaphic conditions of different biomes, leading to the emergence of three regional syndromes inherent to global grazing: desertification, woody encroachment, and deforestation. These syndromes have widespread but differential effects on the structure, biogeochemistry, hydrology, and biosphere-atmosphere exchange of grazed ecosystems. In combination, these three syndromes represent a major component of global environmental change.

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December 27, 2004

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29

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  • Energy
  • Ecology
 

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Asner, G. P., Elmore, A. J., Olander, L. P., Martin, R. E., & Harris, T. (2004). Grazing systems, ecosystem responses, and global change (Vol. 29, pp. 261–299). https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.energy.29.062403.102142
Asner, G. P., A. J. Elmore, L. P. Olander, R. E. Martin, and T. Harris. Grazing systems, ecosystem responses, and global change. Vol. 29, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.energy.29.062403.102142.
Asner GP, Elmore AJ, Olander LP, Martin RE, Harris T. Grazing systems, ecosystem responses, and global change. Vol. 29. 2004.
Asner, G. P., et al. Grazing systems, ecosystem responses, and global change. Vol. 29, 2004, pp. 261–99. Scopus, doi:10.1146/annurev.energy.29.062403.102142.
Asner GP, Elmore AJ, Olander LP, Martin RE, Harris T. Grazing systems, ecosystem responses, and global change. 2004. p. 261–299.

DOI

Publication Date

December 27, 2004

Volume

29

Start / End Page

261 / 299

Related Subject Headings

  • Energy
  • Ecology