Global Ecology and Conservation,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
46, P. e02612 - e02612
Published: Aug. 22, 2023
Grasslands
are
ubiquitous
globally,
and
their
conservation
restoration
critical
to
combat
both
the
biodiversity
climate
crises.
There
is
increasing
interest
in
implementing
effective
multifunctional
grassland
restore
concomitant
with
above-
belowground
carbon
sequestration,
delivery
of
credits
and/or
integration
land
dedicated
solar
panels.
Other
common
considerations
include
improved
forage
value,
erosion
control,
water
management,
pollinator
services,
wildlife
habitat
provisioning.
In
addition,
many
grasslands
global
hotspots.
Nonetheless,
relative
impact,
as
compared
forests,
importance
preservation,
conservation,
has
been
widely
overlooked
due
subtle
physiognomy
underappreciated
contributions
human
planetary
well-being.
Ultimately,
success
sequestration
will
depend
on
more
complete
ecosystem
restoration.
this
review,
supported
by
examples
from
across
Western
world,
we
call
for
strenuous
unified
development
best
practices
three
areas
concern:
initial
site
conditions
preparation;
implementation
measures
management;
social
context
sustainability.
For
each
area,
identify
primary
challenges
highlight
case
studies
proven
results
derive
successful
generalizable
solutions.
Functional Ecology,
Journal Year:
2016,
Volume and Issue:
30(7), P. 1109 - 1121
Published: March 19, 2016
Summary
It
is
increasingly
acknowledged
that
plant–soil
feedbacks
may
play
an
important
role
in
driving
the
composition
of
plant
communities
and
functioning
terrestrial
ecosystems.
However,
mechanistic
understanding
feedbacks,
as
well
their
roles
natural
ecosystems
proportion
to
other
possible
drivers,
still
its
infancy.
Such
knowledge
will
enhance
our
capacity
determine
contribution
feedback
community
ecosystem
responses
under
global
environmental
change.
Here,
we
review
how
develop
extreme
drought
precipitation
events,
CO
2
nitrogen
enrichment,
temperature
increase,
land
use
change
species
loss
vs.
gain.
We
present
a
framework
for
opening
‘black
box
soil’
considering
various
biotic
components
(enemies,
symbionts
decomposers)
changes,
discuss
integrate
these
understand
predict
net
effects
scenarios
To
gain
plays
out
realistic
settings,
also
interaction
with
drivers
composition,
including
competition,
facilitation,
herbivory,
soil
physical
chemical
properties.
conclude
shaping
processes
changes
requires
unravelling
individual
contributions
enemies,
decomposers.
These
factors
show
different
response
rates
strengths,
thereby
resulting
magnitudes
directions
need
tests
more
conditions
patterns
field,
both
at
ecologically
evolutionary
relevant
time‐scales.
New Phytologist,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
215(4), P. 1413 - 1424
Published: June 16, 2017
Interactions
between
aboveground
and
belowground
biota
have
the
potential
to
modify
ecosystem
responses
climate
change,
yet
little
is
known
about
how
drought
influences
plant-soil
feedbacks
with
respect
microbial
mediation
of
plant
community
dynamics.
We
tested
hypothesis
that
modifies
feedback
consequences
for
competition.
measured
net
pairwise
two
grassland
species
grown
in
monoculture
competition
soils
had
or
not
been
subjected
a
previous
drought;
these
were
then
exposed
subsequent
drought.
To
investigate
mechanisms
involved,
we
assessed
treatment
soil
communities
nutrient
availability.
found
legacy
effect
on
bacterial
fungal
composition
decreased
growth
conspecific
knock-on
effects
competitive
interactions.
Moreover,
dependent
show
has
lasting
plant-plant
This
suggests
drought,
which
predicted
increase
frequency
may
change
functioning
via
modification
feedbacks.
Ecology Letters,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
22(8), P. 1274 - 1284
Published: May 31, 2019
Plant-soil
feedback
(PSF)
theory
provides
a
powerful
framework
for
understanding
plant
dynamics
by
integrating
growth
assays
into
predictions
of
whether
soil
communities
stabilise
plant-plant
interactions.
However,
we
lack
comprehensive
view
the
likelihood
feedback-driven
coexistence,
partly
because
failure
to
analyse
pairwise
PSF,
metric
directly
linked
species
coexistence.
Here,
determine
relative
importance
evolutionary
history,
traits,
and
environmental
factors
coexistence
through
PSF
using
meta-analysis
1038
measures.
Consistent
with
eco-evolutionary
predictions,
is
more
likely
mediate
pairs
(1)
associating
similar
guilds
mycorrhizal
fungi,
(2)
increasing
phylogenetic
distance,
(3)
interacting
native
microbes.
We
also
found
evidence
primary
role
pathogens
in
feedback-mediated
By
combining
results
over
several
independent
studies,
our
confirm
that
may
play
key
invasion,
diversification
communities.
Agronomy for Sustainable Development,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
42(1)
Published: Jan. 27, 2022
Abstract
Reducing
pesticide
use
has
become
a
goal
shared
by
several
European
countries
and
major
issue
in
public
policies
due
to
the
negative
impacts
of
pesticides
on
environment
human
health.
However,
since
most
agri-food
sector
relies
these
countries,
substantially
reducing
is
complex
issue.
To
overcome
this
situation,
we
argue
that
agricultural
research
role
play
must
adopt
pesticide-free
paradigm
expect
deep
impact
use.
In
article,
explain
why
new
needed
outline
fronts
it
will
help
address.
These
are
related
five
strategies:
(1)
redesigning
cropping
systems
enhance
prophylaxis,
(2)
diversifying
biocontrol
strategies
associated
business
models,
(3)
broadening
scope
plant
breeding
include
functional
biodiversity
evolutionary
ecology
concepts,
(4)
setting
goals
for
machinery
digital
technologies,
(5)
supporting
development
private
initiatives
transition
toward
systems.
The
corresponding
activities
be
managed
conjointly
develop
systemic
coupled
innovations,
which
essential
significantly.
We
therefore
provide
examples
cross-cutting
objectives
combine
while
also
highlighting
need
interdisciplinary
projects.
By
doing
so,
an
overall
orientation
achieve
sustainable
agriculture.
