Dynamics of the Global Savanna and Grassland Biomes

Savanna and grassland biomes cover more of the earth's surface than any other biome type, and yet they are still largely understudied. In recent decades, global savanna and grassland ecosystems have become more prominent in the literature focused on global change dynamics. Savanna and grassland...

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LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
Subjects
altitude
biodiversity
biomass
climate change
CO2 effects
community characteristics
conservation
culture
enclosure
endemism
floristics
grassland degradation
grassland management
interventions
land cover change
land degradation
livestock
management
n/a
national parks
neotropical savannas
nomadic
Payne’s Creek National Park
policy
policy options
protected areas
rangeland productivity
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
remote sensing
Research and information: general
restoration
rivers
rodents
SAVANNA
savanna landscapes
scenarios
simulation
support vector machine classification
temperate meadow steppe
vegetation
vegetation dynamics
watersheds
woody conversion
yaks
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Summary:Savanna and grassland biomes cover more of the earth's surface than any other biome type, and yet they are still largely understudied. In recent decades, global savanna and grassland ecosystems have become more prominent in the literature focused on global change dynamics. Savanna and grasslands represent unique biomes with their own challenges, both in terms of their study and in terms of their complexity, leading to many contradictory and often controversial findings. The global threats to these systems are potentially significant, from climate change impacts to human management challenges, from possible degradation to complete desertification, which vary across disturbance regime shifts. This Special Issue of Applied Sciences, “Dynamics of Global Savanna and Grassland Biomes”, is intended for a wide and interdisciplinary audience, and covers recent advances in: - drivers of vegetation dynamics - further understanding carbon interactions in these critical landscapes - advances in modeling both current and future system states - tipping points in savanna systems - human-environment interactions and challenges for management - biodiversity and ecosystem services
ISBN:9783036503486
3036503498
303650348X
9783036503493
DOI:10.3390/books978-3-0365-0349-3