Dynamics of the Global Savanna and Grassland Biomes

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• 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

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...