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Recent advances in understanding grasslands [version 1; referees: 3 approved]

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Article number1363
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>30/08/2018
<mark>Journal</mark>F1000Research
Volume2018
Number of pages6
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Grasslands are a vitally important ecosystem, supporting a wide range of ecosystem services and high levels of biodiversity. As a consequence, they have long been a focus for ecologists, playing host to some of the world’s longest-running ecological experiments and providing the inspiration for many long-standing theories and debates. Because the field of grassland ecology is broad, encompassing many areas of ecology, this article picks some areas of particular debate and development to look at recent advances. The areas include relationships between diversity and productivity, ecosystem stability and ecosystem service provision, global change threats from nutrient addition, invasive species, climate change, and plant soil interactions.