Large herbivores are often classed as ecosystem engineers, and when they become scarce or overabundant, this can alter ecosystem states and influence climate forcing potentials. This realization has spurred a call to ...

Aim Biodiversity databases are valuable resources for understanding plant species distributions and dynamics, but they may insufficiently represent the actual geographic distribution and climatic niches of species. Here ...

Ecology goes to town Urbanisation is increasing worldwide, but as urban expansion inevitably happens at the cost of other ecosystems, understanding how this will affect biodiversity is crucial. Especially if we wish to ...

Husdyrbeiting med sau har påvirket fjellandskapet i Norge gjennom flere tusen år. Den regionale variasjonen i tetthet av sau har imidlertid gitt oss ulike landskap og dermed ulikt biologisk mangfold. Vi mangler i dag et ...

Large herbivores are capable of modifying entire ecosystems with a combination of direct (for example browsing/grazing, trampling, defecation) and indirect (for example affecting plant species composition that then alters ...

Urbanisation is expected to function as a filter for plant species by changing the physiochemical environment, causing species turnover along an urbanisation gradient. Analyses of the functional traits of species characteristic ...

Herbivory has potential to modify vegetation responses to climatic changes. However, climate and herbivory also affect each other, and rarely work in isolation from other ecological factors, such as plant–plant competition. ...

Semi-naturlege grasmarker er eit av dei viktigaste habitata for humler og andre pollinatorar, men endringar i arealbruk truer denne habitattypen. Opphøyr av skjøtsel, med påfølgande gjengroing er truleg ein av dei viktigaste ...

Alpine ecosystems are generally nitrogen (N) limited with low rates of N mineralization. Herbivory may affect N cycling and N losses and thus long-term productivity of ecosystems. Using a controlled grazing experiment in ...