作者: Enrique J. Chaneton , Noemí Mazía , William B. Batista , Andrés G. Rolhauser , Claudio M. Ghersa
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3797-0_5
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摘要: Grasslands provide a number of ecosystem services that have been essential to human well-being since pre-historical times (Gibson 2009). Yet they also represent the most endangered terrestrial biome due conversion into agricultural systems (Sala 2001). The grassland covers 15 million km2 (11 %) Earth’s surface with non-woody vegetation, excluding deserts and savannas Natural grasslands encompass vast regions including North American Great Plains, Eurasian steppes Russia, China Mongolia, South Pampas