Fernando T. Maestre, David J. Eldridge, Nicolas Gross, Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Hugo Saiz, Beatriz Gozalo, Victoria Ochoa, Juan J. Gaitán
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The BIODESERT survey: assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands
Grazing by domestic livestock is both the main land use across
drylands worldwide and a major desertification and global change driver. The
ecological consequences of this key human activity have been studied for
decades, and there is a wealth of information on its impacts on biodiversity
and ecosystem processes. However, most field assessments of the ecological
impacts of grazing on drylands conducted to date have been carried out at
local or regional scales and have focused on single ecosystem attributes
(e.g., plant productivity) or particular taxa (mainly aboveground, e.g.,
plants). Here we introduce the BIODESERT survey, the first systematic field
survey devoted to evaluating the joint impacts of grazing by domestic
livestock and climate on the structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems
worldwide. This collaborative global survey was carried out between 2016 and
2019 and has involved the collection of field data and plant, biocrust, and soil
samples from a total of 326 45 m × 45 m plots from 98 sites located in 25
countries from 6 continents. Here we describe the major characteristics
and the field protocols used in this survey. We also introduce the
organizational aspects followed, as these can be helpful to everyone wishing
to establish a global collaborative network of researchers. The BIODESERT
survey provides baseline data to assess the current status of dryland
rangelands worldwide and the impacts of grazing on these key ecosystems, and it
constitutes a good example of the power of collaborative research networks
to study the ecology of our planet using much-needed field data.
Web EcologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences-Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
CiteScore
4.60
自引率
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发文量
6
审稿时长
17 weeks
期刊介绍:
Web Ecology (WE) is an open-access journal issued by the European Ecological Federation (EEF) representing the ecological societies within Europe and associated members. Its special value is to serve as a publication forum for national ecological societies that do not maintain their own society journal. Web Ecology publishes papers from all fields of ecology without any geographic restriction. It is a forum to communicate results of experimental, theoretical, and descriptive studies of general interest to an international audience. Original contributions, short communications, and reviews on ecological research on all kinds of organisms and ecosystems are welcome as well as papers that express emerging ideas and concepts with a sound scientific background.