Roughly 40 percent of Earth’s land surface is covered by grasslands. Grasslands store about one-third of Earth’s terrestrial carbon and act as important carbon sinks. More than one million people take ...

Grassland degradation fundamentally reshapes how biodiversity supports ecosystem multifunctionality, shifting it from being plant-dominated to being mediated by soil microbes, according to a new study ...

Learn how planting native grassland plants mimics historical landscapes and stores carbon. Grasslands are a surprising part of the North Carolina Piedmont’s ecological history. Learn how planting ...

MADISON, WI, MAY 12, 2009 -- Grassland: Quietness and Strength for a New American Agriculture was written to increase our awareness of the vital role grass and grassland plants have in ensuring a ...

Recovered grasslands need more than 75 years of continuous management to regain their biodiversity because specialized ...

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. Until last fall, when PBS screened “The American Buffalo,” a documentary by Ken Burns, I ...

Konza Prairie Biological Station in northeast Kansas. Humans and animals alike depend on grasslands for survival. In addition to providing land for cattle and sheep to graze, grasslands can also store ...

Temporal fluctuations in plant species coexistence are key to understanding ecosystem state transitions and long-term maintenance of species diversity. Although plant microbiomes can alter plant ...

Restoring abandoned grasslands by removing woody vegetation and resuming traditional land management practices has positive effects on biodiversity. “There is no place better suited to survey restored ...

Recently restored grasslands (top row) are visited mostly by flies and hoverflies that are generalists and thus often carry pollen from one plant to flowers of a different species (from left to right: ...