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The BIODESERT survey: assessing the impacts of grazing on the structure and functioning of global drylands
Fernando T. Maestre
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Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio “Ramón
Margalef”, Universidad de Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain
Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante,
Spain
David J. Eldridge
Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and
Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South
Wales 2052, Australia
Nicolas Gross
INRAE, VetAgro Sup, Unité Mixte
de Recherche Ecosystème Prairial, Université Clermont Auvergne, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet
Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, Avignon Université, IRD, IMBE,
Technopôle Arbois-Méditerranée, Bât. Villemin – BP 80,
13545 Aix-en-Provence, CEDEX 04, France
Hugo Saiz
Departamento de Ciencias Agrarias y del Medio Natural, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Zaragoza, Huesca, Spain
Beatriz Gozalo
Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio “Ramón
Margalef”, Universidad de Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain
Victoria Ochoa
Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio “Ramón
Margalef”, Universidad de Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain
Juan J. Gaitán
Instituto
de Suelos-CNIA, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Hurlingham 1686, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Departamento de Tecnología,
Universidad Nacional de Luján, Luján 6700, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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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. We describe the major characteristics and the field protocols used in this survey and the organizational aspects followed to carry it out succesfully.
Here we introduce the BIODESERT survey, the first systematic field survey devoted to evaluating...
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