Our meta‐analysis was able to reveal average patterns
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Our meta‐analysis was able to reveal average patterns and the influence of local climate and soil properties on eco‐hydrological responses to grasslands modifications and replacements, which have not been previously described.
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Sourced from the abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2017 and 2025, spanning 2 journals. Those papers have been cited 57 times in total.
Research trend
Established — well-defined area with open sub-problems.
Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps
- Responses of soil aggregate characteristics to grazing intensity differ between topsoil and subsoil in a typical steppe (2025) · Frontiers in Environmental Science · cited 6× · doi
As a dominant land use in grasslands, grazing acts as a key driver of ecosystem structure and function, yet the responses of aggregate size distribution and stability to grazing intensity across soil depths remain insufficiently understood.
generalabstractKeywords: grazing dominant land grasslands acts driver ecosystem structure function responses aggregate size distribution stability intensity - Effects of animal grazing on vegetation biomass and soil moisture on a typical steppe in Inner Mongolia, China (2021) · Ecohydrology · cited 27× · doi
With this said, research into grassland ecological processes mostly consists of single‐factor controlled experiments such as precipitation, temperature or grazing, and few studies have investigated the effects of synergistic interactions between multiple factors on grassland hydrological, soil and vegetation processes.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: grassland processes said ecological mostly consists single factor controlled experiments precipitation temperature grazing investigated effects - Water regulation by grasslands: A global meta‐analysis (2017) · Ecohydrology · cited 24× · doi
Our meta‐analysis was able to reveal average patterns and the influence of local climate and soil properties on eco‐hydrological responses to grasslands modifications and replacements, which have not been previously described.
generalabstractevidence 4/5Keywords: meta able reveal average patterns influence local climate soil properties hydrological responses grasslands modifications replacements
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