Grassland
BOOKS
Economic Benefits of Grassland Protected Areas (2005), Grassland Foundation, documents that rural areas in the state will benefit economically from creating a network of large-scale grassland conservation areas.
Grassland Restoration (1999), English Nature, explores basic guidelines for grassland management in the UK including grazing, mowing and burning techniques.
The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook for Prairies, Savannas, and Woodlands (1997), edited by Packard and Mutel, is a hands-on manual that provides a detailed account of what has been learned about the art and science of prairie restoration.
United States Grasslands and Related Resources: An Economic and Biological Trends Assessment (?), by Conner et al, provides an overview of the historical importance of grasslands in the United States from an economic and biological perspective as well as an assessment of the recent trends in US grasslands and related resources.
ARTICLES
A Field of Dreams: Returning Grassland Birds to the Eastern Shore of Maryland
http://www.audubonnaturalist.org/cgi-bin/mesh/naturalist_news/archives/
a_field_of_dreams/printer_friendly
A Method for Replacing Serrated Tussock with Kangaroo Grass in Lowland Native Grassland Remnants
http://wallaby.vu.edu.au/adt-VVUT/uploads/approved/adt-VVUT20020503.173242/public/02whole.pdf
A Tale of Two Grasslands: The Slow Road to Restoration in British Columbia and Kenya
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/jf05/indepth/international.asp
An Assessment of Grassland Restoration Success Using Species Diversity Components
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~bwilsey/jpe_1019.pdf
An Ecosystem in Transition: Causes and Consequences of the Conversion of Mesic Grassland to Shrubland
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~jblair/Briggs%20et%20al%20BioScience%202005.pdf
Are Plant Traits Useful as Predictors of Performance in Grassland Restoration?
http://www.uea.ac.uk/~b033/Are_plant_traits_useful_as_predictors_of_
performance_in_grassland_restoration.doc
Avian Community Response to Pine-Grassland Restoration
http://www.bioone.org/pdfserv/i0091-7648-032-03-0819.pdf
Biodiversity in Temperate European Grasslands: Origin and Conservation
http://www.planteco.lu.se/people/hhb/Partel_Bruun_Sammul_2005_Grassland_Science_in_Europe_10.pdf
Contingency of Grassland Restoration on Year, Site and Competition from Introduced Grasses
http://www.esajournals.org/esaonline/?request=get-abstract&issn=1051-0761&
volume=013&issue=01&page=0137
Criteria and Methods for Evaluating Regional Plans in the Tropical Savannas
http://savanna.ntu.edu.au/downloads/Evaluate%20screen.pdf
Ecology and Restoration of California Grasslands with Special Emphasis on the Influence of Fire and Grazing on Native Grassland Species
http://www.elkhornsloughctp.org/uploads/1126128955CROWNGrassReview.pdf
Environmental Impact Assessment of Livestock Production in Grassland-Based Systems in Humid and Sub-Humid Tropic and Subtropic Zones
http://www.virtualcentre.org/en/dec/toolbox/Backgrnd/GMSFAO3.pdf
First Nations Perspectives on the Grasslands of the Interior of British Columbia
http://www.fiu.edu/~jea/blackstock.pdf
Formation and Consequences of Fire-Induced Structure in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Savannas
http://www.uni-jena.de/img/unijena_/faculties/bio_pharm/inst_oeko/SpatialEcology/PDFs/
Getzin_M.Sc.thesis_Savanna-Fire_2002.pdf
Grasses as Invasive Alien Plants in South Africa
http://www.dwaf.gov.za/wfw/Docs/Papers/SAJSFeb2004milton.pdf
Grassland Birds: An Overview of Threats and Recommended Management Strategies
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pifcapemay/vickery.htm
Grassland, Grassland Uber Alles
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~iffa/GPCconf/McDougall.pdf
Grassland Restoration
http://horticulture.coafes.umn.edu/vd/h5015/97papers/es_mason.html
Grassland Restoration on Private Land (US Fish & Wildlife)
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/nyfo/info/factsheets/grasslands.pdf
Grassland Restoration with Native Perennial Grasses in Yolo County, California
http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=159750
Grazing as a Technique for Prairie Restoration
http://horticulture.coafes.umn.edu/vd/h5015/97papers/henrichs.html
Grazing Systems, Ecosystem Responses and Global Change
http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.energy.29.062403.102142
Guidelines for Native Grassland Restoration Projects (Texas)
http://www2.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_rp_w7000_1153.pdf
Interactions between Fire and Invasive Plants in Temperate Grasslands of North America
http://jfsp.nifc.gov/invasive%20publications/ttrs_22pr_04_40_65_c.pdf
Livestock Grazing Management and Biodiversity Conservation in Australian Temperate Grassy Landscapes
http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AR03024.htm
Managing Chromolaena odorata in Subtropical Grasslands in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
http://www.ehs.cdu.edu.au/chromolaena/fifth/pdf/KwaZuluNatal.pdf
Managing Species Diversity in Tallgrass Prairie: Assumptions and Implications
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1994.08030691.x
Methods for Restoration of Depleted Tussock Grasslands
http://www.tussocks.net.nz/BiodiversityandRestoration/resrev_pap.html
Mowing and Grazing in Grassland Restoration
http://herkules.oulu.fi/isbn9514259947/html/x240.html
Natural Temperate Grassland (Australia)
http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/publications/grasslands/pubs/grassland.pdf
Nitrogen Balances in Natural Grasslands and Extensively-Managed Grassland Systems
http://www.nzes.org.nz/nzje/free_issues/NZJEcol6_1.pdf
Presentations from Appalachian Laboratory Grasslands Workshop (2005)
http://www.al.umces.edu/Research%20Conservation%20&%20Restoration%20Ecology/grasslandresources/grasslandpresentations.htm
Restoration of Calcareous Grasslands: The Role of the Soil Seed Bank and Seed Dispersal for Recolonisation Process
http://www.bib.fsagx.ac.be/library/base/text/v9n2/143.pdf
Restoration on Abandoned Tropical Pasturelands - Do We Know Enough?
http://www.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=ENV&recid=6089815
Restorative Mowing on Semi-Natural Grasslands: Community Level Changes and Species-Level Responses
http://herkules.oulu.fi/isbn9514259947/html/
Restoring Grassland on Arable Land: An Example of a Fast Spontaneous Succession without Weed-Dominated Stages
http://www.ibot.cas.cz/preslia/P044CJon.pdf
Restoring Palouse and Canyon Grasslands: Putting Back the Missing Pieces
http://www.id.blm.gov/techbuls/01_15/part1.pdf
Restoring Perennial Grasslands
http://www.managingwholes.com/grass-restore.htm
Restoring Rare Native Habitats in the Willamette Valley
http://www.biodiversitypartners.org/pubs/Campbell/06.shtml
Rethinking Eastern Grasslands: A Deep Time Perspective
http://www.highlandssanctuary.org/NaturalHistory/Kamama/hall.article.htm
Reversing Declines in Grassland Bird Populations in Minnesota through Restoration of the Northern Tall Grass Prairie
http://horticulture.coafes.umn.edu/vd/h5015/03papers/dobrovolny.pdf
Shrub Invasions of North American Semi-Arid Grasslands
http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/
annurev.ecolsys.31.1.197;jsessionid=n9o3Dqjj0KP86Vs1wN?cookieSet=1&journalCode=ecolsys
Soil Physical Conditions in Nigerian Savannas and Biomass Production
http://users.ictp.it/~pub_off/lectures/lns018/31Salako2.pdf
Trees in Grasslands: Biogeochemical Consequences of Woody Plant Expansion
http://ag.arizona.edu/research/archer/pubs/Jena_Book_Chapter.pdf
Understanding Rangeland Biodiversity
http://www.odi.org.uk/publications/wp121.pdf
Wildflower Grasslands in the Weald
http://www.highweald.org/uploads/Weald%20Leaflet2.pdf




















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