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Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in grasslands.

Osvaldo E. Sala, W. K. Lauenroth, S. J. McNaughton, Graciela M. Rusch, Xinshi Zhang, Harold A. Mooney, J. Hall Cushman, Ernesto Medina, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze

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Grasslands are the potential natural ecosystem type on approximately 25% (33x lo6 km2) of the land surface of the earth (Shantz 1954). Current estimates of the global extent of grasslands range from 16 % (Whittaker and Likens 1973, 1975) to 30 % (Ajtay et al. 1979). The difference between the

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Grasslands are the potential natural ecosystem type on approximately 25% (33x lo6 km2) of the land surface of the earth (Shantz 1954). Current estimates of the global extent of grasslands range from 16 % (Whittaker and Likens 1973, 1975) to 30 % (Ajtay et al. 1979). The difference between the

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Grasslands are the potential natural ecosystem type on approximately 25% (33x lo6 km2) of the land surface of the earth (Shantz 1954). Current estimates of the global extent of grasslands range from 16 % (Whittaker and Likens 1973, 1975) to 30 % (Ajtay et al. 1979). The difference between the

Key concepts: Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Environmental resource management, Ecosystem services, Geography, Environmental science, Ecology, Agroforestry

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