"Grassland" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An ecosystem dominated by grasses (POACEAE) with few trees or shrubs.
| Descriptor ID |
D065948
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G16.500.275.157.531 N06.230.124.390
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| Concept/Terms |
Grassland- Grassland
- Grasslands
- Prairie
- Prairies
- Steppe
- Steppes
- Meadows
- Meadow
- Savanna
- Savannas
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Grassland" by people in Profiles.
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Experimental warming accelerates positive soil priming in a temperate grassland ecosystem. Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 08; 15(1):1178.
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Electrolytes on the prairie: How urine-like additions of Na and K shape the dynamics of a grassland food web. Ecology. 2023 01; 104(1):e3856.
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Effects of drought on grassland phenology depend on functional types. New Phytol. 2022 11; 236(4):1558-1571.
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Reduction of microbial diversity in grassland soil is driven by long-term climate warming. Nat Microbiol. 2022 07; 7(7):1054-1062.
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Emergence and intensification of dairying in the Caucasus and Eurasian steppes. Nat Ecol Evol. 2022 06; 6(6):813-822.
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Precipitation effects on grassland plant performance are lessened by hay harvest. Sci Rep. 2022 02 28; 12(1):3282.
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How and why grasshopper community maturation rates are slowing on a North American tall grass prairie. Biol Lett. 2022 01; 18(1):20210510.
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Fire promotes functional plant diversity and modifies soil carbon dynamics in tropical savanna. Sci Total Environ. 2022 Mar 15; 812:152317.
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Activity density at a continental scale: What drives invertebrate biomass moving across the soil surface? Ecology. 2022 01; 103(1):e03542.
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The genomic origins of the Bronze Age Tarim Basin mummies. Nature. 2021 11; 599(7884):256-261.