{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Duan Q"],"funding":["Earmarked Fund for China Agriculture Research System","Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund for Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences","Natural Science Foundation of Hainan Province","Hainan Provincial Department of Science and Technology"],"pagination":["1109877"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9874161"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13"],"pubmed_abstract":["Grazing is the main way of utilizing understory vegetation in the tropics. However, the effects of grazing on vegetation diversity and soil functions in coconut plantations remain unclear. Therefore, this study was conducted in a young coconut plantation that was grazed by geese in Wenchang, China. We identified four grazing intensities according to the aboveground biomass, namely, no grazing (CK), light grazing (LG), moderate grazing (MG), and heavy grazing (HG). In April 2022, we used the quadrat method to investigate the composition and traits of vegetation, collected and analyzed 0-40-cm soil samples in each grazing intensity. The results showed that grazing changed the composition of understory species. The predominant species changed from <i>Bidens pilosa</i> to <i>Praxelis clematide"],"journal":["Frontiers in plant science"],"pubmed_title":["Effects of grazing on vegetation diversity and soil multifunctionality in coconut plantations."],"pmcid":["PMC9874161"],"funding_grant_id":["322QN394","cars-34","YSPTZX202020","1630032022025, 1630032022011"],"pubmed_authors":["Yang W","Li X","Yu R","Duan Q","Huan H","Hu A","Liu G","Dong R"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Effects of grazing on vegetation diversity and soil multifunctionality in coconut plantations.","description":"Grazing is the main way of utilizing understory vegetation in the tropics. However, the effects of grazing on vegetation diversity and soil functions in coconut plantations remain unclear. Therefore, this study was conducted in a young coconut plantation that was grazed by geese in Wenchang, China. We identified four grazing intensities according to the aboveground biomass, namely, no grazing (CK), light grazing (LG), moderate grazing (MG), and heavy grazing (HG). In April 2022, we used the quadrat method to investigate the composition and traits of vegetation, collected and analyzed 0-40-cm soil samples in each grazing intensity. The results showed that grazing changed the composition of understory species. The predominant species changed from <i>Bidens pilosa</i> to <i>Praxelis clematide","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2026-07-15T22:32:00.277Z","creation":"2025-04-07T03:19:03.935Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9874161","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36714687"],"doi":["10.3389/fpls.2022.1109877"]}}