The global extent of the grassland biome and implications for the terrestrial carbon sink.

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Title: The global extent of the grassland biome and implications for the terrestrial carbon sink.
Authors: MacDougall AS; Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. asm@uoguelph.ca., Vanzant B; Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada., Sulik J; Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada., Bagchi S; Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India., Naidu D; Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India.; School of Environment and Sustainability, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bengaluru, India., Muraina TO; Department of Animal Health and Production, Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Oyo State, Nigeria.; Department of Biology, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA., Seabloom EW; Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA., Borer ET; Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA., Wilfahrt P; Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA., Slette I; Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA., Hierro JL; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa (UNLPam) and Laboratorio de Ecología, Biogeografía y Evolución Vegetal (LEByEV), Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra y Ambientales de La Pampa (INCITAP), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)-UNLPam, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina., Pearson DE; Rocky Mountain Research Station, United States Forest Service, Missoula, MT, USA., Abedi M; Department of Range Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran., Akasaka M; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan., Alberti J; Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), FCEyN-UNMDP - CONICET, Mar del Plata, Argentina., Aleksanyan A; Institute of Botany aft. A.Takhtajyan NAS, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia., Amisu AA; Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria., Anderson TM; Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA., Arnillas CA; University of Toronto-Scarborough, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada., Ayer M; Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Kathmandu, Nepal., Bakker JD; School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., Basant S; Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA., Basto S; Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia., Biederman L; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA., Bloodworth KJ; University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA., Boscutti F; Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.; National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italy., Boughton EH; Archbold Biological Station, Venus, FL, USA., Bruschetti CM; Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), FCEyN-UNMDP - CONICET, Mar del Plata, Argentina., Buckley HL; School of Science, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand., Buckley YM; Co-Centre for Climate, Biodiversity, and Water, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland., Bugalho MN; Center for Applied Ecology 'Prof. Baeta Neves' (CEABN-InBIO), School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal., Caldeira MC; Forest Research Centre, Associate Laboratory TERRA, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal., Campetella G; Torricchio Nature Reserve, University of Camerino, Torina, Italy., Cannone N; Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.; Climate Change Research Center, University of Insubria, Como, Italy., Carbognani M; Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Parma, Italy., Carbutt C; School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South Africa.; Scientific Services, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, Cascades, South Africa., Carniello MA; Institute de Recherche pour le Developpement, Marseille, France., Cervellini M; Torricchio Nature Reserve, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy., Chaudhary T; Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA., Chen Q; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig, Germany., Clark AT; Department of Biology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria., Cousins S; Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden., Dalle Fratte M; Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy., Day NJ; School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand., Deák B; Lendület Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary., Dietrich J; Department of Ecology and Environmental Science (EMG), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden., Dixon A; World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC, USA.; Great Plains Program, Lawton, USA., Eisenhauer N; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany., Elgersma KJ; University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA., Eren O; Biyoloji Bölümü, Fen Fakültesi, Aydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi, Aydın, Turkey., Eskelinen A; Ecology and Genetics Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research iDiv, Leipzig, Germany., Estrada C; Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK., Fay PA; Soil and Water Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, Grassland, USDA, Temple, TX, USA., Fayvush G; Institute of Botany aft. A.Takhtajyan NAS, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia., Flynn KC; Soil and Water Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, Grassland, USDA, Temple, TX, USA., García Meza D; Depto. de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico., Gargano D; Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Arcavacata, Italy., Gherardi L; Department of Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA., Girkin NT; School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK., González L; CISPAC, Departamento de Bioloxía Vexetal e Ciencia do Solo, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, Spain., Graff P; CONICET and Agencia de Extensión Rural Coronel Suárez, EEA Cesareo Naredo, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Argentina; Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Hagenberg LWC; Department of Ecology and Environmental Science (EMG), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden., Halbritter AH; Department of Biological Sciences and Bjerknes Center for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway., Havrilchak NA; USDA Agricultural Research Service, Reno, NV, USA., Herdoiza N; Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands., Hersch-Green E; Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA., Hopping K; Human-Environment Systems, Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA., Jentsch A; Disturbance Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany., Jimoh SO; Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA., Kerby J; Scott Polar Research Institute, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.; Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA., Kirkman K; Grassland Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa., Knops JMH; Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China., Koerner SE; University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, USA., Koltz A; University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA., Komatsu KJ; University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, USA., Koura BI; Ecole de Gestion et d'Exploitation des Systèmes d'Elevage, Université Nationale d'Agriculture, Kétou, Benin., Kruse S; Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany., Laanisto L; Chair of Biodiversity and Nature Tourism; Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia., Lannes LS; São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Engineering, Department of Biology and Animal Science, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brazil., Li W; Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Ecology and Resource Use of the Mongolian Plateau, and Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecology, and Observation and Research Station for the Typical Steppe Ecosystem of the Ministry of Education, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China., Liang M; Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA., Lkhagva A; Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulan Bator, Mongolia., López-Olmedo L; Depto. de Ecología y Recursos Naturales Circuito Exterior s/n, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico., Lorenzo P; Centre for Functional Ecology (CFE)-Science for People and the Planet, Associate Laboratory TERRA, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal., Lortie CJ; York University, Toronto, Canada., Loydi A; CERZOS CONICET-UNS and DBByF UNS, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Luo W; Erguna Forest-Steppe Ecotone Research Station, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China., Macek P; Chair of Biodiversity and Nature Tourism; Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia.; Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre of Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská, Czech Republic., Malfasi F; Climate Change Research Center, University of Insubria, Como, Italy.; Department of Science and High Technology, University of Insubria, Como, Italy., Mariotte P; Agroscope, Grazing Systems, Posieux, Switzerland., Martina JP; Department of Biology, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA., Martínez-Blancas A; Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Martinson H; McDaniel College, Westminster, MD, USA., Martorell C; Depto. de Ecología y Recursos Naturales Circuito Exterior s/n, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico., Meave JA; Depto. de Ecología y Recursos Naturales Circuito Exterior s/n, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico., Medina-Villar S; Department of Plant Protection, National Center for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.; Department of Natural Sciences, Saint Luis University - Madrid Campus, Madrid, Spain., Mganga KZ; Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands., Monsimet J; Department of Ecology and Environmental Science (EMG), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden., Nerlekar AN; Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Niu S; Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China., Ohlert T; Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.; Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA., Oliveras Menor I; AMAP, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, IRD, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France.; School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK., Oñatibia GR; Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Ortega YK; Rocky Mountain Research Station, United States Forest Service, Missoula, MT, USA., Osborne B; Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA., Palpurina S; National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria., Pascual J; Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), FCEyN-UNMDP - CONICET, Mar del Plata, Argentina., Pennings SC; Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA., Pérez-García E; Depto. de Ecología y Recursos Naturales Circuito Exterior s/n, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico., Peri PL; InstitutoNacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Southern Patagonia National University (UNPA)-CONICET, Santa Cruz, Argentina., Petit Bon M; Department of Wildland Resources, Quinney College of Natural Resources and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.; Department of Applied Ecology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA., Petraglia A; Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Parma, Italy., Pijcke F; Department of Ecology and Environmental Science (EMG), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden., Prober SM; CSIRO Environment, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia., Quiroga RE; Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Ramirez JI; Department of Ecology and Environmental Science (EMG), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden., Reed S; Southwest Biological Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Moab, UT, USA., Rosado BHP; Department of Ecology, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Roscher C; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.; UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Physiological Diversity, Leipzig, Germany., Rowley DW; Soil and Water Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, Grassland, USDA, Temple, TX, USA., Sereda I; Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies NAS Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia., Small DM; Washington College, Chestertown, MD, USA., Smith NG; Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA., Song Y; School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA., Stevens C; Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK., Suarez Jimenez LE; Universidad Internacional del Trópico Americano (Unitrópico), Casanare, Colombia., Te Beest M; Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.; Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa.; South African Environmental Observation Network, Grasslands-Forests-Wetlands Node, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa., Tedder M; School of Agriculture and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa., Terry RS; University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, USA., Thornton KS; Washington College Center for Environment and Society, Chestertown, MD, USA., Tian D; Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China., Titcomb G; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA., Valkó O; Lendület Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary., 'Ciska' Veen GF; Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, the Netherlands., Virtanen R; Ecology and Genetics Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland., Welti EAR; Great Plains Science Program, Smithsonian Institution, Bozeman, MT, USA., Wheeler GR; Michigan Technological University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, USA., Wolf AA; University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA., Wolff P; Disturbance Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany., Young AL; University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, USA., Young HS; University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA., Zeglin LH; Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA., Zhu K; School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA., Zong S; Key Laboratory of Geographical Processes and Ecological Security in Changbai Mountains, Ministry of Education, School of Geographical Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China., Siewert MB; Department of Ecology and Environmental Science (EMG), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. matthias.siewert@umu.se.; Climate Impacts Research Centre (CIRC), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. matthias.siewert@umu.se.
Source: Nature ecology & evolution [Nat Ecol Evol] 2026 Feb; Vol. 10 (2), pp. 246-257. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jan 27.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal Info: Publisher: Springer Nature Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101698577 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2397-334X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 2397334X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Nat Ecol Evol Subsets: MEDLINE
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DOI:10.1038/s41559-025-02955-6