Library Guides @ VIU: Biol 322: Terrestrial Ecosystems: Grassland Ecosystem

Canadian Websites

Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands. Volume 1: Ecology and Interactions in Grassland Habitats - (Biological Survey of Canada)
- individual chapters are available for download
Canadian Forage and Grassland Association
Grassland's Climate Change - (Manitoba)
Grassland Conservation Council of BC
Grassland Protection Primer for Local Governments
Grassland Remnants - Tallgrass Ontario
Grasslands: Toward a North American Conservation Strategy, 2003
- pdf document
- "to provide a framework for tri- and binational cooperation
between Canada, the United States and Mexico that promotes the conservation and sustainable use of central North American grasslands "
Grasslands National Park, Parks Canada - (Saskatchewan)
Grasslands Research Initiative - (Suncor Energy, Alberta)
Ontario Forage Council : Publications About Pasture Production
Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan

International Websites

Alliance for the Grasslands - (Conservation of the South American Southern Cone Grasslands)
- "dedicated to the conservation and study of wild birds in the four South American countries which share the great biome of the “Pampas” or grasslands of the Southern Cone of the continent"
British Grassland Society
Challenges and Opportunities for Carbon Sequestration in Grassland Systems : A Technical Report for Grassland Management and Climate Change Mitigation
- a 67 page pdf document, 2010
- from FAO, United Naitons
Commission for Environmental Cooperation Assessment and Revisions of North American Grassland Priority Conservation Areas - (Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory)
- a pdf document
Declining Grassland Biodiversity - (Encyclopedia of Earth)
- "a free, expert-reviewed collection of content contributed by scholars, professionals, educators, practitioners and other experts who collaborate and review each other's work"
Ecosystem Services - (World Resources Institute)
- for example, search with the keyword: grasslands
Eurasian Dry Grasslands Group
European Grassland Federation
Grassland Bird Migration Project - (Vermont Center for EcoStudies)
Grassland Birds at Risk - ( Bird Studies Canada)
Grassland Sciences Group - (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich)
Grassland Society of Southern Africa
Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory : Research Projects - (USDA)
Human Planet : Grasslands - (BBC)
- video
Institute for Grassland Studies - (Kansas State University)
Institute of Grassland Science - (Germany)
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
- "works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by supporting scientific research, managing field projects ... to develop policy, laws and best practice"
National Grasslands - (USDA Forest Service)
- select a state and a type of grasslands from the pull down menu
Pilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems : Grassland Ecosystems - (World Resources Institute)
- provides a link to a full report, 81 pages, pdf document
Protected Planet Database
- "interactive database for protected areas worldwide, reconciling governmental, expert and general public opinions on protected areas. It encompasses the World Database on Protected Areas and provides a platform for the protected area constituency"
World's Biomes - (UCMP: University of California Museum of Paleontolgy)

Bio 322 Text Book

Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology , 2011
- F. Stuart Chapin, 2nd edition

Alternative keywords

The following are alternative keywords for the Grassland Ecosystem:

plains

prairies

steppes

pampas

savanna/savannah

veldt

rangeland

The Grasslands can be divided into subcategories, such as:

"english grasslands"

"mountain grasslands"

"temperate grasslands"

"tropical grasslands"

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Alternative keywords

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