ABSTRACT

The concept of the piosphere is important in rangeland management, wildlife management, desertification. Piosphere research describes the changes in soil, biota and fauna as a function of distance from water sources utilized by grazing animals. Piosphere research has provided a better understanding of how grazing pressure can affect local environments. We conducted a bibliometric analysis to describe the progress of piosphere knowledge between 1915 and 2018. This is the first comprehensive bibliometric analysis of piosphere research, and it provides insights on future challenges, research challenges, and knowledge gaps. Google Scholar was used to identify 875 publications from 68 countries and 10 different languages. Our analyses showedthat research article was the most frequent publication type and piosphere was the most frequent keyword. Australia was first in the number of publications followed by South Africa and USA. Ivan Thrash is the most contributed author with 11 publications. The most frequently cited article is ‘Responses of Mediterranean grassland plants to grazing and protection’ in The Journal of Ecology. Herbivores, vegetation, soil, livestock, wildlife, and ecological were the most frequent research areas of piosphere investigations. English was the major and dominant language of piosphere publications. Rapid growth was found in piosphere research since the 1990s, enlivened by advances in statistics, remote sensing, GIS, and programming. We recommend that future research should investigate knowledge gaps such as grazing system relationships to piosphere patterns, economic analysis of watering point development and closure, and the implications of climate change and new piospheres.

摘要

在草原管理，野生动植物管理，荒漠化中，主层的概念很重要。大气层的研究描述了土壤，生物群和动物群的变化与放牧动物利用的水源之间的距离的关系。Piosphere的研究已经更好地了解了放牧压力如何影响当地环境。我们进行了文献计量分析，以描述1915年至2018年之间的大气层知识进展。这是对大气层研究的首次全面的文献计量分析，它提供了有关未来挑战，研究挑战和知识差距的见解。Google学术搜索用于识别来自68个国家/地区的875种出版物和10种不同的语言。我们的分析表明，研究文章是最常见的出版物类型，而圈层是最频繁的关键词。澳大利亚的出版物数量排名第一，其次是南非和美国。Ivan Thrash是贡献最大的作家，有11种出版物。最常被引用的文章是《地中海草原植物对放牧和保护的反应》生态学杂志。食草动物，植被，土壤，牲畜，野生动植物和生态系统是圈内调查最频繁的研究领域。英语是对流层出版物的主要和主要语言。自1990年代以来，在大气层研究中发现了快速增长的态势，这得益于统计，遥感，GIS和程序设计的进步。我们建议未来的研究应调查知识差距，例如放牧系统与大洋层模式的关系，对水位发育和关闭的经济分析以及气候变化和新大洋层的影响。