ArticleNature ecology & evolution2026
The global extent of the grassland biome and implications for the terrestrial carbon sink.
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A S MacDougallDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. asm@uoguelph.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1869-7868
B VanzantDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
J SulikDepartment of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4637-0886
S BagchiCentre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India.
D NaiduCentre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7966-4579
T O MurainaDepartment of Animal Health and Production, Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Oyo State, Nigeria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2646-2732
E W SeabloomDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6780-9259
E T BorerDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2259-5853
P WilfahrtDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
I SletteDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
J L HierroFacultad 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.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6678-6187
D E PearsonRocky Mountain Research Station, United States Forest Service, Missoula, MT, USA.
M AbediDepartment of Range Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1499-0119
M AkasakaTokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0143-0841
J AlbertiInstituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), FCEyN-UNMDP - CONICET, Mar del Plata, Argentina.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1600-0921
A AleksanyanInstitute of Botany aft. A.Takhtajyan NAS, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4073-1812
A A AmisuFederal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
T M AndersonWake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
C A ArnillasUniversity of Toronto-Scarborough, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1506-9978
M AyerDepartment of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Kathmandu, Nepal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5573-0930
J D BakkerSchool of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8973-2771
S BasantDepartment of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA.
S BastoUnidad de Ecología y Sistemática, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3214-8133
L BiedermanDepartment of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2171-7898
K J BloodworthUniversity of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
F BoscuttiDepartment of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4969-2752
E H BoughtonArchbold Biological Station, Venus, FL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0932-280X
C M BruschettiInstituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), FCEyN-UNMDP - CONICET, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
H L BuckleySchool of Science, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4170-080X
Y M BuckleyCo-Centre for Climate, Biodiversity, and Water, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7599-3201
M N BugalhoCenter for Applied Ecology "Prof. Baeta Neves" (CEABN-InBIO), School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7081-657X
M C CaldeiraForest Research Centre, Associate Laboratory TERRA, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3586-8526
G CampetellaTorricchio Nature Reserve, University of Camerino, Torina, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6126-522X
N CannoneDepartment of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3390-3965
M CarbognaniDepartment of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Parma, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7701-9859
C CarbuttSchool of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1540-0029
M A CarnielloInstitute de Recherche pour le Developpement, Marseille, France.
M CervelliniTorricchio Nature Reserve, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy.
T ChaudharyTexas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8201-7142
Q ChenGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1957-3848
A T ClarkDepartment of Biology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
S CousinsDepartment of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
M Dalle FratteDepartment of Biotechnology and Life Science, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
N J DaySchool of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
B DeákLendület Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6938-1997
J DietrichDepartment of Ecology and Environmental Science (EMG), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
A DixonWorld Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC, USA.
N EisenhauerGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0371-6720
K J ElgersmaUniversity of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9012-8590
O ErenBiyoloji Bölümü, Fen Fakültesi, Aydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi, Aydın, Turkey.
A EskelinenEcology and Genetics Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1707-5263
C EstradaDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0074-0776
P A FaySoil and Water Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, Grassland, USDA, Temple, TX, USA.
G FayvushInstitute of Botany aft. A.Takhtajyan NAS, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9710-2200
K C FlynnSoil and Water Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, Grassland, USDA, Temple, TX, USA.
D García MezaDepto. de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
D GarganoDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Arcavacata, Italy.
L GherardiDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5743-1096
N T GirkinSchool of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
L GonzálezCISPAC, Departamento de Bioloxía Vexetal e Ciencia do Solo, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, Spain.
P GraffCONICET 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.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6042-2673
L W C HagenbergDepartment of Ecology and Environmental Science (EMG), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
A H HalbritterDepartment of Biological Sciences and Bjerknes Center for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2597-6328
N A HavrilchakUSDA Agricultural Research Service, Reno, NV, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9190-861X
N HerdoizaCopernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
E Hersch-GreenMichigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3887-0768
K HoppingHuman-Environment Systems, Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0557-0526
A JentschDisturbance Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2345-8300
S O JimohDepartment of Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA.
J KerbyScott Polar Research Institute, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
K KirkmanGrassland Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9580-5191
J M H KnopsHealth and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
S E KoernerUniversity of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6403-7513
A KoltzUniversity of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA.
K J KomatsuUniversity of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7056-4547
B I KouraEcole de Gestion et d'Exploitation des Systèmes d'Elevage, Université Nationale d'Agriculture, Kétou, Benin.
S KruseAlfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1107-1958
L LaanistoChair of Biodiversity and Nature Tourism; Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2215-7298
L S LannesSão Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Engineering, Department of Biology and Animal Science, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0603-4071
W LiMinistry 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.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1113-2020
M LiangCedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
A LkhagvaDepartment of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulan Bator, Mongolia.
L López-OlmedoDepto. de Ecología y Recursos Naturales Circuito Exterior s/n, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8205-0698
P LorenzoCentre for Functional Ecology (CFE)-Science for People and the Planet, Associate Laboratory TERRA, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5102-6652
C J LortieYork University, Toronto, Canada.
A LoydiCERZOS CONICET-UNS and DBByF UNS, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
W LuoErguna Forest-Steppe Ecotone Research Station, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
P MacekChair of Biodiversity and Nature Tourism; Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4792-9461
F MalfasiClimate Change Research Center, University of Insubria, Como, Italy.
P MariotteAgroscope, Grazing Systems, Posieux, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8570-8742
J P MartinaDepartment of Biology, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3912-4911
A Martínez-BlancasDepartment of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4669-0257
H MartinsonMcDaniel College, Westminster, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1462-0051
C MartorellDepto. de Ecología y Recursos Naturales Circuito Exterior s/n, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0758-3953
J A MeaveDepto. de Ecología y Recursos Naturales Circuito Exterior s/n, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6241-8803
S Medina-VillarDepartment of Plant Protection, National Center for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
K Z MgangaCopernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7908-7561
J MonsimetDepartment of Ecology and Environmental Science (EMG), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9153-8401
A N NerlekarDepartment of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
S NiuInstitute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2394-2864
T OhlertDepartment of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
I Oliveras MenorAMAP, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, IRD, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5345-2236
G R OñatibiaInstituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2329-6601
Y K OrtegaRocky Mountain Research Station, United States Forest Service, Missoula, MT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2832-9724
B OsborneUtah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
S PalpurinaNational Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0416-5622
J PascualInstituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), FCEyN-UNMDP - CONICET, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
S C PenningsDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
E Pérez-GarcíaDepto. de Ecología y Recursos Naturales Circuito Exterior s/n, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4136-4500
P L PeriInstitutoNacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Southern Patagonia National University (UNPA)-CONICET, Santa Cruz, Argentina.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5398-4408
M Petit BonDepartment of Wildland Resources, Quinney College of Natural Resources and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9829-8324
A PetragliaDepartment of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Parma, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4632-2251
F PijckeDepartment of Ecology and Environmental Science (EMG), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-4909-7985
S M ProberCSIRO Environment, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
R E QuirogaInstituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9785-451X
J I RamirezDepartment of Ecology and Environmental Science (EMG), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1836-8105
S ReedSouthwest Biological Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Moab, UT, USA.
B H P RosadoDepartment of Ecology, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
C RoscherInstitute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9301-7909
D W RowleySoil and Water Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, Grassland, USDA, Temple, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4568-3752
I SeredaCenter for Ecological-Noosphere Studies NAS Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia.
D M SmallWashington College, Chestertown, MD, USA.
N G SmithDepartment of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7048-4387
Y SongSchool for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3660-3797
C StevensLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2390-1763
L E Suarez JimenezUniversidad Internacional del Trópico Americano (Unitrópico), Casanare, Colombia.
M Te BeestCopernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3673-4105
M TedderSchool of Agriculture and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8021-0929
R S TerryUniversity of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, USA.
K S ThorntonWashington College Center for Environment and Society, Chestertown, MD, USA.
D TianInstitute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8023-1180
G TitcombColorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
O ValkóLendület Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7919-6293
G F 'Ciska' VeenNetherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7736-9998
R VirtanenEcology and Genetics Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8295-8217
E A R WeltiGreat Plains Science Program, Smithsonian Institution, Bozeman, MT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6944-3422
G R WheelerMichigan Technological University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, USA.
A A WolfUniversity of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7660-3455
P WolffDisturbance Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
A L YoungUniversity of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2373-4264
H S YoungUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
L H ZeglinKansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
K ZhuSchool for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1587-3317
S ZongKey Laboratory of Geographical Processes and Ecological Security in Changbai Mountains, Ministry of Education, School of Geographical Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3583-6110
M B SiewertDepartment of Ecology and Environmental Science (EMG), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. matthias.siewert@umu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2890-8873
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Abstract
Land cover data are commonly used to model the terrestrial carbon (C) sink, yet these data have wide margins of error that significantly alter estimates of global C storage. Here we demonstrate this data vulnerability in grasslands, which are critical to C cycling but whose estimated distribution has varied by >50 million km
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