Grazing vs. mowing: A meta-analysis of biodiversity benefits for grassland management

M Tälle, B Deák, P Poschlod, O Valkó… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2016 - Elsevier
To maintain the high biodiversity of semi-natural grasslands, management by grazing or
mowing is needed. Given the limited resources and few remaining areas, the best …

Sexual segregation in ungulates: a comparative test of three hypotheses

KE Ruckstuhl, P Neuhaus - Biological Reviews, 2002 - cambridge.org
In most social ungulate species, males are larger than females and the sexes live in
separate groups outside the breeding season. It is important for our understanding of the …

DNA metabarcoding illuminates dietary niche partitioning by African large herbivores

TR Kartzinel, PA Chen, TC Coverdale… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Niche partitioning facilitates species coexistence in a world of limited resources, thereby
enriching biodiversity. For decades, biologists have sought to understand how diverse …

[책][B] The inadequate environment: nitrogen and the abundance of animals

TCR White - 2012 - books.google.com
Ecology is characterized by a rapidly growing complexity and diversity of facts, aspects,
examples, and observations. What is badly needed is the development of common patterns …

Modelling the nutritional ecology of ungulate herbivores: evolution of body size and competitive interactions

AW Illius, IJ Gordon - Oecologia, 1992 - Springer
A simulation model is used to quantify relationships between diet quality, digestive
processes and body weight in ungulate herbivores. Retention time of food in the digestive …

The sustainability challenge to the dairy sector–The growing importance of non-cattle milk production worldwide

B Faye, G Konuspayeva - International dairy journal, 2012 - Elsevier
Globally, 16.9% of milk consumed by humans comes from species other than cattle. Non-
cattle milk is linked more to territories than cows' milk: sheep in the Mediterranean basin …

African wild ungulates compete with or facilitate cattle depending on season

WO Odadi, MK Karachi, SA Abdulrazak, TP Young - science, 2011 - science.org
Savannas worldwide are vital for both socioeconomic and biodiversity values. In these
ecosystems, management decisions are based on the perception that wildlife and livestock …

Comparative foraging and nutrition of horses and cattle in European wetlands

C Menard, P Duncan, G Fleurance… - Journal of applied …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Equids are generalist herbivores that co‐exist with bovids of similar body size in
many ecosystems. There are two major hypotheses to explain their co‐existence, but few …

Herbivory and body size: allometries of diet quality and gastrointestinal physiology, and implications for herbivore ecology and dinosaur gigantism

M Clauss, P Steuer, DWH Müller, D Codron, J Hummel - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Digestive physiology has played a prominent role in explanations for terrestrial herbivore
body size evolution and size-driven diversification and niche differentiation. This is based on …

[책][B] Horses and grasses: the nutritional ecology of equids and their impact on the Camargue

P Duncan - 2012 - books.google.com
In 1973, a herd of Camargue horses was released into a nature reserve in the Rhone delta
of France. The comprehensive long-term study of the resulting population eruption provided …