Cattle activity greatly influences plant species composition and biomass production of grassland ecosystems. Dung deposition by cattle together with grazing and trampling can be considered as one of the important factors driving vegetation dynamics in pastures. The objective of this study was to investigate at 10-cm and 1-month resolution the plant community dynamics induced by dung deposition in two plant communities (a mesotrophic and an oligotrophic grassland) in a pasture of the Swiss Jura Mountains. Vegetation was sampled four or three times during the vegetation period in contiguous 10 cm x 10 cm quadrats from the centre of the dung pat to a distance of 60 cm. A lower grazing intensity near the dung pat was recorded for all observatio...
Livestock (cattle and sheep) were examined as seed disseminators for reseeding degraded Intermountai...
Endozoochory is a potential dispersal mode for numerous plant species. Although germination followin...
Grazing ecosystems are often characterized by dynamic vegetation structure mosaics of short grazing ...
International audienceCattle activity greatly influences plant species composition and biomass produ...
Cattle influences gap dynamics in pastures in two ways: (1) by creating gaps and (2) by affecting th...
Cattle influence grassland dynamics in three ways: herbage removal, dung deposition and trampling. T...
Management-oriented models of cattle habitat use often treat grazing pressure as a single variable s...
peer-reviewedBackground Grazed grassland management regimes can have various effect...
Fresh cattle dung from four farms with different feeding strategies was used to create artificial du...
The effect of cattle activity on pastures can be subdivided into three categories of disturbances: h...
Soil fauna play critical roles in various ecosystem functions and services, but empirical data measu...
Animals in grazing work as catalyst in the nutrient cycling processes of the ecosystems. Part of bio...
Spatial patterns of herbivore defecation within grazing systems are important as they directly affec...
The effect of grazing by large herbivores on grassland communities has been extensively studied, how...
Pasture management may affect cattle diet. Post-grazing stubble height is a pasture structural chara...
Livestock (cattle and sheep) were examined as seed disseminators for reseeding degraded Intermountai...
Endozoochory is a potential dispersal mode for numerous plant species. Although germination followin...
Grazing ecosystems are often characterized by dynamic vegetation structure mosaics of short grazing ...
International audienceCattle activity greatly influences plant species composition and biomass produ...
Cattle influences gap dynamics in pastures in two ways: (1) by creating gaps and (2) by affecting th...
Cattle influence grassland dynamics in three ways: herbage removal, dung deposition and trampling. T...
Management-oriented models of cattle habitat use often treat grazing pressure as a single variable s...
peer-reviewedBackground Grazed grassland management regimes can have various effect...
Fresh cattle dung from four farms with different feeding strategies was used to create artificial du...
The effect of cattle activity on pastures can be subdivided into three categories of disturbances: h...
Soil fauna play critical roles in various ecosystem functions and services, but empirical data measu...
Animals in grazing work as catalyst in the nutrient cycling processes of the ecosystems. Part of bio...
Spatial patterns of herbivore defecation within grazing systems are important as they directly affec...
The effect of grazing by large herbivores on grassland communities has been extensively studied, how...
Pasture management may affect cattle diet. Post-grazing stubble height is a pasture structural chara...
Livestock (cattle and sheep) were examined as seed disseminators for reseeding degraded Intermountai...
Endozoochory is a potential dispersal mode for numerous plant species. Although germination followin...
Grazing ecosystems are often characterized by dynamic vegetation structure mosaics of short grazing ...