Modelling trade-offs between livestock grazing and wader conservation in a grassland agroecosystem
The objective of this study was to model the trade-offs between ecological and productive performance of a grassland agroecosystem. We developed a dynamic model linking grass dynamics controlled by livestock grazing to stochastic population dynamics of two wader bird species with high conservation v...
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ftagroparistech:oai:HAL:hal-01197834v1 2023-12-31T10:23:55+01:00 Modelling trade-offs between livestock grazing and wader conservation in a grassland agroecosystem Sabatier, Rodolphe Doyen, Luc Tichit, Muriel Sciences pour l'Action et le Développement : Activités, Produits, Territoires (SADAPT) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech Conservation des espèces, Restauration et Suivi des Populations (CERSP) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2010 https://hal.science/hal-01197834 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.02.003 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.02.003 hal-01197834 https://hal.science/hal-01197834 doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.02.003 PRODINRA: 36864 WOS: 000276933200006 ISSN: 0304-3800 EISSN: 1872-7026 Ecological Modelling https://hal.science/hal-01197834 Ecological Modelling, 2010, 221 (9), pp.1292-1300. ⟨10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.02.003⟩ http://www.journals.elsevier.com/ecological-modelling/ DYNAMIC MODELLIN CO-VIABILITY DENSITY-YIELD FUNCTION TRADE-OFF CURVE WADER BIRD MANAGEMENT LAPWINGS VANELLUS-VANELLUS REDSHANK TRINGA-TOTANUS AGRICULTURAL WET GRASSLANDS INSECTIVOROUS PASSERINE BREEDING WADERS SURVIVAL RATES LAND-USE LANDSCAPES BIRDS [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2010 ftagroparistech https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.02.003 2023-12-05T23:49:11Z The objective of this study was to model the trade-offs between ecological and productive performance of a grassland agroecosystem. We developed a dynamic model linking grass dynamics controlled by livestock grazing to stochastic population dynamics of two wader bird species with high conservation value. Bird dynamics were driven by both direct and indirect effects of grazing. Viable control framework was used to predict grazing strategies ensuring production and conservation and to generate the whole trade-off curve between ecological and productive performance. Bird population size was used as an indicator of ecological performance and the total number of grazing days defined productive performance. Model results show that conciliating ecological and productive performance implies a temporal shift in grazing sequences. The best ecological performance was obtained at intermediate levels of productive performance. Without grazing or with too low a grazing intensity, it was not possible to maintain any of the bird populations due to the indirect effects of grazing on habitat quality. However, too high a level of grazing implied fast population decline for both populations due to direct negative effects of grazing on nest survival. Field data on current grazing regimes and grass height showed a low proportion of suitable fields in our case study area. This result indicates an antagonism between direct and indirect effects of grazing on wader birds, implying the need of very specific management of grassland. Our results illustrate the fact that European grasslands are anthropic habitats which are highly dependent on human activity. In such habitats, trade-off curves are not expected to be strictly decreasing or increasing. Article in Journal/Newspaper Vanellus vanellus AgroParisTech: HAL (Institut des sciences et industries du vivant et de l'environnement) Ecological Modelling 221 9 1292 1300 |
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DYNAMIC MODELLIN CO-VIABILITY DENSITY-YIELD FUNCTION TRADE-OFF CURVE WADER BIRD MANAGEMENT LAPWINGS VANELLUS-VANELLUS REDSHANK TRINGA-TOTANUS AGRICULTURAL WET GRASSLANDS INSECTIVOROUS PASSERINE BREEDING WADERS SURVIVAL RATES LAND-USE LANDSCAPES BIRDS [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] |
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DYNAMIC MODELLIN CO-VIABILITY DENSITY-YIELD FUNCTION TRADE-OFF CURVE WADER BIRD MANAGEMENT LAPWINGS VANELLUS-VANELLUS REDSHANK TRINGA-TOTANUS AGRICULTURAL WET GRASSLANDS INSECTIVOROUS PASSERINE BREEDING WADERS SURVIVAL RATES LAND-USE LANDSCAPES BIRDS [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] Sabatier, Rodolphe Doyen, Luc Tichit, Muriel Modelling trade-offs between livestock grazing and wader conservation in a grassland agroecosystem |
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DYNAMIC MODELLIN CO-VIABILITY DENSITY-YIELD FUNCTION TRADE-OFF CURVE WADER BIRD MANAGEMENT LAPWINGS VANELLUS-VANELLUS REDSHANK TRINGA-TOTANUS AGRICULTURAL WET GRASSLANDS INSECTIVOROUS PASSERINE BREEDING WADERS SURVIVAL RATES LAND-USE LANDSCAPES BIRDS [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] |
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The objective of this study was to model the trade-offs between ecological and productive performance of a grassland agroecosystem. We developed a dynamic model linking grass dynamics controlled by livestock grazing to stochastic population dynamics of two wader bird species with high conservation value. Bird dynamics were driven by both direct and indirect effects of grazing. Viable control framework was used to predict grazing strategies ensuring production and conservation and to generate the whole trade-off curve between ecological and productive performance. Bird population size was used as an indicator of ecological performance and the total number of grazing days defined productive performance. Model results show that conciliating ecological and productive performance implies a temporal shift in grazing sequences. The best ecological performance was obtained at intermediate levels of productive performance. Without grazing or with too low a grazing intensity, it was not possible to maintain any of the bird populations due to the indirect effects of grazing on habitat quality. However, too high a level of grazing implied fast population decline for both populations due to direct negative effects of grazing on nest survival. Field data on current grazing regimes and grass height showed a low proportion of suitable fields in our case study area. This result indicates an antagonism between direct and indirect effects of grazing on wader birds, implying the need of very specific management of grassland. Our results illustrate the fact that European grasslands are anthropic habitats which are highly dependent on human activity. In such habitats, trade-off curves are not expected to be strictly decreasing or increasing. |
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Sciences pour l'Action et le Développement : Activités, Produits, Territoires (SADAPT) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech Conservation des espèces, Restauration et Suivi des Populations (CERSP) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Modelling trade-offs between livestock grazing and wader conservation in a grassland agroecosystem |
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Modelling trade-offs between livestock grazing and wader conservation in a grassland agroecosystem |
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Modelling trade-offs between livestock grazing and wader conservation in a grassland agroecosystem |
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Modelling trade-offs between livestock grazing and wader conservation in a grassland agroecosystem |
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Modelling trade-offs between livestock grazing and wader conservation in a grassland agroecosystem |
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modelling trade-offs between livestock grazing and wader conservation in a grassland agroecosystem |
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https://hal.science/hal-01197834 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.02.003 |
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Vanellus vanellus |
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ISSN: 0304-3800 EISSN: 1872-7026 Ecological Modelling https://hal.science/hal-01197834 Ecological Modelling, 2010, 221 (9), pp.1292-1300. ⟨10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.02.003⟩ http://www.journals.elsevier.com/ecological-modelling/ |
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