First results from an experiment excluding three sizes classes of herbivores from tundra vegetation in southern Yamal, Russia
Plant-herbivore relationships are important for the functioning of tundra ecosystems. Here, we report the first results from an exclosure experiment that, something very few studies have done, separated the impact of three sizes of herbivores (small, medium and large) on nine functional groups of pl...
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ftmasarykunivojs:oai:ojs.journals.muni.cz:article/12892 2023-05-15T14:58:37+02:00 First results from an experiment excluding three sizes classes of herbivores from tundra vegetation in southern Yamal, Russia Baubin, Capucine Ehrich, Dorothée Ravolainen, Virve (Abdulmanova), Svetlana Sokovina Ektova, Svetlana Sokolova, Natalya Ims, Rolf A. Sokolov, Aleksandr 2016-07-01 application/pdf http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/12892 eng eng Masaryk Univerzity http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/12892/11305 http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/12892 Copyright (c) 2020 Czech Polar Reports https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND Czech Polar Reports; Vol 6 No 2 (2016); 132-140 Czech Polar Reports; Vol. 6 No. 2 (2016); 132-140 1805-0697 1805-0689 plant-herbivore relationship exclosures point intercept method Yamal info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftmasarykunivojs 2022-06-26T10:16:39Z Plant-herbivore relationships are important for the functioning of tundra ecosystems. Here, we report the first results from an exclosure experiment that, something very few studies have done, separated the impact of three sizes of herbivores (small, medium and large) on nine functional groups of plants in the low arctic tundra of the Yamal Peninsula (Russia). Herbivore faeces counts in the exclosures and pictures from automatic cameras proved that the experimental setup worked. The majority of plant groups did not respond to exclusion of herbivores, supporting our expectation that vegetation responses in tundra are generally too slow to be measured during one growing season. The plant groups with highest growth rates and palatability (forbs and grasses) increased their biomass in meadows associated to tall willow shrubs when reindeer were excluded. This result was expected based on studies from other arctic regions. Our results also suggested that willow meadows and forb tundra, which are focal habitat for herbivores, are resilient and have the capacity to increase their biomass over a short term. We expect this experiment to provide valuable information on how different plant functional types and habitats with different growing conditions and importance to herbivores respond to relaxed grazing pressure from a variety of tundra herbivores. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Tundra Yamal Peninsula Masaryk University Journals Arctic Yamal Peninsula ENVELOPE(69.873,69.873,70.816,70.816) |
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plant-herbivore relationship exclosures point intercept method Yamal Baubin, Capucine Ehrich, Dorothée Ravolainen, Virve (Abdulmanova), Svetlana Sokovina Ektova, Svetlana Sokolova, Natalya Ims, Rolf A. Sokolov, Aleksandr First results from an experiment excluding three sizes classes of herbivores from tundra vegetation in southern Yamal, Russia |
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Plant-herbivore relationships are important for the functioning of tundra ecosystems. Here, we report the first results from an exclosure experiment that, something very few studies have done, separated the impact of three sizes of herbivores (small, medium and large) on nine functional groups of plants in the low arctic tundra of the Yamal Peninsula (Russia). Herbivore faeces counts in the exclosures and pictures from automatic cameras proved that the experimental setup worked. The majority of plant groups did not respond to exclusion of herbivores, supporting our expectation that vegetation responses in tundra are generally too slow to be measured during one growing season. The plant groups with highest growth rates and palatability (forbs and grasses) increased their biomass in meadows associated to tall willow shrubs when reindeer were excluded. This result was expected based on studies from other arctic regions. Our results also suggested that willow meadows and forb tundra, which are focal habitat for herbivores, are resilient and have the capacity to increase their biomass over a short term. We expect this experiment to provide valuable information on how different plant functional types and habitats with different growing conditions and importance to herbivores respond to relaxed grazing pressure from a variety of tundra herbivores. |
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Baubin, Capucine Ehrich, Dorothée Ravolainen, Virve (Abdulmanova), Svetlana Sokovina Ektova, Svetlana Sokolova, Natalya Ims, Rolf A. Sokolov, Aleksandr |
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Baubin, Capucine Ehrich, Dorothée Ravolainen, Virve (Abdulmanova), Svetlana Sokovina Ektova, Svetlana Sokolova, Natalya Ims, Rolf A. Sokolov, Aleksandr |
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Baubin, Capucine |
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First results from an experiment excluding three sizes classes of herbivores from tundra vegetation in southern Yamal, Russia |
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First results from an experiment excluding three sizes classes of herbivores from tundra vegetation in southern Yamal, Russia |
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First results from an experiment excluding three sizes classes of herbivores from tundra vegetation in southern Yamal, Russia |
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First results from an experiment excluding three sizes classes of herbivores from tundra vegetation in southern Yamal, Russia |
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First results from an experiment excluding three sizes classes of herbivores from tundra vegetation in southern Yamal, Russia |
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first results from an experiment excluding three sizes classes of herbivores from tundra vegetation in southern yamal, russia |
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Masaryk Univerzity |
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2016 |
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Czech Polar Reports; Vol 6 No 2 (2016); 132-140 Czech Polar Reports; Vol. 6 No. 2 (2016); 132-140 1805-0697 1805-0689 |
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