Contrasting effects of large herbivore grazing on smaller herbivores

• Published in: Basic and Applied Ecology
• Main Authors: Bakker, E. S., Olff, H., Gleichman, J. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Facilitation; Food; Grassland; Lagomorph; Microtus arvalis; Nitrogen; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Predation risk; Rabbit; BODY-SIZE; MICROHISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PRAIRIE DOGS; FOOD QUALITY; PLANT; COMPETITION; DIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTS; Burrows
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/3af17223-bfc9-4053-910e-b166ae58a770; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/3af17223-bfc9-4053-910e-b166ae58a770; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2007.10.009; https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/6729757/2009BasicApplEcolBakkerE.pdf; https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/6729758/2009BasicApplEcolBakkerESupp.pdf

Assemblages of large herbivores may compete For food or facilitate one another. However, small vertebrate herbivore species co-occurring with large herbivores may be affected by large herbivore grazing through changes in plant species composition, nutrient content and vegetation structure. These cha...