The impact of different size herbivores on plant biomass in Yamal (Russia)
Tundra ecosystems are changing environments that are greatly affected by plant-herbivore relationships. Many herbivores of different sizes eat, trample or clip plants. However they can also act as support through nutrient addition by faeces. In this study I look at the impact of three sizes of herbi...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/9261 2023-05-15T18:40:31+02:00 The impact of different size herbivores on plant biomass in Yamal (Russia) Baubin, Capucine 2016-05-19 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/9261 eng eng UiT Norges arktiske universitet UiT The Arctic University of Norway https://hdl.handle.net/10037/9261 URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8820 openAccess Copyright 2016 The Author(s) VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488 BIO-3910 Master thesis Mastergradsoppgave 2016 ftunivtroemsoe 2021-06-25T17:54:46Z Tundra ecosystems are changing environments that are greatly affected by plant-herbivore relationships. Many herbivores of different sizes eat, trample or clip plants. However they can also act as support through nutrient addition by faeces. In this study I look at the impact of three sizes of herbivores (large, medium and small) on ten functional groups of plants (nitrogen-fixing forbs, erect willows, birch bushes, evergreen ericoids, nitrogen-non-fixing forbs, grasses, sedges, deciduous shrubs, semi-evergreen shrubs and toxic plants) in three habitats of differing productivity and importance for herbivores on the Yamal Peninsula in Russia. My research question is: “is the impact of herbivores cumulative on palatable plants and complementary on less palatable plants?”. To answer this question, I investigated the first year data from an exclosure experiment that was set up in 2014. There were tendencies suggesting that herbivores do not always have a cumulative impact on palatable plants and that the impact on less palatable plants is not always complementary. However, based on plant traits, herbivores’ preferences and previous studies I conclude that the fastest growing plants usually show responses already after a very short time of herbivore exclusion. Further research during the next years will shed light on persistence of these results. Master Thesis Tundra Yamal Peninsula University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Yamal Peninsula ENVELOPE(69.873,69.873,70.816,70.816) |
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VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488 BIO-3910 Baubin, Capucine The impact of different size herbivores on plant biomass in Yamal (Russia) |
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VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488 BIO-3910 |
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Tundra ecosystems are changing environments that are greatly affected by plant-herbivore relationships. Many herbivores of different sizes eat, trample or clip plants. However they can also act as support through nutrient addition by faeces. In this study I look at the impact of three sizes of herbivores (large, medium and small) on ten functional groups of plants (nitrogen-fixing forbs, erect willows, birch bushes, evergreen ericoids, nitrogen-non-fixing forbs, grasses, sedges, deciduous shrubs, semi-evergreen shrubs and toxic plants) in three habitats of differing productivity and importance for herbivores on the Yamal Peninsula in Russia. My research question is: “is the impact of herbivores cumulative on palatable plants and complementary on less palatable plants?”. To answer this question, I investigated the first year data from an exclosure experiment that was set up in 2014. There were tendencies suggesting that herbivores do not always have a cumulative impact on palatable plants and that the impact on less palatable plants is not always complementary. However, based on plant traits, herbivores’ preferences and previous studies I conclude that the fastest growing plants usually show responses already after a very short time of herbivore exclusion. Further research during the next years will shed light on persistence of these results. |
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Master Thesis |
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Baubin, Capucine |
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Baubin, Capucine |
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Baubin, Capucine |
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The impact of different size herbivores on plant biomass in Yamal (Russia) |
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The impact of different size herbivores on plant biomass in Yamal (Russia) |
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The impact of different size herbivores on plant biomass in Yamal (Russia) |
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The impact of different size herbivores on plant biomass in Yamal (Russia) |
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The impact of different size herbivores on plant biomass in Yamal (Russia) |
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impact of different size herbivores on plant biomass in yamal (russia) |
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UiT Norges arktiske universitet |
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2016 |
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/9261 |
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ENVELOPE(69.873,69.873,70.816,70.816) |
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Yamal Peninsula |
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Yamal Peninsula |
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Tundra Yamal Peninsula |
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Tundra Yamal Peninsula |
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