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: body-size; competition; diversity; ecology; ecosystem; environments; food quality; microhistological analysis; plant; prairie dogs; Burrows; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/contrasting-effects-of-large-herbivore-grazing-on-smaller-herbivo; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2007.10.009

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...